Children with pharyngitis may experience swollen and painful throat, which can lead to a loss of appetite and difficulty taking medicine. However, parents can use some common ingredients to make homemade remedies for treating children's pharyngitis.
1. Walnut for treating pharyngitis
Take 10 walnuts, remove the shells but keep the skin, and divide into two doses to be taken in the morning and evening. A treatment course lasts for 15 days. Walnuts have anti-inflammatory, lung-moistening, phlegm-expelling, and cough-suppressing effects. It can be used to treat throat swelling, cough, and other diseases.
2. Boiled figs with rock sugar
Take 25 grams of figs and an appropriate amount of rock sugar, boil them in water and drink once a day. It has the effects of nourishing qi, moisturizing the throat, and expelling phlegm.
3. Duck egg and green onion soup
Take 1-2 fresh duck eggs, remove the shells, chop 4-5 green onions, and cook them with an appropriate amount of water and sugar. Eat the eggs and drink the soup once a day. It has the effects of nourishing yin, clearing heat, calming cough, and expelling phlegm.
4. Lily and banana soup
Take 20 grams of lily, peel and slice 2-3 bananas, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and water, and boil together. Take once a day. It has the effect of clearing heat.
5. Honey tea for treating pharyngitis
Take an appropriate amount of tea leaves and wrap them in gauze. Steep them in boiling water until it becomes a concentrated tea. Add an appropriate amount of honey and mix well. Gargle with it every 30 minutes and slowly swallow. Repeat several times. It can relieve throat pain and pharyngitis on the same day.
6. Radish for treating pharyngitis
Take 100 grams of white radish, slice it with the skin, add 200 grams of water, boil for 20 minutes, and extract the juice. Add an appropriate amount of white sugar or rock sugar, and take it all at once. Take it twice a day. Avoid eating seafood. Repeat for 3 days to treat pharyngitis.
7. Lemon for treating pharyngitis
Mash the lemon without the peel and steep it in boiling water to make a tea. It can treat pharyngitis.
8. Watermelon rind for treating pharyngitis
When eating watermelon, do not discard the rind. Take 250 grams of watermelon rind and add two large bowls of water. Boil until it reduces to one large bowl, add a little rock sugar, and drink it when it cools down. It can treat pharyngitis, detoxify, moisturize the lungs, and suppress cough.
9. Ophiopogon and lotus seed tea with rock sugar
Take 15 grams of Ophiopogon, 15 grams of lotus seeds, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Boil them with an appropriate amount of water and drink it as tea. It has the effects of nourishing yin, benefiting the kidneys, and moisturizing the throat.
10. Sesame oil and egg soup
Take one egg and an appropriate amount of sesame oil. Beat the egg in a cup, add sesame oil, stir well, and then pour about 200 ml of boiling water. Drink it slowly while it's hot, preferably on an empty stomach in the morning.
