What to eat when you have a sore throat

There are many reasons for throat inflammation, such as getting angry, catching a cold, smoking too much, drinking too much, etc. At this time, you should pay attention to your diet and eat more foods that are easy to promote digestion, have the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, and removing fire. You should eat some foods that can clear the throat and benefit the lungs. There are many foods of this kind, the more common ones are radish, winter melon, wood ear vegetable, etc.

1. Patients with pharyngitis should eat more of these foods in their daily diet:

1. Radish: Patients with pharyngitis can eat more radish, which has the effects of clearing heat and promoting diuresis. Radish can excrete toxins from the body. Eating more radish in plain water is helpful for chronic pharyngitis.

2. Winter melon: Patients with pharyngitis should eat more winter melon. Winter melon is available all year round and is one of everyone’s favorite melons and vegetables. Winter melon has a large water capacity, tender flesh, light and refreshing taste, and can clear away heat, detoxify, remove summer heat, and is a great vegetable in summer and autumn.

3. Winter melon: It is rich in nutrients and high in vitamin C and calcium. Winter melon is easy to swallow when the throat is sore. It itself is one of the herbal medicines for treating patients with sore throat and pharyngitis.

4. Amaranth: can clear away heat, detoxify, improve eyesight and relieve sore throat. Amaranth is sweet and cool in nature, and is good at clearing dampness and heat, clearing the liver and detoxifying, cooling blood and dispersing blood stasis. It has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on red and white dysentery caused by dampness and heat, and red and painful eyes, red and swollen throat caused by liver fire.

5. Auricularia auricula: Auricularia auricula has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and cooling blood. It is rich in nutrients, and contains carotene, vitamins and minerals, protein, various amino acids, various sugars, calcium, iron and other elements. It has a soothing effect on patients with pharyngitis.

2. What foods should not be eaten in the daily diet of pharyngitis patients:

1. Patients with pharyngitis should avoid eating too cold or too hot food or eating too fast. Food that is too cold or too hot can irritate the throat and cause inflammation when swallowing. If food is swallowed without chewing it thoroughly, the rough food bolus will increase the burden on the pharynx, making it difficult to eliminate the inflammation. In addition, foreign objects mixed in the food (such as grass sticks and fish bones) can easily pierce the mucosa, aggravating the inflammation.

2. Patients with pharyngitis should avoid greasy, fried foods. As living standards improve, people's diet becomes more and more diverse, so meat becomes an indispensable item on the table. However, eating too much meat and fried foods without eating vegetables can lead to obesity. Worse still, it will lead to nutritional imbalance in the human body, deterioration of physical fitness, and susceptibility to chronic pharyngitis. It is not enough to eat only vegetables without eating meat. You must have a balanced diet.

3. Patients with pharyngitis must avoid tobacco, alcohol, strong tea, coffee, and other irritating foods in their daily diet. I believe everyone is aware of the harm that tobacco and alcohol can cause to the throat and body. If you have chronic pharyngitis, you must quit smoking. Spicy and irritating food often makes the throat membrane in a state of hyperemia, aggravating the symptoms of throat discomfort.