If you smoke and drink excessively for a long time, it can easily lead to throat pain due to lung yin deficiency causing internal heat or kidney yin deficiency causing fire. Most people consider throat pain to be a minor issue and are unwilling to take medication. Here, I will share a few dietary therapy methods for throat pain.
1. Nourishing Yin and Clearing Heat Drink
【Ingredients】12g Ophiopogon japonicus, 12g Lilyturf root, 9g Platycodon grandiflorum, 6g Sophora subprostrata, 30g Fructus Arctii, 6g Licorice root.
【Method】Each time, use 12g Ophiopogon japonicus, 12g Lilyturf root, 9g Platycodon grandiflorum, 6g Sophora subprostrata, 30g Fructus Arctii, 6g Licorice root, decoct with water and take orally. Once daily.
【Efficacy】It has the effects of nourishing yin, clearing heat, detoxifying, and relieving throat pain.
【Indications】Throat swelling and pain, acute pharyngitis, and tonsillitis, etc.
2. Tremella Mushroom and Chinese Sand Ginseng Egg Drink
【Ingredients】10g Tremella mushroom, 10g Chinese sand ginseng, eggs, rock sugar
【Method】Each time, use 10g Tremella mushroom, 10g Chinese sand ginseng, decoct with water and extract the juice, then add 1-2 eggs, and after the eggs are cooked, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar to consume.
【Efficacy】Nourishing yin, clearing heat, moistening the lungs, etc.
【Indications】Throat dryness, pain, thirst caused by yin deficiency and lung dryness, etc.
3. Chinese Sand Ginseng, Polygonatum, and Lilyturf Decoction
【Ingredients】15g Chinese sand ginseng, 10g Polygonatum, 10g Lilyturf root, 3g Flos Farfarae, 6g Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae
【Method】Each time, use 15g Chinese sand ginseng, 10g Polygonatum, 10g Lilyturf root, 3g Flos Farfarae, 6g Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae, decoct with water and take orally. Once daily.
【Efficacy】It is effective in relieving vocal cord fatigue and treating hoarseness.
【Indications】It is also effective for post-illness cough, persistent fever caused by yin deficiency, etc.
【Precautions for Throat Pain】
1. Pay attention to sufficient rest and avoid staying up late;
2. Drink plenty of water;
3. Pay attention to a light diet, avoid spicy and stimulating food, avoid smoking and alcohol, avoid excessively cold or hot food;
4. Pay attention to good air and environment, try to avoid staying in poorly ventilated environments for a long time;
5. Engage in appropriate physical exercise to enhance physical fitness and immunity.
