I do not know if you have such a situation: open your eyes in the morning and feel uncomfortable in the throat, like there is something blocked, but can not cough out, there is no fever, cold, cough these symptoms, which in the end is because of what?

At this point, many people should recall an advertisement “coughing, swallowing, brushing teeth in the morning and nausea and dry heaving, which is a symptom of chronic pharyngitis!”

Is this really the case?

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With these discomforts

Chronic pharyngitis may be at your doorstep

Pharyngitis, refers to the inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx, submucosal tissues, often part of the upper respiratory tract infection, there are acute pharyngitis and chronic pharyngitis.

①Acute pharyngitis

Acute pharyngitis starts rapidly, the pharynx is dry and burning at the beginning; the pharyngeal pain when swallowing saliva is more obvious than when eating; sometimes it is accompanied by fever, headache, loss of appetite and limb pains; if it is allowed to develop and invade the larynx, it may be accompanied by hoarseness and coughing.

②Chronic pharyngitis

It has a high incidence rate, recurrent attacks, and is also easily neglected. The main symptoms are pharyngeal discomfort, foreign body sensation; dry, itchy, distended and burning sensation in the pharynx; and often make throat clearing sound; a small number of patients may have a strong odor in the mouth, or have bad breath, dry stools.

If many times due to acute pharyngitis do not pay attention to, failed to timely to the hospital treatment, thus missed the best treatment time, it will be transformed into chronic pharyngitis. And according to clinical data, the incidence of chronic pharyngitis in pharyngeal diseases reaches 30-50%.

1 High prevalence of chronic pharyngitis, 4 reasons not to be ignored

①Excessive smoking and drinking

Clinical studies have shown that long-term smoking and excessive alcohol consumption are the most common causes of chronic pharyngitis.

On the one hand, tobacco and alcohol can directly stimulate the mucous membrane of pharynx and cause it to be damaged, and even make the mucous membrane of pharynx with more secretion and congestion; on the other hand, long-term smoking and excessive drinking can lower the immunity of human body and cause the pharynx to be in the state of long-term congestion due to the dysfunction of the immune system, which will lead to chronic pharyngitis.

② Excessive use of voice

Long-term excessive use of the voice is easy to trigger chronic pharyngitis, such as hosts, singers, teachers, etc., due to occupational reasons excessive use of the voice, so that the pharyngeal mucosa is damaged, which in turn triggers chronic pharyngitis.

③Bad life habits

Such as staying up late or often eat spicy food, which is easy to make the pharyngeal mucosa stimulation, congestion, resulting in decreased resistance, resulting in nasopharyngeal germs disorders, a lot of pathogenic germs take advantage of the opportunity to invade the nasopharyngeal throat, easy to lead to chronic inflammation of the throat.

④Living environment

Poor air quality, more harmful dust particles floating in the air, as well as the large number of cars in the city, and the exhaust fumes emitted by the cars, all have a negative impact on people’s throat.

2 Pharyngitis is more than just a throat problem

Chronic pharyngitis is a frequent and common disease, it is not difficult to diagnose, but it is always difficult to cure. And the reason for this, most of the blame to the complexity of the cause!

The pharynx, from the medical anatomy, belongs to the “oropharynx” category. Its upward connection nasopharynx, down through the laryngopharynx connected to the trachea and esophagus, forward is connected to the oral cavity, exposed to the air. It is like a crossroads through which gases, liquids and food from all directions pass.

So, no matter which way is out of order, it may trigger chronic inflammation of the pharyngeal mucosa.

Inflammation of neighboring organs in the pharynx will involve the pharynx, thus causing chronic pharyngitis. For example: rhinitis, asthma, otitis media, dental, chronic tonsillitis, bronchitis and so on.

② laryngeal diseases: general vocal polyps or vocal cord nodule patients, after conservative treatment or surgical treatment of the pharynx may have significant discomfort, causing pharyngitis.

③ Gastroesophageal diseases: mainly reflux pharyngitis. When gastric acid refluxes into the throat area, it can cause irritation and damage to the pharynx, leading to chronic inflammation of the mucosa and submucosa of the pharynx.

Such patients are often not accompanied by obvious symptoms of acid reflux and heartburn, and mainly go to the hospital with symptoms such as foreign body sensation, prolonged sore throat, cough, hoarseness, and dyspnea.

④ Sleep Apnea Syndrome: commonly known as snoring, frequent open-mouth breathing at night can lead to dry pharynx and pharyngeal mucosa easily irritated.

So many seemingly unrelated factors, in fact, may be pharyngitis “culprit”. So if you have a throat problem, you should consult a doctor in time to find out the cause of the problem and treat the symptoms.

3 Chronic pharyngitis, may also be too “false”

In Chinese medicine, chronic pharyngitis is called laryngeal paralysis, may be “false” out. For example: lung and kidney yin deficiency will lead to the rise of fire, causing the throat loss of nourishment; may also be a spleen deficiency, resulting in abnormal transportation, destroying the balance of fluid metabolism. So we adjust the “deficiency” syndrome, in fact, also in the prevention of chronic pharyngitis.

1 Lung and kidney yin deficiency

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, Yin deficiency will generate internal heat, and the more Yin Qi is weak, the more intense the fire in the body, this time the fire rises, the throat is not nourished, it is easy to pharyngitis.

