What causes dry throat?

Dry throat is quite common in life. It may be caused by dry weather, pharyngitis, or talking too much. People who like to smoke and drink are also prone to dry throat. In addition to drinking more water, you should pay more attention to not speaking with a strained voice, exercise more, and eat more heat-clearing and detoxifying foods.

What causes dry throat?

A dry and itchy throat is usually a manifestation of pharyngitis, which is called laryngitis in traditional Chinese medicine. The pharynx is the gateway to the stomach and the throat is the door to the lungs. External pathogens entering the lungs can easily damage the throat, and improper diet entering the stomach can easily damage the pharynx. The throat is a place where evil toxins tend to soak and stay for a long time. The clinical causes of pharyngitis can be divided into internal and external. The external causes are mostly wind-cold evil or wind-heat evil. "Treatise on Warm Diseases" says "when warm evil is received from above, it first affects the lungs". The throat is located at the upper part of the body and is the first to be affected by external evil. The internal causes are mostly yin deficiency of the body and a preference for spicy and fried food, which causes phlegm and heat to accumulate, burning the throat or damaging the yin of the lungs and kidneys over time, leading to virtual fire inflammation, burning body fluids into phlegm, and phlegm and heat traveling up the meridians to disturb the throat, resulting in failure of clearing the passages.

Dietary considerations

Life should be regular. Nowadays, people's pace of life is accelerated, interpersonal relationships are complicated, they are often in a state of fatigue and mental tension, and the opportunities for physical exercise are reduced. Many people lack sufficient sleep and rest, or go to bed late and get up late, disrupting their normal life patterns. Others are unhappy all day long for various reasons, which weakens their body's resistance to disease and makes them vulnerable to external pathogenic factors, causing chronic pharyngitis to linger and worsen.

Things to note when having a dry throat : 1. Eat less oily, sweet, spicy, or salty food; eat a light diet; drink less sweet drinks. 2. Eat more whole grains and foods rich in fiber and minerals to promote bowel movements. Why is defecation related to replenishing body fluids? Because of long-term constipation, the "fire" cannot be released, which naturally burns the body fluids. 3. Exercise more. Exercise promotes blood circulation and naturally replenishes body fluids. 4. The diet should be cold, and it is better to eat less warm foods such as mutton, dog meat, shrimp, leeks, etc. There are many cold foods: tofu, black beans, pears, white fungus, sesame, lily, lotus root, sea cucumber, honey, eggs, bitter melon, etc. 5. Avoid excessive emotions. Ask yourself, are you emotionally unstable? Are you feeling upset? These will generate heart fire, burn body fluids, and make your mouth and tongue dry. 6. It is recommended to eat grapes, pears, etc. Fruits should be avoided, such as lychees and apples, which are warm in nature.