What are the local remedies for pharyngitis?

Pharyngitis is divided into acute pharyngitis and chronic pharyngitis. After suffering from acute pharyngitis, it must be treated in time to avoid it from turning into chronic pharyngitis, which will cause greater harm to the patient's health. To completely eradicate it, you must pay attention to two aspects. On the one hand, it is regular treatment, and on the other hand, it is to strengthen nutrition. Some folk remedies for the treatment of pharyngitis are also very effective, and you can use such remedies under the guidance of a doctor.

1. Walnuts can treat pharyngitis

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.

2. Press the left ring finger tip to treat sore throat

Pharyngitis is a common disease among middle-aged and elderly people, which causes unbearable pain and difficulty in swallowing. If you press the tip of the ring finger on your left hand, it can have a good analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect. The acupressure method is to use the thumb and index finger of your right hand to directly and rhythmically press the tip of the left ring finger. Do this three times a day before meals. Apply pressure for 10-15 minutes each time, and the healing effect will generally be seen in 3-4 days.

3. Eat red dates, strong tea juice and honey to treat pharyngitis

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 in 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.

4. Watermelon peel tea treats pharyngitis

When eating watermelon, don't throw away the rind. 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.

5. Massage to treat pharyngitis

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

6. Raw garlic can treat pharyngitis

If you suffer from chronic pharyngitis, try holding a head of 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. After you get used to it, you can hold it in your mouth and bite it at the same time. This method is also effective for oral problems such as toothache and hoarseness.

7. Treat pharyngitis by holding ginseng slices in mouth

I suffer from chronic pharyngitis. My throat is always itchy and dry. I have no phlegm but I can't stop coughing, especially at night. I can't fall asleep at all. Before going to bed, you can find a small piece of "Scrophularia" (available at Chinese medicine stores, very cheap) and hold it between your teeth or under your tongue. Leave it overnight and spit it out in the morning. In this way, you will cough less throughout the night, your sleep will be much improved, and when you wake up in the morning, your throat will not be as dry as before. If you persist for several months, it will have a healing effect.