My throat hurts, what should I do?

There are many reasons for sore throat, such as acute pharyngitis, pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, etc. These may cause sore throat, so only after paying attention to understanding the reasons, can we know how to improve and solve the symptoms.

(1) Acute pharyngitis: 15-25g of fresh Commelina communis, mash it and boil it into a decoction, take it once a day, it can also treat acute tonsillitis; 15-25g of Isatis indigotica, boil it into a decoction, take it once a day.

(2) Pharyngitis: 50g fresh reed stems, 7 raw olives (pitted), decocted in water, 1 dose per day; 50g fresh Rehmannia root, 15g Achyranthes bidentata, 50g gypsum, decocted in water, 1 dose per day.

(3) Throat swelling and pain: 50g honeysuckle, boiled in water into a concentrated juice, taken in two doses, one dose per day; 15g honeysuckle, 5g licorice, 14 water chestnuts, add two bowls of water, boiled and taken orally or gargled, one dose per day; 10g platycodon, 5g licorice, 15g burdock, boiled in water, taken after meals, one dose per day. (4) Acute tonsillitis: 25-50g of dandelion, decocted in rice water or water, 1 dose per day; 15g of Scrophularia ningpoensis and 4 green fruits, decocted in water and taken as tea, 1 dose per day; 10g each of Schizonepeta tenuifolia, mint leaves, Platycodon grandiflorum and Sophora flavescens, decocted in water, 1 dose per day. (5) Acute laryngitis: 10g of Sterculia lychnophora, 15g of raw wax gourd seeds, decoct in water and drink frequently instead of tea; 15g of white chrysanthemum, decoct in water and drink instead of tea; 1 snow pear (pitted), add 5g of Fritillaria cirrhosa, add 50g of honey, steam together and take, 1 dose per day; 20g each of Schizonepeta tenuifolia and Mentha spicata, 30g of Platycodon grandiflorum, 15g of Licorice root, decoct in water and take in 2 doses, 1 dose per day; 10g of Platycodon grandiflorum, 5g of raw licorice root, 15g of Burdock seed, 10g of Periostracum cicadae, decoct in water and take, 1 dose per day. (6) Chronic laryngitis and hoarseness: Crush 5 large black plums and boil or burn them; add equal parts of dried tangerine peel, licorice and sugar to an appropriate amount of boiling water and stew them; decoct 25g of raw loquat leaves (dehaired), 1 loofah and 14 cicada shells in water and take 1 dose per day; decoct 10g each of platycodon, licorice and oroxylum indica in water and take 1 dose per day.