What is the difference between pharyngitis and bronchitis?

Pharyngitis and bronchitis are both respiratory diseases and may be mistakenly considered to be the same disease. In fact, there is still a big difference between the two. So today I will tell you what are the differences between pharyngitis and bronchitis?

Chronic pharyngitis is a diffuse inflammation of the upper respiratory tract. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it "false fire throat congestion".

Typical symptoms include a foreign body sensation in the throat, itching, burning, dryness, mild pain, sticky secretions often attached to the posterior pharyngeal wall, coughing due to irritation from secretions, nausea and dry retching, which are lighter in the morning and heavier in the afternoon and at night, dry oropharynx, red lips, dry cough without sputum, red cheeks in the afternoon, mental fatigue, and hot hands and feet. People with kidney deficiency suffer from soreness in the waist and knees, restlessness and insomnia, dizziness, tinnitus and dry mouth.

Chronic pharyngitis has a long course of disease. It is advisable to nourish yin and reduce fire, clear the throat to treat the root cause, detoxify and reduce inflammation, promote body fluid and moisten dryness to treat the symptoms, attach equal importance to prevention and treatment, eliminate the cause, remove the evil and cure the disease.

1: 15g of Codonopsis pilosula, 10g each of Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, Amomum villosum, and dried tangerine peel, and 3g of roasted licorice root.

Dosage: decoction, 1 dose per day, twice a day, 20 days as a course of treatment

2: Prescription: 10 grams each of Indigo, Acorus calamus, roasted pangolin, safflower, kelp, Bombyx batryticatus, Clematis chinensis, and Asarum, and 1000 ml of vinegar.

Usage: Soak the medicine in vinegar for 30 minutes, boil it for 20 minutes, remove the residue and take the liquid, drink a little and gargle in your mouth, 6 times a day.

Efficacy: 1-2 courses of treatment, effective rate reaches 96.4%

Bronchitis is a common, multiple inflammation of the bronchial mucosa, which is called "cough" in traditional Chinese medicine.

Clinical manifestations include fever, chills, body pain, cough, sputum, and wheezing.

Treatment should be based on distinguishing the true and false, dispelling wind and relieving the exterior, promoting lung function and dispelling cold, and prescribing the right medicine for the right condition. There are some effective folk treatments:

1: Chinese patent medicine therapy

Medication: Musk Tiger Bone Paste 1 piece

Usage: Cut the plaster into circles with a diameter of 0.5 cm. Apply it to the Dazhui, Feishu, Dingchuan and Fengmen acupoints for exogenous cough; apply it to the Dingchuan, Fengmen, Feishu and Gaomang acupoints for chronic bronchitis. Change the dressing once every two days

Efficacy: Significant effect can be achieved after taking the medicine three times.

2: Prescription: 150g each of Pulmonaria officinalis and Sawyer's antler grass, 75g each of Herba Eupatorii and Radix Stemonae, 60g of Morus alba bark, 45g of Vitex negundo, and 30g of Ephedra sinica

Usage: decoct in water, take 50 ml each time, twice a day, for 20 consecutive days

Efficacy: Effective rate is 84.2%

3: Prescription: 30g each of Gnaphalium sutchuenensis, Artemisia scoparia, Houttuynia cordata, 10g each of Platycodon grandiflorum and Burdock seeds, 50g each of rock sugar and honey

Usage: Decoction twice, filter and concentrate, add sugar and honey and mix well. Take 25 ml each time, 3 times a day, one course of treatment for 10 days.

Efficacy: Effective rate is 96%