What method should be used to treat sore throat?

If the throat becomes inflamed and suppuration occurs due to delayed relief and treatment, it will cause greater damage to the health of the throat and even affect the patient's voice. In the case of sore throat and suppuration, patients should not drink excessive boiled water, as this will increase the burden on the body. Hot fumigation therapy or dietary adjustment can be used for treatment.

Don’t drink too much boiled water when your throat is inflamed:

For symptoms like sore throat, drinking too much boiled water is actually of no benefit. Instead, it will increase the body's excretion burden. The total water intake per day should be 1000 ml. If you add some medicinal herbs when drinking water, it may be helpful for the discomfort caused by sore throat. Herbs such as monk fruit, puffed tamarind, honeysuckle, imperata root, ophiopogon or chrysanthemum can be bought in pharmacies.

In addition, there are also some tea shops selling dried flowers, such as roses and roses, which have the effect of cooling blood and can also nourish yin and blood.

Hot fumigation can be used for sore throat:

If your throat is irritated, itchy, dry, or burning, hot fumigation can be an effective solution.

The method is to breathe into a steaming teacup or teapot with your mouth, and the discomfort will soon disappear. You can also pour about 30 ml of compound benzoin tincture into a large pot with about 500 ml of boiling water, and breathe into the hot steam.

Throat inflammation can use Fengyoujing:

Pour a few drops of Fengyoujing on a clean handkerchief, place it on the nostrils and inhale, 4 to 6 times a day; or use cold compress neck method, soak a towel with cold water or ice water, apply it to the front neck and larynx, for about 20 minutes, 3-4 times a day.

Adjust your diet when you have a sore throat:

After your throat is inflamed, you must not eat spicy foods such as hot pot and malatang. You should also eat less chicken, beef, and mutton that may cause heatiness, and eat more duck meat, especially stewed with wolfberry. In addition, lily, rock sugar, yam, coix seed, and japonica rice are all foods that nourish yin and moisten dryness. You can choose these foods to eat. Eating more vegetables and fruits is also very good and will not hurt the yang energy.

When you have a sore throat, you should not only know which foods can soothe your throat, but also pay attention to your diet! When the seasons change, cook more porridge, such as vegetable porridge and hawthorn porridge. Eat more sour foods, such as black plums and hawthorns, which are good choices.