What to do if you have a sore throat and dry cough

Sore throat and dry cough can be said to be common clinical symptoms, and dry cough is a dry cough. The causes of sore throat and dry cough are relatively complicated. For the treatment of sore throat and dry cough, Chinese medicine can generally be used. You should also pay attention to eating a light diet and drinking plenty of water.

1. Sore throat and dry cough are generally best treated with Chinese medicine. The main cause of the disease is due to organ dysfunction, which causes heat and toxins to accumulate in the throat. The current Western medicine treatment for this disease is not very ideal. Due to the different causes of chronic pharyngitis, the symptoms of each patient are also different. Therefore, it is particularly important to use medicine according to different pathologies. For those who are invaded by exogenous evil and attack the throat, the treatment is to dispel wind and heat, reduce swelling and relieve sore throat. For those with lung and kidney yin deficiency and virtual fire inflammation, the treatment is to nourish yin fluid, reduce fire and relieve sore throat.

2. People who have a cough with lots of phlegm in the early stages or for a long time can eat some pears. People who are in the early stages of the disease or have a long-term cough and phlegm can eat some pears. "Compendium of Materia Medica" once recorded that pears can "moisten the lungs, cool the heart, clear phlegm and reduce fire..." This is because pears contain glycosides and tannic acid. The effect will be better if you add Fritillaria cirrhosa and rock sugar and then steam the pears before eating. You can also eat some loquat, because loquat contains amygdalin, which can relieve cough and eliminate phlegm. Loquat paste made from loquat fruit also has the effects of cooling down, relieving fever, and resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

3. If the sore throat is caused by a viral infection, antibiotics are useless. But lozenges containing phenol may have some effect. Phenols kill surface germs, thus helping to control invaders until the body's resistance can develop. At the same time, the mild effect of phenol can paralyze nerve endings and prevent the throat from feeling itchy and painful. The dosage of lozenges varies, so please refer to the instructions when purchasing and using them.