What medicine should I take for sore throat and fever

Sore throat and fever are mainly caused by inflammation. The most common cause is a cold. When you have a cold, if this happens, you should promptly understand the cause, whether it is a viral cold or a bacterial cold, and then use symptomatic medication to treat it. In daily life, you should drink more boiled water, get enough rest, and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. Let's take a look at this aspect.

What medicine should I take for sore throat and fever

It is considered to be caused by acute pharyngitis due to a cold, which may be a mixed infection of viruses and bacteria. Anti-cold medicine and antibiotics can be taken at the same time. You can take Pueraria lobata anti-inflammatory oral liquid, compound acetaminophen tablets, amoxicillin capsules or cephalosporin antibiotics for treatment and observation. Pay attention to rest and drink plenty of boiled water.

TCM tips for treating sore throat

1. Tongue root exercise

Pharyngitis causes sore throat, dry and itchy throat, and a foreign body sensation when swallowing. Tongue root exercises can be used to treat it, which can achieve good therapeutic effects. That is: close your mouth, put the tip of your tongue against your teeth, rotate clockwise 18 times, counterclockwise 18 times, and then swallow the saliva in your mouth three times. Do this once in the morning and once in the evening.

2. Walnuts can treat pharyngitis

Take 10 walnuts, remove the hard shell but keep the skin, and take them twice a day, morning and evening. A course of treatment is 15 days. Walnuts have anti-inflammatory, lung-moistening, phlegm-resolving and cough-relieving effects. It can cure diseases such as sore throat and cough.

3. Eat red dates, strong tea juice and honey

Use fire to singe the skins of 5 red dates, then pour in sugar water and drink; take a proper amount of tea leaves, wrap them in gauze, and use boiling water to make strong tea juice, then add a proper amount of honey and mix well, rinse your mouth every 30 minutes, swallow it slowly, and use it for several times. These methods are effective in treating sore throat and pharyngitis.

4. Rock sugar egg white

The ingredients used in this folk remedy are eggs and crushed rock sugar. The specific method is: break an egg, take out the egg white, put it in a bowl and add crushed rock sugar. Use chopsticks to stir quickly until it becomes foamy. When your throat is itchy or your voice is hoarse, take 3 spoons of egg white foam at a time and hold it in your mouth, swallowing it slowly. It is very effective in relieving cough and moistening the throat. After drinking it a few times, you will find that the symptoms of dry throat and hoarseness have been significantly improved.

5. Concentrated salt water

Although egg white is effective for sore throat, many people are not used to the fishy smell of eggs. Then you can use the following simpler method, which is a cup of concentrated salt water. The specific method is to add some salt to a cup of hot water, make a cup of concentrated salt water, and stir evenly. After it becomes warm water, start gargling your mouth and throat with salt water of appropriate temperature for about 20 seconds, then spit out the concentrated salt water. As a reminder, you don’t need to drink it. Also, test the water temperature before gargling. Never gargle when the water is high, as that will only make your throat worse. Rinse your mouth with concentrated salt water, repeat this every 10 minutes, and do it 10 times a day.