Can Liushen Pills cure pharyngitis?

Liushen Pills is a relatively well-known Chinese patent medicine with many therapeutic effects. The most obvious ones are clearing away heat and detoxifying, relieving pain and reducing swelling. It can achieve a good therapeutic effect on patients' pharyngitis. We know that pharyngitis is a relatively harmful disease, which often causes patients to have sore throat and continuous difficulty swallowing. At this time, Liushen Pills can be used for treatment, and the effect is good, which can achieve the effect of treating both the symptoms and the root cause.

Can Liushen Pills cure pharyngitis?

Liushen Pills is a famous Chinese patent medicine renowned both at home and abroad, with a history of nearly 150 years. It is made of six medicinal herbs: bezoar, pearl, toad venom, realgar, musk and borneol. Liushen Pills have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain. It is especially effective in treating sore throat, oral erosion, laryngeal paralysis and aphonia, carbuncles, furuncles, and unknown swelling. So can Liushen Pills cure pharyngitis?

Experts say that in the clinical treatment of acute and chronic pharyngitis and upper respiratory tract infections, Liushen Pills are often used as the main medicine, supplemented by drugs that can laxative, and measures such as drinking more water, avoiding smoking and drinking, and avoiding spicy and irritating foods often achieve good results. In the formula of Liushen Pills, bezoar and pearl clear away heat and detoxify, toad venom and realgar detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve nodules, musk and borneol promote blood circulation, reduce swelling and relieve pain. The combination of the six medicines can connect the functions of the five internal organs, clear the throat, and has the effect of treating both the symptoms and the root cause.

Although Liushen Pills can treat pharyngitis, they should not be taken for a long time. Overdose of Liushen Pills can produce huge side effects, cause allergic reactions, and in severe cases, even anaphylactic shock. Therefore, be sure to take Liushen Pills according to the instructions or under the guidance of a doctor.

There are many types of drugs for treating pharyngitis. So besides Liushen Pills, what other drugs can treat pharyngitis? Let’s take a look at the Chinese patent medicine for treating pharyngitis.

Chinese patent medicine for treating pharyngitis

1. Throat clearing tablets

Drug composition: Platycodon, Hanshui stone, mint, Terminalia chebula (pitted), licorice, black plum (pitted), indigo, borax (calcined), and borneol.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and relieving sore throat. Used for hoarseness and loss of voice.

2. Compound melon seeds and gold granules

Drug composition: 90g of Glehnia littoralis, 210g of Folium Isatidis, and 120g of Flos Chrysanthemi Indigoferae.

Functions and indications: Relieves sore throat and clears heat, disperses nodules and relieves pain, eliminates phlegm and relieves cough. Used for acute pharyngitis caused by wind-heat syndrome, acute attack of chronic pharyngitis caused by phlegm-heat syndrome, and other upper respiratory tract infections.

3. Compound Honeysuckle Granules

Drug composition: honeysuckle, forsythia, scutellaria; auxiliary material is sucrose.

Functions and indications: Clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and reducing swelling. It is used for wind-heat cold, throat paralysis, sore throat, eye pain, toothache, carbuncle, furuncle, etc.

4. Yin-nourishing and lung-clearing syrup

Drug composition: Rehmannia, Scrophularia, Ophiopogon, Fritillaria, Paeonia suffruticosa, White Peony Root, Mint, and Licorice.

Functions and indications: Nourishes yin and moistens the lungs, clears away heat and relieves sore throat. Used for dry and sore throat, dry cough, and little or no sputum.

5. Tibetan berry granules

Drug composition: Xiqing fruit.

Functions and indications: Clears away heat, relieves sore throat, and promotes salivation. Used for chronic pharyngitis, chronic laryngitis, and chronic tonsillitis.