What should I do if I have pharyngitis and always have a dry cough?

Pharyngitis is a very common throat disease, affecting people of all ages. Generally speaking, the disease can be cured with active treatment. Some patients have a dry cough all the time after suffering from pharyngitis, which makes them very uncomfortable. So what should they do if they have a dry cough all the time after suffering from pharyngitis?

Six methods to treat pharyngitis cough

1. Dispelling wind, clearing heat and relieving cough

Symptoms include red and swollen throat, heavy cough, yellow and sticky phlegm, difficulty in expectoration, headache, thirst, thin yellow tongue coating, and floating and rapid pulse. You can choose Sangju Drink with modifications. The medicinal materials include mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, almond, platycodon, mint, burdock, cicada shells, isatis root, reed root, light bamboo leaves, and raw licorice.

2. Heat-clearing, dryness-moistening and cough-relieving method

Symptoms include dry and itchy throat, cough and shortness of breath, small and sticky sputum that is difficult to cough up, dry mouth and nose, thirst and desire to drink, little urine and dry stool, dry skin, red tongue with little fluid, and a stringy and rapid pulse. You can choose to use Adenophora Ophiopogonis Decoction with modifications. The medicinal herbs include Adenophora Ophiopogonis, Ophiopogon japonicus, Lilium, Polygonatum odoratum, Radix Trichosanthis, Scutellaria baicalensis, Fritillaria thunbergii, Trichosanthes peel, Dendrobium candidum, Citrus aurantium peel, and Arisaema consanguineum.

3. Heat-clearing, phlegm-resolving and cough-relieving method

Symptoms include sore throat, cough with yellow and sticky sputum, or fishy-smelling purulent sputum, stuffy pain in the chest, irritability, dry mouth and throat, short and red urine, constipation, red tongue, yellow and greasy tongue coating, slippery and rapid pulse, etc. You can choose Qingqi Huatan Pills with modifications, and the medicinal materials include Fritillaria, Trichosanthes shell, Lemongrass seed, Scutellaria baicalensis, Tianzhuhuang, Pumice, Houttuynia cordata, Arisaema consanguineum, Perilla seed, and loquat leaf, etc.

4. Drying dampness, resolving phlegm and relieving cough

Symptoms include feeling like there is something stuck in the throat, cough with phlegm, white and sticky phlegm, chest tightness, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal distension and loose stools, enlarged tongue, greasy tongue coating, and slippery and slow pulse. Wen Dan Tang can be used with modifications. The medicinal ingredients include tangerine peel, pinellia, atractylodes, magnolia bark, poria, inula flower, white mustard seed, fructus aurantii, fritillaria, coltsfoot, scutellaria baicalensis, and aster.

5. Liver-clearing, fire-purging and cough-relieving method

Symptoms include dry throat and bitter mouth, choking cough and breath reverse, difficult sputum discharge, red face when coughing, pulling pain in the chest and ribs, irritability, short and yellow urine, red tongue with yellow coating, and rapid and stringy pulse. Qingjin Huatan Decoction can be used with modifications. The medicinal ingredients include Scutellaria baicalensis, Gardenia jasminoides, Gentiana scabra, Platycodon grandiflorum, Morus alba, Apricot kernel, Ophiopogon japonicus, Forsythia suspensa, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Fritillaria thunbergii, Cucurbitacin, and Licorice.