Many patients with chronic pharyngitis, when the pharynx discomfort, always think that “fire”, unauthorized to take “fire medicine”, such as niuhuang detoxification tablets, niuhuang clear stomach pill, etc., or use fat sea, honeysuckle and other heat detoxification medicine to drink as tea. There are even patients who take antibiotics for every sore throat. Some patients may have temporary relief of symptoms after taking these drugs, but most patients not only fail to alleviate symptoms, but also develop abdominal pain, diarrhea and other digestive system symptoms. Patients who are temporarily relieved of their symptoms may also be injured by cold medicines for a long time, which may lead to cold fear, fatigue, loose stools and recurrent colds later. The side effects of cold drugs hurt people later, so it is not easy to attract attention. Is it true that all chronic pharyngitis patients are “on fire”? The answer is no. Many patients are lung and spleen deficiency, or spleen and kidney Yang deficiency, this part of the patient if you take heat detoxification drugs, it is like adding to the problem. How to determine what kind of symptoms the patient has? If the patient has a dry throat, but does not want to drink water, or only likes to moisten the throat with a small amount of warm water, too much water at one time, then stomach discomfort, or even nausea, the usual abdominal distension, loose stools, abdominal fear of cold, lethargy, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, then it can be judged as lung spleen qi deficiency. Patients with qi deficiency can take tonic pill, or with food therapy. Usually eat more indica rice, japonica rice, glutinous rice (small amount), wheat, sweet potato, yam, honey, fungus, pumpkin (do not eat with mutton), dates, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, hazelnuts, longan (appropriate amount), grapes, cherries, lotus seeds (steamed), rhizome (Yang deficiency do not use), gravy (chicken head rice) and other foods. However, the food should be consumed in moderation each time, too much at once will cause abdominal distension. It should be consumed in a long term. If the patient has sore throat, sputum and saliva, does not like to drink water, urinates quickly after drinking water, fears cold, has cold hands and feet, likes warmth and prefers warmth, has insubstantial stools, or even has undigested food in the stool, has cold pain in the waist and knees, has swollen eyelids or lower extremities in the morning, and has low menstrual flow, it can be judged as spleen and kidney Yang deficiency. You should not think it is “fire” just because of sore throat, and you should not take cold medicine. You can take Jin Kui Kidney Qi Pill and Right Return Pill. Usually take more warm food such as mash, spring buds, sorrel, leek, caraway (coriander), cherries, dates, walnuts, loofah, dog meat, beef, mutton, scallops, wolfberries, yams, etc., or add warm seasonings such as pepper, Chinese spices, cloves, cinnamon, fennel, ginger, etc. when cooking. Mistakenly over-eating cold, seafood, cool fruits and vegetables such as bitter melon, watermelon and other foods. If the situation is complicated and you can’t judge accurately by yourself, then we recommend you to visit a hospital in order to use the medicine accurately.