The upper palate itches and the more you rub your tongue, the more itchy it becomes.

Generally, after catching a cold or getting a sore throat, people may easily find that their palate is itchy. At this time, people usually try to relieve the symptom by rubbing the palate with their tongue. Although it can relieve the symptoms for a few seconds, the itch will become more and more severe, and people will feel very uncomfortable. Why does my upper palate become more itchy the more I rub my tongue? Let’s analyze the specific reasons for you.

Treatment of pharyngitis: tea therapy

For thousands of years, through various tea therapy practices, people have gradually come to understand the 27 medicinal effects of tea: calming the mind and relieving restlessness, reducing insomnia, improving eyesight, clearing the head, relieving gas, digesting food, sobering up, removing greasiness, clearing away heat and detoxifying, quenching thirst and promoting salivation, removing phlegm, treating dysentery, treating sores, promoting diuresis, relieving constipation, dispelling wind and relieving exterior symptoms, invigorating qi and strength, strengthening teeth, healing muscles, losing weight, lowering blood lipids, lowering blood pressure, strengthening the heart, replenishing blood, anti-aging, anti-cancer, and anti-radiation. Drinking tea in daily life can not only prevent and improve pharyngitis, but also regulate the balance of human body mechanisms, enhance human resistance, and greatly reduce the recurrence rate of the disease.

Chinese medicine treatment

In traditional Chinese medicine, it is generally believed that all throat diseases are caused by fire. Chronic pharyngitis is related to fire, which can be either virtual or real. In this case, some drugs that nourish yin, dispel wind, clear heat, and relieve sore throat can be used. In clinical practice, Manyan Shuning Qinghou Liyan Granules are often used. Its main ingredients include scutellaria baicalensis, citrus aurantium, platycodon grandiflorum, bamboo shavings, pteridophytum corydalis, mulberry leaves, etc. It has the effects of clearing heat and relieving sore throat, soothing the chest and moistening the throat. It is very effective in treating chronic pharyngitis and other throat problems. 1. Add 300 grams of watermelon rind to two large bowls of water, fry until one large bowl of water remains, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, and drink after it cools down. 2. Mix 150 grams of fresh lotus root and 20 grams of honey and eat once in the morning and once in the evening. 3. Crush 60 grams of raw Rehmannia root, boil it into a decoction and remove the residue. Add 80 grams of lily and 60 grams of rice and cook into porridge.

Self-medication with over-the-counter medicine

(1) Take 2-4 drops of Fengyoujing orally and swallow slowly (do not take with water), 5 times a day. (2) After getting up early every morning, apply 3 to 4 drops of essential oil on the palm of your left hand and massage your throat (clockwise) 20 to 30 times. After 2-3 months, the condition can be greatly improved and basically recovered after a year.

Dietary self-therapy

(1) Cut 4 fresh loofahs into pieces, mash them, remove the residue and take the juice. Drink it all at once. (2) Peel the peanuts and stew them in boiling water. Used to treat hoarseness and loss of voice. (3) Boil 1 white radish and 3 shiso fruits in water, remove from the water, add appropriate amount of sugar, and drink it instead of tea, twice a day. (4) Wash and cut 400 grams of kelp into strips, boil in water, remove from the water, marinate with 200 grams of sugar for one day and then eat. Take 50 grams each time, twice a day for chronic pharyngitis and for those who feel a foreign body in the throat. (5) Cook 9 grams of lily bulbs and 15 grams of mung beans together and add appropriate amount of sugar before consumption. (6) Take 5 red dates, roast the skin over fire, and add sugar water to drink. (7) Take 250 grams of melon rind, add two large bowls of water, boil until it becomes one large bowl, add a little rock sugar, and drink it while it is cold. It can cure pharyngitis. (8) Take 10 walnuts, remove the hard shell but keep the skin, and take 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. (9) 2 cloves of garlic, mash them and apply to the Yuji and Dazhui acupoints. This prescription can clear away heat and clear the lungs, and is used to treat heat disturbing the throat and sore throat.

Folk remedies

1. Candied kelp: take 300 grams of kelp and appropriate amount of white sugar. Wash the kelp, cut into shreds, blanch it in boiling water, remove it from the water, add appropriate amount of sugar and marinate for 3 days, and serve it as a side dish. 2. Honey tea: Take appropriate amounts of tea leaves and honey. Put the tea leaves in a small gauze bag, place it in a cup, use boiling water to make the tea, add honey after it cools down and stir well. Rinse your mouth with this solution and swallow it every half an hour. Use it for 3 consecutive days after you see the effect. 3. For the sesame oil egg soup, take an egg and an appropriate amount of sesame oil. Beat an egg into a cup, add sesame oil and stir well, pour in about 200 ml of boiling water and drink slowly while it is hot. It is best to take it on an empty stomach in the early morning. 4. Olive tea: take two olives and 1 gram of green tea. Cut the olives with pits into two halves, put them into a cup with green tea, pour in boiling water, cover and simmer for 5 minutes before drinking. 5. Honey lotus root juice: take fresh lotus root and appropriate amount of honey. Squeeze 100 ml of fresh lotus root juice, add honey and mix well, then drink it once a day for several days. 6. To make cucumber cream, take a mature, old cucumber and an appropriate amount of alum. Cut the top of the old cucumber, dig out the pulp and seeds, fill it with alum, cover it with the original lid, insert bamboo sticks firmly, tie the cucumber body with a rope, and hang it in a cool and ventilated place. After a few days, a layer of white frost appears on the melon. Gently brush it off with a clean goose feather and put it in a bottle for later use. When necessary, use the pen tube to blow the cucumber cream onto the throat.