Dietary considerations for patients with pharyngitis

  Patients with chronic pharyngitis should not use antibacterial drugs at will. Many patients can’t wait to use antibacterial drugs once pharyngitis strikes. The actual fact is that you can take antibacterial drugs for a short period of time for acute pharyngitis; while chronic pharyngitis, or virus-induced pharyngitis, it is not advisable to take antibacterial drugs, or use them sparingly, as bacteria are not a direct factor in triggering chronic pharyngitis, but a decrease in human resistance and disruption of the internal environment is the main cause. The abuse of antimicrobials not only does not cure pharyngitis, but increases bacterial resistance, and in serious cases even causes side effects such as flora disorders. Unless there is acute congestion of the pharyngeal mucosa and symptoms such as increased white blood cells in routine blood tests, antibiotics are generally not used.  The following is my summary of some pharyngitis patients dietary considerations and commonly used remedies and herbal tea substitute method, for reference only.  Acute pharyngitis patients: 1, during the illness, it is advisable to drink more water, diet to light, easy to digest for the principle, such as white rice porridge, noodles, lotus root powder, fresh vegetables, etc.. Cabbage, loofah, winter melon, watermelon, duck pear, cucumber, mung beans, tofu has a clearing effect, can eat more; 2, avoid eating greasy, sticky, fried food, fish meat meat should not be eaten or eat as little as possible; 3, pharyngitis in the acute phase of general should not enter the tonic, if you consider weak intolerance, then slightly add eggs, milk, lean meat and so on, to support the righteousness.  Chronic pharyngitis patients: 1, it is appropriate to eat foods that have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, nourishing Yin and moistening the lungs, such as vegetables, fruits: radish, cabbage, cucumber, spinach, winter melon, bitter melon, pear, banana, persimmon, loquat, apple, pineapple, lychee, sugar cane, etc.. Meat and poultry: lean pork, duck meat, rabbit meat, pork lung, etc. nourish Yin and moisten dryness, can choose to eat more. Milk and eggs can generally nourish blood and moisten dryness, and can also be used. Beans to mung beans, red beans, black beans is good; 2, should avoid eating sheep, dogs, bird meat and other spicy warm hot products; 3, spicy products, stimulate the throat, should not be eaten.  Remedies: fat sea, honeysuckle, maitake, chrysanthemum, wolfberry, licorice and other Chinese herbal infusions for tea, drinking can add some honey for pharyngitis patients the best.  Medicine meal 1, raw pear preserved for acute pharyngitis [recipe]: 2 raw duck pear, salt appropriate amount [system usage]: the pear washed and removed the core, not to remove the skin, cut into pieces (such as red dates large), two pears with salt 3 ~ 4 grams, placed 15 minutes. Each time a piece will be contained in the mouth, chew slowly swallowed, 4 ~ 6 times a day.  [efficacy]: for the treatment of swelling of the throat, dry pain and discomfort.  2, lily of the earth porridge for chronic laryngitis [recipe]: 30g lily of the earth, lily of the earth, japonica rice 50g each [system usage]: first raw earth with 800 ml of water, decoction for half an hour, remove the dregs and leave the juice in the pot, then lily of the earth, japonica rice into the slow boil until the porridge, sugar, mix well. Take in 1 to 2 times on an empty stomach.  [efficacy]: for stomach and lung injury yin, throat pain, cough hoarseness of chronic pharyngitis Chinese herbal tea drink 1, silver chrysanthemum peony soup for acute pharyngitis [formula]: honeysuckle 12 grams, wild chrysanthemum 15 grams, red peony 10 grams [system usage]: 500 ml of water, low fire decoction 5 to 10 minutes. Take the first two decoctions in two doses, 1~2 doses daily.  [Efficacy]: It is suitable for people with sore throat, chills and fever. 2. (Lung and kidney yin deficiency type) add 3 grams of Chinese wolfberry if the throat is dry with heat in the hands and feet, add 3 grams of Chen Pi if the spleen and stomach are not functioning well, add 3 grams of dried ginger if the stomach is afraid of cold, add 3 grams of Radix et Rhizoma oryzaeum (phlegm coagulation and blood stasis type) if there is a lot of phlegm.  [Efficacy]: For patients with chronic pharyngitis with lung and stomach yin injury, dry throat and itchy throat.