How to remove phlegm from throat

There is phlegm stuck in my throat and no matter how hard I try to clear it, it won't come out. It's very uncomfortable. Everyone knows that phlegm contains a lot of bacteria, and it can be very harmful if it gets stuck in the throat. Therefore, if there is phlegm in the throat, it must be resolved promptly. So are there any tips to solve this situation and let everyone feel relaxed and comfortable again? The following are some tips for removing phlegm, I hope they will be helpful to you.

What to do if you have phlegm in your throat and can't cough it out

Experts say that phlegm in the throat that is difficult to cough up is the main manifestation of pharyngitis, which is caused by long-term stimulation from upper respiratory infection or long-term physical and chemical stimulation. If you have phlegm in your throat that you can't cough out, you can try the following methods:

1. If you suffer from chronic pharyngitis, try holding raw garlic in your mouth for several months and the pharyngitis can be eradicated. It is best to choose purple-skinned single-headed garlic when putting raw garlic in your mouth. At the beginning, the garlic will be so spicy that tears will flow and the oral mucosa will hurt. You can hold the garlic in your mouth and spit it out from time to time, and avoid biting the smooth surface of the garlic.

2. Suffering from chronic pharyngitis, the throat is always itchy and dry, there is no phlegm but the cough will not stop, especially at night, it is simply impossible to fall asleep. Before going to bed, you can find a small piece of "Scrophularia" and hold it between your teeth or under your tongue. Leave it overnight and spit it out in the morning.

3. Take 10 walnuts, remove the hard shell but keep the skin, and take them twice a day, morning and evening. A course of treatment is 15 days. Walnuts have anti-inflammatory, lung-moistening, phlegm-resolving and cough-relieving effects. It can cure diseases such as sore throat and cough.

4. Use fire to singe the skins of 5 red dates, then pour in sugar water and drink. Take a proper amount of tea leaves, wrap them with gauze, and use boiling water to make strong tea juice. Then add a proper amount of honey and mix well. Rinse your mouth every 30 minutes, swallow it slowly, and use it for several times. These methods are effective in treating sore throat and pharyngitis.

5. Massage to treat pharyngitis. Massage method: After getting up early every day, apply 3 to 4 drops of essential oil on the palm of your left hand, and massage (clockwise) the throat area 20 to 30 times. After 2-3 months, the condition can be greatly improved and basically recovered after a year.

6. Pharyngitis causes sore throat, dry and itchy throat, and a foreign body sensation when swallowing. You can use tongue root exercises to achieve good therapeutic effects. That is: close your mouth, put the tip of your tongue against your teeth, rotate clockwise 18 times, counterclockwise 18 times, and then swallow the saliva in your mouth three times. Do this once in the morning and once in the evening.

Expectorant Recipe

Radish and green onion

Preparation method: 1 radish, 6 scallions, 15 grams of ginger. Use three bowls of water to boil the radish first, then add the scallions and ginger. Cook into a bowl of soup and drink it all at once, including the residue.

Applicable: Clearing away lung qi and relieving exterior symptoms, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

Treats wind-cold cough, foamy sputum, chills, fatigue and body aches, etc.

White Radish Honey

Preparation method: 1 large white radish, 30 grams of honey, 5 white peppercorns, and 2 grams of ephedra.

Wash the radish, cut it into cubes, put it in a bowl, pour in honey, white pepper, ephedra, etc., steam it for half an hour, and drink it while it is hot. You will recover after lying in bed and sweating.

Applicable: Inducing sweat and relieving cold, relieving cough and reducing phlegm.

Fresh pear and Fritillaria

Preparation method: 500 grams of fresh pears, 6 grams of Fritillaria powder, and 30 grams of white sugar.

Peel the pear, split it in half, remove the core, fill it with ground Fritillaria and sugar, put it in a bowl and steam it until cooked. Eat in the morning and evening.

Applicable: Clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, dispersing stagnation and relieving exterior symptoms.

Rock Sugar Bird's Nest Porridge

Method: 10 grams of bird's nest, 100 grams of rice, 50 grams of rock sugar, wash the rice and put it into the pot.

Add three bowls of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat.

Put the soaked and purified bird's nest into a pot and boil it with rice for about 1 hour. Add rock sugar and let it melt.

Applicable: Nourishes yin and moistens the lungs, relieves cough and resolves phlegm, treats chronic cough due to lung deficiency and cough and asthma that damages yin.

Bird's Nest Pear

Preparation method: 5 grams of bird's nest (soaked in water), 2 white pears, 10 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa, and 5 grams of rock sugar.

Dig out the core of the white pear, put the other three ingredients into the pear, cover it tightly, put it in a bowl, stew it in water and eat it.

Applicable: Nourishing yin and moistening dryness, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Treats long-term cough with phlegm, shortness of breath and fatigue.

Soy milk drink

Method: Soak soybeans, grind the juice, boil it, add rock sugar and drink.

Drink 1 bowl on an empty stomach every morning.

Applicable: Strengthens the spleen and relieves fullness, moisturizes dryness and reduces water retention.

Clears the lungs, relieves cough and resolves phlegm.