Elderly people with phlegm in the throat can not come out, considering chronic pharyngitis, rhinitis sinusitis, pneumonia and other causes, often need to target to take general treatment, medication and so on. 1. Chronic pharyngitis: usually to avoid tobacco and alcohol stimulation, drink more water, avoid eating spicy and stimulating food, if the symptoms are not serious can use furacilin solution, compound borax solution gargle, help to alleviate the symptoms, you can also take ultrasonic nebulizer inhalation therapy, help dilute phlegm, promote phlegm discharge. 2. Rhinitis sinusitis: mainly due to secondary bacterial infection, resulting in a large amount of secretion backflow to the throat caused by oral antibiotics, such as amoxicillin, cefadroxil, etc. to control the infection, and with the nasal spray hormonal drugs, such as mometasone furoate nasal spray, budesonide nasal spray, etc. to reduce mucus secretion. 3. Pneumonia: most of them are caused by bacterial infection or mycoplasma infection, if it is bacterial infection, oral penicillin or cephalosporin drugs, such as amoxicillin, cephradine, if it is mycoplasma infection can be orally macrolide antibiotics, such as azithromycin, roxithromycin and so on. It can also be combined with phlegm transforming drugs, such as aminobromine hydrochloride, bromhexine, etc. to promote phlegm discharge. The elderly have phlegm in their throats, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, after a clear diagnosis, follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the use of drugs and treatment.