1, the folk prescription of pharyngitis
(1) Boat-fruited Sterculia crystal sugar tea
Formula: 4 boat-fruited Sterculia, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Usage: Soak water until boat-fruited Sterculia is soft, and drink water several times a day.
Indications: sore throat and hoarseness.
Efficacy: Boat-fruited Sterculia can clear away heat, promote fluid production, and relieve sore throat.
Modern research believes that white radish contains mustard oil, amylase and crude fiber, which has the functions of promoting digestion, stimulating appetite, accelerating gastrointestinal peristalsis, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. Chinese medicine theory also thinks that it is sweet in taste and cool in nature, and enters the lung and stomach meridians. It is a good dietotherapy method, which can treat or assist in the treatment of many diseases. Compendium of Materia Medica calls it "the most beneficial vegetable". Therefore, white radish has certain medicinal value in clinic.
(2) Radish juice
Formula: 500 grams of fresh radish.
Usage: Wash, eat raw or mash juice, or cook soup to drink.
Indications: prevention and treatment of pharyngitis.
Efficacy: Radish, called radish in ancient times, has high nutritional value and contains a lot of protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, vitamin C and so on. Among them, the content of vitamin C is among the best in general vegetables, which is 10 times that of pears and apples. Therefore, it has the reputation of "radish is better than pear". According to research, the alcohol extract of radish has antibacterial effect; It is clinically effective in preventing and treating influenza and pharyngitis.
Honey is a nutritious natural nourishing food and one of the most commonly used tonics. According to analysis, it contains a variety of inorganic salts, vitamins, iron, calcium, copper, manganese, potassium, phosphorus and other organic acids and trace elements beneficial to human health, as well as fructose, glucose, amylase, oxidase, reductase and so on. It has the effects of nourishing, moistening dryness, detoxifying, whitening and caring skin, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels.
③ honey radish juice
Formula: appropriate amount of white radish and 20 ml of honey.
Usage: Wash and chop radish, and wring juice with clean gauze. Take 30 ml each time, add 20 ml of honey, add appropriate amount of warm water, mix well, and take it three times a day.
Indications: dry throat or itchy throat or dry cough in autumn.
Efficacy: Radish moistens throat, eliminates phlegm, detoxifies, promotes digestion, removes blood stasis, and has antiasthmatic effect; Honey tonifies deficiency and moistens lung, and has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.
Because of its high nutritional value, soybean is called "king of beans", "meat in the field" and "green milk", and it is the most popular food among hundreds of natural foods.
(4) Olive Sour Plum Decoction
Sandalwood is rich in nutrition. Its pulp contains protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamin C and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron, among which the content of vitamin C is 0/0 times that of apple and 5 times that of pear and peach. Its calcium content is also high, which is easily absorbed by human body. Chinese medicine believes that olives are sweet, sour and flat, and enter the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving sore throat and resolving phlegm, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, treating throat discomfort caused by pharyngitis, relieving restlessness, sobering up, removing thorns, etc. Chewing 2-3 fresh olives every day in winter and spring can prevent upper respiratory tract infection. Children often eat it, which is good for bone development.
Sour plum is an alkaline food. Its function is not only to satisfy people's appetite, but also as a snack. It also has the following magical effects. It has the effects of anti-aging, nourishing liver and stomach, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, and neutralizing acidic metabolites.
Formula: 100g olive and 2 sour plums.
Usage: Chop olives, add 2 bowls of sour plum water, fry them into 1 bowl, and add rock sugar to drink.
Indications: dry throat and poor pronunciation.
Efficacy: Olives are sweet, astringent and cool, which can relieve sore throat and promote fluid production; Sour plum tastes sour and produces saliva; Rock candy tastes sweet and moistens the lungs.
2. Treatment of chronic pharyngitis
1, anti-inflammatory therapy
Chronic pharyngitis belongs to respiratory inflammation. This disease belongs to local inflammation, which is not very serious, but it is difficult to cure. Therefore, anti-inflammatory drugs and anti-inflammatory needles can be used to treat inflammation, with quick effect, good treatment effect and relatively few recurrence of prognosis.
2. Moxibustion therapy
Acupoints: Dazhui and Tiantu.
Method:
The patient takes a proper posture, the performer stands beside the patient, lights the moxa stick, points it on the acupoint, and draws it, 2~3cm away from the skin. It is advisable for patients to feel local warmth without burning sensation. Moxibustion lasts for 25 minutes each time until patients feel comfortable and local skin is red, once a day.
3. Massage acupoint therapy
Acupoints: Tiantu, Yongquan, Shenshu, Shu Fei, Hegu, Lieque and Shaoshang.
Method:
Step 1: Massage tiantu for 3 minutes, and Shu Fei and Shenshu on the back for 5 minutes each.
Step 2: Knead Hegu, Lieque and Shaoshang points for two minutes each.
Step 3: Knead Yongquan point 100 times, once a day, until it is cured.
4, folk prescription treatment
Lemon slices soaked in honey
Ingredients: lemon, sugar, honey and warm water.
Practice: Wash the lemon, slice it, sprinkle some sugar on the lemon slices, put them in a clean bottle layer by layer, and then soak them in honey for a week.
How to eat: Wash a slice of lemon with warm water and drink a little honey every morning.
5. Diet therapy
Chronic pharyngitis is often accompanied by different degrees of excessive internal heat. Therefore, in the diet, we should pay attention to choosing some foods that clear away heat and remove fire, drink plenty of water or cool drinks, and avoid irritating foods such as cigarettes, wine, ginger, peppers and mustard, which can help the treatment to the greatest extent and speed up recovery.
Common foods for clearing away heat and fire are: oranges, pineapples, sugar cane, olives, pears, apples and so on.