What food to eat for pharyngitis

Pharyngitis is the most common throat disease. People who often need to use their voice, such as teachers, actors and broadcasters, should pay more attention to prevention. They can brew more monk fruit tea or steam pears with American ginseng to help relieve the symptoms of pharyngitis.

1. Steamed pear with ginseng

American ginseng is cool in nature, sweet and slightly bitter. It has the effects of replenishing qi and nourishing yin, clearing away heat and promoting body fluid. Used for symptoms such as cough and asthma, blood in sputum, dry mouth and throat. Its main components are triterpenoid saponins. It has anti-fatigue, anti-tumor and anti-viral effects. Pears are cool and flat in nature, sweet and slightly sour in taste, and have the effects of promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm. It has a nourishing effect on the throat. Steaming ginseng and pears together has significant effects on lung heat cough, excessive phlegm, sore throat and other symptoms.

2. Honey Loquat

Loquat is cool in nature and tastes sweet and sour. It has the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving cough and relieving gas. It is mainly used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis, cough, vomiting blood, epistaxis, thirst, vomiting, etc. Honey is mild in nature, sweet in taste, and has the effects of moisturizing, relieving pain and detoxifying. Honey loquat can enhance the antitussive and expectorant effects, and has a significant improvement effect on symptoms such as dry cough due to lung dryness, excessive sputum, and vomiting.

3. Stewed Pork Ribs with Yam

Yam is mild in nature and sweet in taste. It has the functions of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach, quenching thirst and promoting salivation, and benefiting the lungs. Stewing it with pork chops which nourish yin and moisten dryness has a good effect on cough caused by deficiency, cough due to phlegm and dampness, and cough caused by spleen deficiency. It can alleviate and prevent chronic pharyngitis. It can also improve the body's immune function to resist viruses and enhance immunity.

4. Remedies for hoarseness

Ingredients: 50 grams of rock sugar, 2 pears.

Preparation and usage: Wash the pears, cut them into pieces, put them into a pot with rock sugar, add water and cook until they are soft. Take it twice a day.

Efficacy: It can clear away heat and moisten the throat, eliminate phlegm and reduce fire, treat hoarseness, and has a protective effect on the throat. You can also wash the pears, cut them into pieces, squeeze out the juice, and swallow it slowly, 1 small cup each time, which has the same effect.