Some people often experience coughing and sore throat, and most people think it is caused by a cold. However, it is actually pharyngitis. Do you know the remedies for curing pharyngitis? Do you know the symptoms of pharyngitis? Western medicine treatments have side effects, so why not try dietary therapy? Let's take a look at what to eat for pharyngitis.
Treatments for Pharyngitis
There are many methods to treat pharyngitis, and many people choose to take medicine or receive intravenous drips. Both methods have side effects. Today, we bring you dietary remedies.
Marshmallow Rock Sugar Tea
Ingredients: 4 marshmallows, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Instructions: Soak the marshmallows in boiling water until they become spongy. Drink the water several times a day.
Indications: Sore throat, hoarse voice.
Efficacy: Marshmallows clear heat and generate body fluid, beneficial for the throat and voice.
Modern research suggests that radishes contain mustard oil, amylase, and crude fiber, which promote digestion, stimulate appetite, accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis, and have antitussive and expectorant effects.
According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, radishes have a pungent and sweet taste and a cool nature. They enter the lung and stomach meridians, making them an excellent dietary remedy that can treat or assist in the treatment of various diseases. It is known as the "beneficial vegetable" in the Compendium of Materia Medica.
Based on the above, common radishes have certain pharmacological effects, especially for people with pharyngitis. You can try the following radish methods, which have very good therapeutic effects.
Radish Juice
Ingredients: 500g fresh radish.
Instructions: Wash and eat raw, or juice and drink, or cook and drink as soup.
Indications: Prevention and treatment of pharyngitis.
Efficacy: Radishes, also known as raphanus sativus, have high nutritional value, containing a large amount of protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, etc.
Among them, the vitamin C content ranks at the forefront of vegetables and is 10 times that of pears and apples. Therefore, it is known as the "radish surpasses pear". Studies have shown that radish alcohol extracts have antibacterial effects and are effective in preventing and treating influenza, pharyngitis, and other conditions.
We all know that honey is a good thing. Drinking a glass in the morning and evening will make your body strong. In fact, honey has more benefits. It can not only beautify the skin but also treat pharyngitis.
Analysis has shown that honey contains a variety of inorganic salts, vitamins, iron, calcium, copper, manganese, potassium, phosphorus, and other organic acids and beneficial trace elements for human health. It also contains fructose, glucose, amylase, oxidase, reductase, etc., which have the functions of nourishing, moisturizing, detoxifying, whitening, and promoting intestinal movement.
Honey Radish Juice
Ingredients: Appropriate amount of white radish, 20ml honey.
Instructions: Wash and chop the radish, squeeze the juice with a clean gauze. Take 30ml each time, add 20ml of honey, and then add warm water to mix well. Drink it three times a day.
Indications: Dry and itchy throat or dry cough in autumn.
Efficacy: Radishes moisturize the throat and liquefy phlegm, detoxify, aid digestion, disperse stagnation, and have anti-asthmatic effects; honey nourishes and moisturizes the lungs, and has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.
Soybeans have high nutritional value and are referred to as the "king of beans," "meat in the field," and "green milk" among hundreds of natural foods recommended by nutritionists.
