1. What is the reason for itchy throat?
Dry and itchy throat is generally a manifestation of pharyngitis. Traditional Chinese medicine calls laryngitis, the pharynx is the portal of the stomach and the throat is the portal of the lung. Exogenous evil enters the lungs and easily hurts the throat. Improper diet is easy to hurt the pharynx, and the larynx is a place where evil spirits are easy to soak for a long time. Clinically, the etiology of pharyngitis can be divided into internal and external causes, and the external causes are mostly wind-cold or wind-heat In Treatise on Febrile Diseases, it is said that "evil wind must attack the lungs first", and the throat is at the top, and external factors are felt first; The internal causes are mostly deficiency of yin, spicy frying and accumulation of phlegm heat, which will burn the throat or hurt the yin of lung and kidney for a long time, leading to deficiency fire, burning body fluid into phlegm, phlegm heat disturbing the throat along the meridian, and unclear orifices.
Many people don't get enough sleep and rest, or stay up late, which breaks the normal law of life. Others are depressed all day for various reasons, which weakens the body's disease resistance and is easily influenced by external pathogenic factors, making chronic pharyngitis linger and the condition worsen.
2. How to treat itchy throat?
2. 1, etiological therapy
To treat pharyngitis thoroughly, it is necessary to eliminate all kinds of pathogenic factors. For example, patients need to quit smoking and drinking and improve their usual working and living environment. If you have chronic inflammation and systemic diseases of nasopharynx, you should actively treat them. Enhance physical fitness, improve immunity and prevent acute upper respiratory tract infection.
2.2, symptomatic treatment
If you have fever or sore throat, you should take physical cooling measures (such as warm water or 75% alcohol bath, ice pack on your head, etc.). ) and drugs to reduce fever in time. Commonly used drugs include oral APC or intramuscular injection of antongding. Keep your mouth clean, and alkaline mouthwash can properly dissolve the sticky secretions in the pharynx, and gargle with compound borax solution is often used.
2.3, anti-inflammatory treatment
At the initial stage of the disease, 1% iodine glycerin or 2% silver nitrate can be used to wipe the pharyngeal wall, which can promote the regression of inflammation. If inflammation invades the larynx or trachea, appropriate antibiotics or hormones can be selected for aerosol inhalation treatment. In severe cases, intramuscular injection or intravenous drip of penicillin is the first choice, and powerful antibiotics should be replaced at any time. If it is caused by virus infection, antiviral drugs should be used.
2.4, local treatment
Chronic pharyngitis is mainly treated locally. Chronic simple pharyngitis is usually gargled with compound borax solution, furacilin solution and 2% boric acid solution. When gargling, the head leans back and the mouth opens to make an "ah" sound, so that the mouthwash can clean the posterior pharyngeal wall. In addition to the above drugs, chronic hypertrophic pharyngitis can also be treated with laser. Atrophic pharyngitis can be coated with 2% iodine glycerin, which can improve local blood circulation and promote gland secretion.
3. The remedies for itchy throat
3. 1, dried watermelon peel, decocted in water. It is effective for cleft lip and sore throat.
3.2. Siraitia grosvenorii is contained in the mouth or soaked in water. It is effective for mild sore throat.
3.3, dandelion, honeysuckle soaked in water to drink. It is effective for sore throat caused by virus.
3.4. Lily, Polygonatum odoratum and Ophiopogon japonicus. Effective for dry throat and dry mouth.
3.5. Stick it on Tiantu point with Shangshi Zhitong ointment. It is effective for pharyngitis and foreign body in throat.
3.6, Ophiopogon japonicus, Sophora Tonkinensis, honeysuckle, soak in water, add some rock sugar. It is effective for pharyngitis.
3.7, almond, stir-dried, crushed, add appropriate amount of brown sugar, stir evenly and take orally, 3 times a day. It is effective in treating chronic pharyngitis.
