What to do if your voice is hoarse

With the society's advocacy of an environmentally friendly society and green travel, automobile exhaust pollution has gradually decreased. However, the smog weather is still very serious in winter, so many people suffer from bronchitis or sore throat and inexplicable hoarseness. These are all caused by severe air pollution. Sometimes drinking less water or eating too salty or sweet food will bring a huge burden to the throat.

What to do if your voice is hoarse

Now that spring has just passed and the weather is still relatively dry, how should we protect our throats? What measures should we take when our throats become hoarse? Here are some methods of protecting the throats that teachers or people who use their throats a lot should master.

Now if your throat becomes uncomfortable, itchy, dry or burning, you can use hot fumigation therapy. 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. It is possible to also use chrysanthemum, honeysuckle or puffed sea to make tea.

1. Eat with Tremella fuciformis. Wash and soak the white fungus, tear it into strips and pieces, blanch it with boiling water, rinse it with cold water, then add vinegar and eat it twice a day, with no limit on the amount. You will see improvement after 2 days.

2. Mix and eat with celery. Wash and cut the celery, blanch it, add vinegar and eat it, a small plate at a time, twice a day.

3. Drink strong herbal tea. Use boiling water to make a large cup of strong tea with 25 grams of tea leaves, and drink it regularly after it cools down.

4. Wind oil essence attracts people. Pour a few drops of medicated oil on a clean handkerchief, place it on the nostrils and inhale, 4 to 6 times a day.

5. Apply cold compress to your neck. Soak a towel with cold or ice water and apply it to the front neck and throat for about 20 minutes, 3-4 times a day. 3. Then you have to try egg tea - Egg tea (to cure sore throat and hoarseness). Take a fresh egg, crack it into a rice bowl to make egg liquid, boil some boiling water, pour it into the egg liquid to make egg flowers, add a little sugar and sesame oil, drink it while it is hot. This is the legendary egg tea.

6. How to protect your voice? Hoarseness and loss of voice are common problems for those who need to speak for a long time or do not use their throat correctly. If hoarseness persists for more than two weeks, it is best to see an ENT doctor for examination and treatment. Generally speaking, silent rest is the best way to treat hoarseness. As for vocal calluses, surgery is not necessarily required. Speech therapy can be done first. Only when the nodules are too large or speech therapy is ineffective, laryngeal endoscopic microsurgery is necessary. Here are some tips for protecting your voice in daily life: 1) Limit your talking time outside of work and reduce unnecessary long chats or phone calls. 2) Speak at an appropriate volume and make good use of the microphone to make up for insufficient volume. 3) Speak slowly, pause frequently to breathe, and don’t make a sentence too long. 4) The speaking tone should not be too low or too high, and the emphasis should not be placed on the prefix of each sentence. 5) Whispering is an incorrect way of speaking. 6) When speaking for a long time, you should drink more warm water to keep your throat moist. 7) Try to speak easily with your abdomen (i.e. Dantian), and do not speak with your chest or by tensing your neck muscles. 8) Do not smoke, drink, or eat spicy or fried foods, such as strong tea, coffee, chili pepper, chocolate, cold drinks, etc. IX) Avoid clearing your throat, coughing, etc. 10) Get enough sleep and don’t eat too much before bedtime. 11) Do appropriate exercise and keep yourself happy and relaxed. 12) When you have a cold, you should try to talk less and drink more warm water to protect your vocal cords. 13) Throat lozenges, monk fruit, loquat paste or Peng Dahai 5. So how to protect your throat? Experts have made the following suggestions: 1. Drink plenty of water and avoid drinking alcohol and coffee. Maintaining a balance of water in the body can adequately moisturize the vocal cords. 2. Don’t smoke. Even passive smoking should be avoided because smoking can significantly increase the risk of laryngeal cancer. 3. Don’t overuse your voice. Don't scream or speak loudly in noisy areas. If your throat feels dry or your voice becomes hoarse, stop talking. The speaking voice should be kept normal, not too high or too low. Speaking in a low voice is also not good for protecting the voice. 4. Don’t clear your throat too much. Because when you do this, the airflow will violently vibrate the vocal cords, causing damage to them. If you feel any discomfort in your throat, take small sips of water or swallow. But if you have to clear your throat constantly, see your doctor; perhaps a condition like reflux disease or allergies is to blame. 5. Try not to speak when your voice is hoarse due to a cold or infection. 6. How to protect the throat? The throat is not only the necessary path for normal breathing, but also an important voice box. Therefore, everyone should pay attention to protecting their voice, especially teachers, actors, and broadcasters. First of all, we should pay attention to persist in outdoor activities to enhance the body's defense against disease and avoid the occurrence of pharyngitis and laryngitis. The second is to develop good throat hygiene habits. Rinse your throat with clean water before and after meals, drink more tea and keep your throat clean. Smoking and drinking should be done in moderation, otherwise it will irritate the throat tissue and cause chronic inflammation. If your throat becomes uncomfortable, itchy, dry or burning, hot fumigation can be used. 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. It is possible to also use chrysanthemum, honeysuckle or puffed sea to make tea.

The throat is where we humans breathe and it is also where we speak, so people must protect their throats. In dry weather, they should drink more water. Moistening the throat regularly can also help with sore throats for people who talk for a long time. You should also avoid spicy and salty foods when it is hot.