Twelve dietary remedies recommended by traditional Chinese medicine for treating chronic pharyngitis

　　Pharyngitis is a diffuse inflammation of the pharyngeal mucosa, submucosal and lymphoid tissues. Patients often experience various discomforts in the throat, such as foreign body sensation, throat itching, burning, pain, or dry throat after waking up. The pharyngeal secretions are thick and sticky, and you often make a squeaking sound when you wake up in the morning. If the secretions are removed, it often causes nausea. So how to treat chronic pharyngitis, twelve dietary remedies are recommended.

　　1. Luo Han Guo tea

　　1 mangosteen. Chop Luo Han Guo into pieces, brew it with boiling water for 10 minutes, and drink it at any time. 1 to 2 times a day, 1 pill each time. It functions to clear the lungs and resolve phlegm, quenches thirst and moisturizes the throat. It is mainly used to treat chronic pharyngitis, dry throat and discomfort caused by insufficient lung yin and phlegm and heat, sore throat, loss of voice, or dry mouth due to cough.

　　2. Olive tea

　　Take two olives and 1g of green tea. Cut the olives in half with the stones, put them into a cup with the green tea, pour in boiling water, cover and simmer for 5 minutes before drinking. Suitable for those with chronic pharyngitis and foreign body sensation in the pharynx.

　　3. Haishengdi tea

　　5 pieces of Pangdahai, 12g of raw rehmannia, 30g of rock sugar, and appropriate amount of tea. Put the medicine together in a thermos bottle, brew half the bottle with boiling water, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes, and replace it with tea as many times as you like. According to the patient's drinking volume, take 2 to 3 doses per day. Functions: Clear the lungs, soothe the throat, nourish yin and promote fluid production. It is used for patients with chronic pharyngitis due to lung yin deficiency, such as hoarseness, excessive talking, dryness and itching in the throat or dry cough, dark red throat, thick vocal cords, even incomplete closure of the glottis, nodules on the vocal cords, red tongue with less coating, etc. It is most suitable for patients with chronic laryngitis due to insufficient lung yin, deficiency of fire and excess of fire, and dry and constipated stools.

　　4. Olive sea honey tea

　　3g of olives, 3 pieces of pomelo, 3g of green tea, 1 spoon of honey. First, boil the olives in water for a while, then brew the fat seaweed and green tea, cover it for a while, add honey, mix thoroughly, and drink it slowly. 1 to 2 doses per day. Function: heat-clearing, detoxifying, soothing and soothing the throat. It is mainly used to treat chronic pharyngitis, dry and uncomfortable throat, hoarseness and other symptoms of yin deficiency, dryness and heat.

　　5. Two Green Ligustrum Tea

　　Green calyx plum, green tea, orange 3g each, Ligustrum lucidum 6g. First crush Ligustrum lucidum, put it into a cup with the first three flavors, and brew it with boiling water. Take 1 dose a day, drink it at any time. Function: Nourishes yin, soothes the throat, promotes qi and resolves phlegm. Drinking it is beneficial for patients with liver and kidney yin deficiency, rising fire, qi stagnation and phlegm accumulation, sore throat and discomfort, and foreign body sensation in the throat.

　　6. Mulberry almond tea

　　10g of mulberry leaves, 10g of chrysanthemums, 10g of almonds, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Mash the almonds, put them in a thermos with mulberry leaves, chrysanthemums, and rock sugar, add boiling water to brew, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes, and then drink it as tea. Add boiling water while drinking, one dose per day. Function: Clear away heat and dispel wind, resolve phlegm and relieve sore throat.

　　7. Double root sea tea

　　15g of Isatis root, 10g of Tonkin root, 10g of licorice, and 5g of Pangdahai. Place in a thermos flask, brew with boiling water, cover and simmer for 20 minutes before drinking as tea. You can also add water to boil, pour it into a thermos bottle and drink it slowly, 1 dose per day. It has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying and soothing the throat, and is suitable for those with chronic pharyngitis and severe throat pain.

　　8. Verbena mung bean honey tea

　　50g fresh verbena, 30g mung beans, 30g honey. Wash and drain the mung beans, wash the fresh verbena roots, tie them into 2 small bundles with thread, put them in the pot together with the mung beans, add 1500 ml of water and simmer over low heat for 1 hour. When the mung beans are crispy, remove from the heat, remove the verbena, add honey while it is hot, stir and drink the beans. Take 1 dose a day, divided into 2 times, for several days.

　　9. Qingyin tea

　　Medicinal Pangdahai 5g, Chanyi 3g, Dendrobium 15g. Decoction instead of tea. Function: Nourish yin, moisten the throat, soothe the throat and treat muteness. It is suitable for patients with chronic pharyngitis accompanied by hoarseness.

　　10. Hawthorn soothing tea

　　Medicinal raw hawthorn 20g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 20g, Prunella vulgaris 15g. When using, first wash away the floating dust with clean water, then add water to simmer for 30 minutes, filter out the concoction, and drink it as tea several times a day. Function: Promoting blood circulation and dispersing stagnation, clearing away heat and soothing throat. It is suitable for patients with chronic pharyngitis and obvious hyperplasia of lymphatic follicles in the pharynx.

　　11. Eight tone bright voice tea

　　Choose five-color tea, Luo Han Guo, licorice, chrysanthemum, platycodon, sweet tea and other medicinal and edible pure natural herbs, add water to boil for 10 minutes and then take. It is especially suitable for people with acute or chronic pharyngitis, sore throat, itchy throat, foreign body sensation in the throat, hoarseness, tonsillitis, upper respiratory tract infection, cold and cough, throat use, excessive smoking and alcohol consumption, etc.

　　12. Xuanyin Tea

　　Scrophulariaceae 10g, Yinhua 3g, Shegan 2g, licorice 1g. Wash and make tea and drink frequently, one dose a day. If you drink a lot of water, you can take another dose. When taking it, you should sip it in small sips and drink frequently to avoid drinking too much. The whole prescription has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving sore throat and antibacterial effects.

　　Editor's message: These 12 medicinal tea recipes recommended by experts for treating chronic pharyngitis have different usage methods for different patients. In addition, the old Chinese medicine practitioners also remind everyone to eat more fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes and radishes to supplement the nutrients needed by the human body.