3.8. Bite a quick and fresh white radish in your mouth at ordinary times or before going to bed. A patient with pharyngitis and dry mouth for more than 20 years was actually cured in this way.
What to eat with itchy throat?
Siraitia grosvenorii 1
Siraitia grosvenorii is a sour fruit, but soaking in water is very effective for treating pharyngitis. Siraitia grosvenorii is sweet and cool, which can clear lung, eliminate phlegm, quench thirst and moisten throat.
2. Boat-fruited Sterculia
The first thing that many people think of is boat-fruited Sterculia, which tastes sweet and cool, enters the lungs and intestines, and has the effects of clearing away lung heat, relieving sore throat and detoxifying, moistening the intestines and relaxing bowels. It has the effects of clearing away heat and moistening lung, relieving sore throat and detoxicating, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels, and can relieve symptoms such as sore throat, itchy throat and hoarseness caused by excessive lung and stomach heat, with obvious effect.
3. Pierce
Pear tastes sweet, slightly sour, cool, and enters the lungs and stomach; Has the effects of promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, and relieving alcoholism; It can be used for dry cough, thirst and constipation caused by fever and yin deficiency, and also for polydipsia, cough and asthma, yellow phlegm and other symptoms caused by internal heat.
4. Loquat
Loquat is rich in nutrition, containing a variety of fructose, glucose, potassium, phosphorus, iron, calcium and vitamins A, B and C, among which carotene ranks third among all fruits. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that loquat fruit has the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough and quenching thirst.
What should I pay attention to when my throat itches?
1, no spicy food.
Spicy food, such as pepper, onion, garlic, pepper, cinnamon, onion, curry, etc. It is not suitable for patients with chronic pharyngitis, otherwise it will cause great irritation to the throat, which can lead to congestion of the pharyngeal mucosa and aggravate the symptoms of pharyngeal discomfort. Eating spicy and irritating food can also cause repeated attacks of chronic pharyngitis.
2, can't eat greasy, fried food
Patients with chronic pharyngitis should avoid eating greasy and fried foods, such as fried dough sticks, pancakes, oil cakes, fried chicken wings, French fries and fat meat. These foods are easy to stimulate the throat mucosa, produce more phlegm, and easily get angry, leading to chronic pharyngitis. Inflammation is getting worse.
Don't eat hot or overheated food.
Long-term consumption of overheated food can lead to chronic pharyngitis. Therefore, patients with chronic pharyngitis should not eat overheated food, such as hot soup and boiled water. It is best to wait until the food is warm before eating, otherwise it will cause great irritation to the pharynx, damage the throat mucosa and aggravate the symptoms of chronic pharyngitis. In addition, too hot and overheated food can also cause damage to gastric mucosa.
What should I do if my throat is dry and itchy and I can't help coughing?
1, my throat is dry and itchy, and I can't help coughing to relieve exterior and warm interior.
Most patients are caused by catching cold, which is characterized by cough, white phlegm or foam, and it is not easy to cough up. It mainly occurs at 2~3 o'clock at night and needs to cough up a small amount of phlegm to relax. This cough is similar to asthma. It often happens in the early morning and is paroxysmal. Although there are no symptoms such as chest tightness and asthma, it is still relieving exterior and warming interior, mainly washing and drinking.
2, the throat is dry and itchy, and I can't help coughing. To cure my cough, I have to swallow it first
The patient's symptoms are dry throat, itchy throat or foreign body sensation. Special odor stimulation obviously aggravates cough. Cough at night often occurs before going to bed or has no obvious regularity, which is mostly caused by catching cold or improper diet. The pharynx is the portal of the lung, and the liver meridian enters the pharynx along the throat, which leads to blood stasis after a long illness. In the treatment, Radix Platycodi and Radix Glycyrrhizae decoction is combined with Bupleuri Radix, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Xu Changqing and Tibetan medicine. If the throat itching is obvious, it is advisable to expel wind and add Radix Peucedani, Herba Schizonepetae and Folium Eriobotryae. If the foreign body is in the pharynx, Banxia Houpu decoction should be added.
