How to eliminate the foreign body sensation in pharyngitis

A foreign body sensation in the throat is a common symptom of pharyngitis. Patients always feel unable to spit out or swallow, which is particularly distressing. If this phenomenon occurs, timely treatment should be sought. Pharyngitis requires anti-inflammatory treatment. At the same time, emphasis should be placed on diet and drinking more tea that can alleviate the symptoms of pharyngitis. For example, hawthorn tea has good medicinal value. For patients with pharyngitis, drinking some can effectively relieve symptoms.

Drink more tea that can relieve pharyngitis.

1. Dried Hawthorn

It is obtained by natural exposure of hawthorn. Dried hawthorn is not only a traditional seasoning, but also has high medicinal value, so it has always been very famous. Patients with sore throats can drink more tea made from dried hawthorn, which can effectively reduce inflammation.

2. Mint tea

The cooling sensation produced is different from that of ice drinks. Instead, after drinking it, your mind becomes instantly clear and your temper disappears. A cup of mint tea, which can be iced or warm, can help you relieve your irritability. Drinking more can also relieve the discomfort caused by throat inflammation.

3. Sterculia lychnophora

It is suitable for hoarseness due to lung heat, sore throat, etc. After an attack of pharyngitis, itchy throat, or chronic pharyngitis, drinking tea made from Sterculia lychnophora can produce fluid and moisten dryness, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, nourish yin and moisten the lungs, and effectively prevent discomfort such as dry throat. 3 to 5 pieces are often used to make a drink by soaking in boiling water, or to make a sea rock sugar drink, or to make a sea platycodon tea with platycodon and honey. However, experts remind that Sterculia lychnophora is sweet and cold in nature, and should not be taken for a long time. It is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, spleen and kidney yang deficiency, chronic colitis, and loose stools. Pangdahai is mainly suitable for sore throat and hoarseness caused by wind-heat and lung dryness. It is not suitable for hoarseness caused by wind-cold and lung and kidney yin deficiency.

4. Honeysuckle

It tastes sweet and cold, and has no pain or itch. You can mix honeysuckle with chrysanthemum and golden lotus to make tea, and you can also add rock sugar for flavoring. Honeysuckle is suitable for people with a mild constitution or internal heat. It has the effects of detoxifying, stopping diarrhea, cooling blood and relieving sore throat for damp-heat blocking the throat, sore throat, etc. It can treat influenza, acute and chronic tonsillitis and other diseases. People with weak spleen and stomach (such as frequent stomach pain, diarrhea, cold abdomen, cold limbs) should not soak honeysuckle in water. Soaking honeysuckle in water is similar to brewing tea. It only needs to be brewed two or three times. It should not be consumed after overnight. It should be noted that honeysuckle is cold in nature and is not suitable for long-term drinking, especially for people with cold constitution and during menstruation.

5. Licorice

It can clear away heat and detoxify, moisten the lungs, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, and is used to treat symptoms such as sore throat. It is forbidden for those diagnosed by Chinese medicine as suffering from dampness obstruction, nausea, and edema, so it is best to consult a Chinese medicine practitioner before taking it. If the patient has weak spleen and stomach and insufficient vital energy, it is often used together with ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos. When used for sore throat and pharyngitis, it can be decocted and taken alone, or used together with Platycodon grandiflorum to increase the effect of detoxification and relieving throat pain.

6. Chrysanthemum tea

30 grams each of fresh chrysanthemum and fresh tea leaves, taken with 40 ml of water, has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving sore throat, reducing swelling and relieving pain. It is mainly used to treat acute and chronic pharyngitis, sore throat and discomfort.