[Symptom identification] In addition to dry throat, swelling and pain, dry itchy cough, often accompanied by dry mouth, dry skin, and even in the afternoon there is a feeling of self-consciousness and fever, sleep after sweating, lumbar and knee weakness, insomnia, tinnitus, etc..

When treating and improving, the focus is on nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, tonifying the kidney and moistening the lung.

Nourishing Yin Soup

Directions: 3g of Xuan Shen, 3g of Maitong, 6g of Radix et Rhizoma Shengdi, 3g of Dampi, 3g of Paeoniae Alba, 3g of Glycyrrhiza Glabra, 3g of Phellodendron Bidentata, 3g of Mentha Armeniaca, and 3g of Mentha Armeniaca, boiled together in water.

This tea can nourish yin and clear the lungs, and benefit the pharynx and disperse lumps.

2 Spleen deficiency “Suwen – yin and yang class theory” said: “dry throat and pharynx, the disease in the earth and spleen”.

“The spleen is the source of phlegm”. When the spleen is weak, the ability of digestion, absorption and transportation will be weakened, and the generation of fluid will be reduced; at the same time, the transportation is not as good as the ability to raise the clear and transport, there is not enough energy to transport the fluid to the throat, there will be a dry mouth, dry and painful throat, foreign body sensation and other symptoms, and the water and dampness of the internal storage, it will be condensed into phlegm.

Accompanying Symptoms] In addition to the throat, it can also be accompanied by yellowish color, fatigue, weakness, weakness of the limbs, drowsiness, loss of appetite, a little bit of food is easy to bloat and so on.

Therapeutic principle: tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi, ascending and clearing the pharynx.

Tonifying the Middle Jiaozhong and Benefiting Qi Soup

Astragalus, Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix et Rhizoma Ovatae, Radix et Rhizoma Serratae, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae and Rhizoma Atractylodes Macrocephalae.
Astragalus, Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng and Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae are herbs that strengthen the spleen and promote vital energy, Radix Angelicae Sinensis replenishes blood, Tangerine Peel strengthens the spleen and resolves dampness, and Radix et Rhizoma Asiatica and Radix et Rhizoma Chai Hu are among the wind herbs and Yang-raising herbs.
This is a traditional remedy and the exact number of grams should be prescribed by the doctor. In addition, you can also eat the following “red bean and yam powder”:

Red Bean Yam Powder

Recipe:

Yam: strengthens the spleen and nourishes the kidneys, nourishes the essence and strengthens the kidneys

Red bean: promoting blood circulation, tonifying blood, strengthening the spleen, dispelling dampness, inducing diuresis and eliminating swelling.

Job’s tear: promoting water retention and seepage of dampness, strengthening the spleen and stomach, clearing lung heat and stopping diarrhea.

Gorgon fruit: “ginseng in water”, benefit the kidney and essence, tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, removing dampness and stopping bandages.

Chestnut: strengthens the spleen and stomach, tonifies the kidney and blood, strengthens the muscles and bones.

Japonica rice: nourishes the middle and benefits the qi, facilitates urination, quenches thirst and nourishes the stomach and intestines.

Jujube: nourishes the middle Jiao, strengthens the spleen, nourishes the blood, and calms the heart and mind.

Millet: nourishes the spleen and kidney, harmonizes the intestines and stomach, facilitates urination and cures water retention.

These eight ingredients, scientifically formulated, inherited the ancient art of artillery technology, ground into powder, multi-directional harmonization of the spleen and stomach, strengthen the body.

4 Three Steps to Protect Your Throat

Although laryngitis has no risk of cancer, chronic pharyngitis that remains untreated can lead to repeated damage repair to the mucous membrane of the throat, increasing the risk of throat cancer. So it is necessary to pay attention to pharyngitis.

1 Drink more warm water

Although water does not have the function of “transforming” phlegm, it can dilute phlegm. The more viscous the phlegm, the more difficult to discharge, drink more water can be the secretions in the throat to dilute, so it is easy to cough out. In addition, prolonged coughing can cause swelling and pain in the throat, and drinking water can also help to relieve this pain.

Note: Warm boiled water at about 35 degrees is best.

2 Nutrient supplementation

Vitamin A deficiency in the body will make the mucosal epithelium of the pharynx degenerate, appropriate supplementation can play a role in maintaining the morphological integrity of the epithelial cells, functionally sound.

Apples, bananas, amaranth, cabbage, mustard greens, pumpkin, pea shoots, carrots, green beans, chicken, eggs and other vitamin A-rich foods can be eaten.

Can also be appropriate to eat more dark green or reddish-yellow vegetables and fruits, such as: mango, carrots, broccoli, etc., which is rich in carotene can be converted into vitamin A in the body, as a supplement.

3 Chronic pharyngitis tea substitute

Formula: 15 grams of honeysuckle, 15 grams of gold lotus, 15 grams of dendrobium, with boiling water, it is best to boil for 3-5 minutes, and then add boiling water to drink tea.

Effects] Honeysuckle clears away heat and toxins, goldenseal detoxifies the pharynx, and dendrobium nourishes yin and benefits the pharynx. This tea substitute has the effect of clearing heat, nourishing yin and benefiting the pharynx.

Note: This tea substitute is cold, reduce the dosage for those who have a cold spleen and stomach, or use ginger soup.