What should I do if my throat is dry and sore

If your throat is dry and sore, then the choice of treatment method is very important. If it is caused by acute pharyngitis, you can choose some wind-dispelling and exterior-resolving drugs or heat-clearing and sore-throat-relieving drugs. You can also regulate it through some Chinese medicine.

1. Treatment methods: The symptoms of acute pharyngitis are redness and swelling of the throat, burning pain, a feeling of blockage in the throat, painful swallowing, hoarseness, often fever, aversion to cold, red tongue, and a floating pulse. These are mostly due to internal heat in the child, combined with exogenous pathogens, which attack the throat from both inside and outside. During treatment, it is advisable to use wind-dispelling and exterior-resolving drugs, while adding heat-clearing and throat-relieving drugs.

2. Medicines: Radix Lycopodii 10g, Radix Sophorae flavescentis 6g, Scrophularia ningpoensis 6g, Periostracum cicadae 5g, Fructus burdockii 3g, Platycodon grandiflorum 6g, Mentha 24g, Ophiopogon japonicus 10g, Belamcanda 6g, Olea europaea 10g. Among them, mint, burdock fruit, cicada shell, and platycodon can dispel wind and relieve exterior symptoms, while licorice root, sophora flavescens, and olive can clear away heat and relieve sore throat, and Scrophularia ningpoensis and Belamcanda chinensis can promote the production of fluid and relieve sore throat. If the internal heat is severe, remove the burdock seeds and cicada shells and add gypsum and scutellaria baicalensis; if there is excessive phlegm, add trichosanthes and apricot kernel.

3. Chronic pharyngitis is mostly caused by incomplete treatment of acute pharyngitis. It can also be caused by repeated colds, internal heat, burning of lung yin, and fumigation of the throat. The main symptoms are a foreign body sensation in the throat, itching and coughing without sputum, and hoarseness or distorted voice. At this time, treatment focuses on nourishing yin and clearing the lungs.

4. Medicines: Sophora flavescens 6g, Ophiopogon japonicus 10g, Dendrobium candidum 6g, Olea europaea 6g, Platycodon grandiflorum 3g, Belamcanda 5g, Rehmannia glutinosa 10g, Cortex Moutan 6g, stir-fried Gardenia jasminoides 3g, and raw licorice 3g. Decoction in water and retain 150-200 ml of liquid, take warm in 2-3 times. In the formula, Yamanashi root, Olea europaea, Belamcanda chinensis, and Platycodon grandiflorum can relieve sore throat, inflammation, and pain, while Ophiopogon japonicus, Dendrobium officinale, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Cortex Moutan can nourish yin, promote fluid production, and clear heat, while Gardenia jasminoides and raw licorice can clear heat, promote the function of the orifices, and detoxify.