Why does chest pain occur when swallowing saliva?

Chest pain when swallowing saliva is a relatively common physical disease. It may be a symptom caused by chronic bronchitis or lung heat. You can adjust your diet or take some anti-inflammatory drugs for treatment. It is not advisable to eat too much spicy food, which will easily stimulate the disease and make it worse.

What causes chest pain when swallowing saliva?

If chest pain occurs, first check whether there is lung infection, pleurisy, tuberculosis, pneumothorax, etc. In addition, consider whether there is intercostal neuritis or costochondritis.

Treatment of lung heat based on syndrome differentiation

1. Wind-heat attacks the lungs

Symptoms: cough, hoarseness, difficulty in expectorating, yellow and sticky sputum, excessive sweating, thirst, fever, aversion to wind, runny nose with yellow mucus, headache and body pain, red tongue with yellow coating, and rapid or slippery pulse.

Treatment method: Dispel wind and heat, promote lung function and relieve cough.

Prescription: Sangju Drink

2. Cold on the surface and heat in the lungs

Symptoms: cough, wheezing, thick phlegm, uncomfortable expectoration, aversion to cold and fever, restlessness, body aches, thirst, red tongue, white or yellow tongue coating, and rapid and floating pulse.

Treatment method: Dispel cold, clear the lungs and relieve asthma.

Prescription: Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang

3. Severe lung heat

Symptoms: Cough and shortness of breath, restless panting, persistent fever, irritability, burning sensation in the chest and diaphragm, dry lips and throat, thirst, constipation, dry and yellow tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse.

Treatment method: Clear heat and drain the lungs.

Prescription: Qingrehuadu Drink or Liangge Powder.

4. Lung dryness and intestinal stasis

Symptoms: Cough and shortness of breath, fever and thirst, hot flashes in the evening, even delirium, abdominal distension and pain, aggravated by pressure, constipation, yellow and dry tongue coating, and deep and strong pulse.

Treatment method: Clear the lungs and purge the intestines.

Prescription: Dachengqi decoction plus Trichosanthes kirilowii, apricot kernel, Platycodon grandiflorum, etc.