When elderly people have phlegm in the throat, the treatment includes Chinese medicines, mucus-promoting drugs, antibiotic drugs and improvement of living habits, etc., as follows: 1. Chinese medicines: Chinese medicines for throat clearing and pharyngeal treatment can be used accordingly, commonly used include sweet orange and plum tablets, golden voice and pharyngeal pill, etc. 2. Mucus-promoting drugs: When phlegm is thick, mucus-promoting drugs can also be used to help thin and discharge phlegm. The common ones include eucalyptus citrus fruit soft capsule, aminoglutethimide hydrochloride tablet, etc. 3.Antibiotics: Some patients with thick phlegm in the throat, or with obvious pain, dryness and other pharyngeal discomfort, may need short-term oral antibiotics to improve the treatment, such as amoxicillin capsules, cefaclor extended-release tablets, roxithromycin dispersible tablets, etc. 4.Improve life Habits: Patients themselves need to drink more water appropriately, which helps to thin out and expel phlegm. Pay attention to a light diet and avoid talking too much with the voice.