What to do with chronic pharyngitis and long-lasting cough

Chronic pharyngitis is a relatively common throat disease that has a great impact on our physical condition, and sometimes even directly affects people's normal life. Usually after suffering from chronic pharyngitis, you will feel discomfort in your throat and sometimes even cough. The cough becomes more and more severe, and even symptoms of a long-term cough may appear. When the disease first occurs, it is very serious and causes great damage to people's throats. So what should we do if we have chronic pharyngitis and long-term cough?

1. Dispersing wind, clearing heat and relieving cough method: Symptoms include red and swollen throat, heavy cough, yellow and sticky phlegm, uncomfortable sputum, headache, thirst, thin yellow tongue coating, floating pulse, etc. 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, raw licorice, etc.

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 not easy 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 thin 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 phlegm, or fishy-smelling purulent phlegm, 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 ingredients 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 method: Symptoms include as if there is something stuck in the throat, cough with a lot of phlegm, the phlegm is white and sticky, chest tightness, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal distension and loose stools, enlarged tongue, greasy tongue coating, slippery and slow pulse, etc. You can choose to use Wen Dan Tang with modifications, and the medicinal ingredients include tangerine peel, pinellia, atractylodes, magnolia bark, poria, inula flower, white mustard seed, bitter orange peel, Fritillaria, coltsfoot, scutellaria baicalensis, and aster.

5. The method of clearing the liver, purging fire and relieving cough: Symptoms include dry throat and bitter mouth, choking and breath reversal, 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 stringy and rapid pulse. You can choose Qingjin Huatan Decoction 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.