The fastest way to treat a red and swollen throat

People may experience a red and swollen throat when they have a cold or get angry. Of course, a red and swollen throat may also be caused by pharyngitis. A red and swollen throat will make people feel very uncomfortable, and it will aggravate the pain in the throat when eating. A red and swollen throat is mostly caused by inflammation of the throat, so you should take some anti-inflammatory drugs. Here are the quickest ways to treat a sore throat.

1. Treatment methods

1. Treatment of acute pharyngitis

(1) Patients with severe infection and obvious systemic symptoms should rest in bed, drink plenty of water and eat liquid food, and choose antiviral drugs, antibiotics or sulfonamides. Traditional Chinese medicine preparations with antiviral and antibacterial effects can also be used.

(2) For patients with mild or no systemic symptoms, local treatment can be used: gargle with compound borax solution, take damifen throat lozenges, iodine lozenges and silver yellow lozenges orally, 4 to 6 lozenges per day. In addition, you can also use 1%~3% iodine glycerin and 2% silver nitrate to apply the swollen lymph follicles on the posterior pharyngeal wall, which has an anti-inflammatory effect.

2. Treatment of chronic pharyngitis

(1) Eliminating the cause of the disease, quitting smoking and drinking, improving the working and living environment (avoiding dust and harmful gases), actively treating chronic inflammation of the nose and nasopharynx, correcting constipation and indigestion, and treating systemic diseases to enhance resistance are very important for the prevention and treatment of this disease.

(2) Traditional Chinese Medicine: Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that chronic pharyngitis is caused by Yin deficiency and excessive fire, which causes the throat to be malnourished. The treatment should be to nourish yin and reduce fire, with Zengye Decoction added or subtracted. You can also use appropriate amounts of double flower and Ophiopogon japonicus, add two pieces of Sterculia lychnophora, and use boiling water to brew it instead of tea.

(3) Local therapy ① Chronic simple pharyngitis: commonly used compound borax solution, furazolidone solution, 2% boric acid solution for gargling, or oral lozenges, such as iodine lozenges, mint lozenges, silver and yellow lozenges, and taking Liushen Pills and Jinsang Qingyin Pills. ② Chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis: In addition to the above methods, the lymph follicles on the posterior pharyngeal wall also need to be treated. Chemical drugs such as 10% silver nitrate solution can be used to cauterize the hypertrophic lymph follicles, or freezing or laser treatment can be used. However, the treatment area should not be too large or too deep to prevent dryness of the throat and atrophy of the pharyngeal mucosa in the future.

3. Treatment of atrophic pharyngitis

A small dose of iodine (2% iodine glycerin) can be applied to the posterior pharyngeal mucosa to promote glandular secretion and improve dryness symptoms. Nebulizer therapy can also relieve dryness symptoms. Taking vitamins A, B2, C, E, etc. can promote the growth of mucosal epithelium.

2. Treatment remedies

1. Watermelon rind soup

After eating watermelon, don’t throw away the rind. Used to make soup, the specific method and dosage are: 250 grams of melon peel and two large bowls of water. When it is boiled into a large bowl, add a little sugar and drink it after cooling. It is effective in treating throat inflammation.

2. Snow Pear Monk Fruit

Snow pear and monk fruit can also treat throat inflammation. Take one snow pear and half a monk fruit. After washing the pear and monk fruit separately, chop the pear with skin and core into pieces and put them into a casserole together with the monk fruit. Add water and boil them together. Cook for about half an hour, remove the residue and drink the soup.

3. Pear and Japonica Rice Porridge

Pear glutinous rice porridge is very effective in treating pharyngitis, itchy throat, cough and foreign body sensation. Take 3 pears, 100 grams of polished rice, and 60 grams of rock sugar. Wash the pears, peel and core them, then cut them into pieces. Wash the glutinous rice, put the two ingredients together with rock sugar into a pot, add appropriate amount of water and cook into porridge. Eat pear porridge. Take 1 to 2 times a day for 3 consecutive days to see results.

4. Honey tea

Take tea leaves and 20g of Ji'antang acacia flower honey. Put the tea leaves in a small gauze bag, place it in a cup, use boiling water to make the tea, add honey after it cools down and stir well. Rinse your mouth with this solution and swallow it every half an hour. Use it for 3 consecutive days after you see the effect.