Elderly people with a lot of phlegm in the throat, may be due to reflux pharyngitis, chronic pharyngitis, chronic bronchitis, etc., you can follow the doctor’s instructions to take acid-suppressing drugs, oral gargle or tablets, expectorant drugs for treatment. 1. