What should teachers drink to maintain their throats

Teachers are the people who speak the most in life, and they need to shout every time they speak. Naturally, their throats cannot bear it for a long time, which can easily cause throat inflammation, excessive phlegm and coughing. Teachers can use these methods to nourish their throats, which can not only replenish water, but also make their voices louder.

Tools/Raw Materials

Brewing tea (ginseng wolfberry tea, monk fruit wood butterfly tea, chrysanthemum sterculia lychnophora tea, etc.)

Chinese medicine (navy, myrobalan, almond, loquat, mint, etc.)

Fruit (pears, etc.)

To make tea:

Ginseng and wolfberry tea

10 grams of American ginseng slices and 10 grams of wolfberry, soak in boiling water for 10 minutes and then drink. This tea has the functions of clearing the mind and refreshing the spirit, quenching thirst and improving voice, replenishing qi and benefiting the liver. It is suitable for people who suffer from fatigue, dry throat and sore throat due to excessive use of the voice.

Monk fruit wood butterfly tea

Take 1/4 of a monk fruit, 10 grams of Oroxylum bungeanum, and an appropriate amount of tea leaves, soak them in boiling water for 5 to 10 minutes, one dose a day, drink it frequently at any time. The main effects of this tea are clearing away heat and quenching thirst, resolving phlegm and relieving sore throat, moistening the lungs and improving voice. It is especially suitable for people with dry throat, itchy throat, sore throat, hoarseness, dry mouth and throat after class.

Chrysanthemum and Sterculia lychnophora Tea

3 pieces of chrysanthemum, 1 piece of Sterculia lychnophora, and an appropriate amount of tea leaves, soak in boiling water for about 10 minutes and then drink. This tea has the functions of clearing the liver and improving eyesight, calming the mind and refreshing the spirit, quenching thirst and opening the voice. It is suitable for people who have dry throat, sore throat, rough voice, lack of bright sounds or unsustainable voice, and hoarse voice due to excessive use of the voice.

traditional Chinese medicine

1. Tibetan green fruit, Terminalia chebula

Tibetan green fruit is cool in nature and has a heat-clearing effect. It is suitable for people with vocal cord congestion, fever, and dry mouth.

Terminalia chebula is mild in nature and has a astringent effect. It is not suitable for treating new illnesses, but is suitable for those suffering from hoarseness due to long-term illness.

How to eat: It can be decocted and taken, about 10 grams each time.

2. Almonds

Almonds have been one of the most commonly used medicines for treating throat, trachea, and lung diseases since ancient times, and are very effective in treating hoarseness.

How to use: The usual dosage is 5-10 grams, decoction for humans, no toxic reaction. Overdose may cause dizziness, vomiting and other reactions.

3. Loquat

Loquat is very effective for patients with hoarseness caused by lung heat rushing to the throat, or qi reflux. Loquat leaves themselves are bitter and neutral in nature, and have the effects of clearing the lungs and throat, regulating qi and relieving adverse reactions.

How to use: decoct in water, 3 to 12 grams at a time. If you have the conditions to find fresh loquat leaves, the effect will be better if you decoct them or make them into tea. You can use 30 grams at a time. But be careful to brush away all the velvet hair.

4. Mint

Peppermint is suitable for treating hoarseness and vocal cord congestion caused by various reasons. It can be brewed as tea or decocted and taken with other Chinese medicinal herbs such as mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, platycodon, honeysuckle, and Tibetan blueberry. It has a spicy taste and is cool in nature, and has the effects of dispersing wind-heat, clearing the head, and refreshing the throat and opening the voice.

How to eat: Grind into fine powder and sprinkle it on the throat. It also has the effect of dispersing wind-heat and clearing the throat. It can also be soaked in water and drunk, the usual dosage is 3.6 grams.

Pear: the name of a fruit, a deciduous tree.

Efficacy and indications

It is mainly used to treat hot cough and quench thirst. It is used to treat cough and fever, aphasia caused by stroke, fever caused by typhoid fever, and relieve heat from elixirs. It promotes urination and defecation, and stops restlessness, shortness of breath, and fever. It moistens the lungs and cools the heart, eliminates phlegm and reduces inflammation, and relieves sore and alcohol poisoning.

How to eat: You can eat it directly or make it into dessert.