3. The throat is dry and itchy, and I can't help coughing.
Most patients have a history of rhinitis, or curved nasal septum, and often have a stuffy nose and runny nose. The clinical manifestations are obvious cough, yellow cough and sticky phlegm when lying down, but only dispersing lung and resolving phlegm is ineffective. Considering that the lungs open in the nose and the nasal orifices are unfavorable, nasal secretions often flow down the trachea, leading to cough. In treatment, it is advisable to dredge nasal orifices, clear lung, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough.
My throat is dry and itchy, and I can't help coughing and raw garlic.
Suffering from laryngitis, try to put raw garlic in your mouth for a few months, and laryngitis can be eradicated. It is best to have purple garlic with raw garlic in your mouth. At first, my tears are very hot and my oral mucosa hurts, but sometimes I will vomit. Don't bite the smooth garlic. Later, when I got used to it, I would bite and hug. This method is also effective for oral diseases such as toothache and hoarseness.
5, the throat is dry and itchy, and I can't help coughing and massaging.
Massage method: after getting up early every morning, drop 3-4 drops of essential balm in the palm of your left hand and massage (clockwise) your throat for 20-30 times. The condition can be greatly improved after 2-3 months, and basically recovered after one year.
6. My throat itches and I can't help coughing up walnuts.
Take 10 walnut, remove the shell and clothes, and take it twice in the morning and evening. 15 days is a course of treatment. Walnut has the functions of diminishing inflammation, moistening lung, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough. Can be used for treating sore throat, cough and other diseases.
Other ways to cough when the throat is dry and itchy
It is a manifestation of chronic pharyngitis, which refers to diffuse pharyngeal lesions caused by chronic infection, mostly occurring in adults, often accompanied by other upper respiratory diseases. Chronic pharyngitis is usually caused by repeated attacks of acute pharyngitis, pus from rhinitis and sinusitis irritating the pharynx or stuffy nose and breathing with the mouth open. Traditional Chinese medicine is called deficiency fire laryngitis, and the etiology is mostly related to yin deficiency. The weather is dry in autumn and winter, and it is easy to induce throat discomfort after catching cold.
In addition to oral medication, improving diet and living habits is also important to prevent the recurrence of diseases. In addition, we should pay attention to the use of antibiotics to avoid drug dependence.
In medicine, oral Chinese patent medicine granules combined with Huasu tablets can relieve discomfort.
Diet, light nutrition is appropriate, avoid spicy food, eat less sweets and greasy food. Eat duck, pear, tremella, lily and other foods that nourish yin and clear heat.
In life, avoid staying up late to aggravate yin deficiency and induce throat discomfort. Wear a mask when going out in the morning and evening in autumn and winter to prevent cold air from irritating the respiratory tract.
How is the dry throat and itchy cough?
1, allergic history
For this type of dry cough, it is mainly related to the patient's physical condition, such as genetic factors, immune state, mental state, etc., which may cause dry cough, endocrine and health conditions will also occur.
2. Chronic bronchitis
Long-term dry cough in throat may be chronic bronchitis, asthma, tuberculosis and so on. In view of this situation, it is suggested that Bupleurum chinense, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Cortex Mori and orange stalks can be taken to relieve the disease. In addition, according to the different degrees of illness, some other medicinal materials can be used for treatment.
3. Liver yin deficiency
Long-term dry throat cough may also be caused by liver yin deficiency. Under normal circumstances, patients have a dry cough, little phlegm and sometimes a persistent cough. In addition, it is more serious at night and the quality of sleep declines. In this case, the disease is the stomach first, then the lung, and then the liver. It is suggested to eat more herbs to soothe the liver and stomach, such as bitter almond, coptis root, Evodia rutaecarpa and cuttlefish bone.