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People who talk for a long time are prone to pharyngitis, such as teachers, which brings many inconveniences to life and must be actively treated. According to experience, the effect of Chinese medicine therapy is still good, and it can nourish yin, dispel wind, and clear away heat.

Chinese medicine treatment

In the treatment of pharyngitis with traditional Chinese medicine, it is generally believed that all throat diseases are related to fire. Chronic pharyngitis is related to fire, which can be either false fire or real fire. At this time, some medicines 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, Ophiopogon japonicus, Platycodon grandiflorum, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Sterculia lychnophora, Mulberry Leaves and other ingredients. It has the effects of clearing heat and relieving sore throat, relaxing the chest and moistening the throat, and 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-therapy

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 3-4 drops of essential oil on the palm of your left hand and massage your throat (clockwise) 20-30 times. After 2-3 months, the condition can be greatly improved and basically recovered after a year.

Prescription therapy

(1) Take 5g of raw licorice and 10g of platycodon grandiflorum, brew with boiling water.

(2) Boil 10g of golden olive in water and take once a day for acute pharyngitis.

(3) Wash and mash 60 grams of fresh Houttuynia cordata, boil it in 1 bowl of rice water, add appropriate amount of sugar, and take it twice a day for acute pharyngitis.

(4) Take 60g of raw Rehmannia root, 60g of Polygonatum odoratum, and 6g of cinnamon twig, decoct in two doses, one dose per day, for chronic pharyngitis.

(5) Take 10g each of honeysuckle, Ophiopogon japonicus and 2 pieces of Sterculia lychnophora, brew with boiling water and drink as tea. Used for chronic pharyngitis.

(6) 2 cloves of garlic, mash them and apply them to the Yuyuan 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.

(7) 30 grams of small single-headed garlic and 50 grams of vinegar. Mash garlic in vinegar and apply to the affected area. This herb is very good at reducing swelling and relieving pain, and is effective for sore throat caused by wind, cold, dampness and heat.

(8) If you suffer from chronic pharyngitis, try holding a head of raw garlic in your mouth for several months. This can help to eliminate the pharyngitis. 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 suck it in and spit it out from time to time, and do not bite 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.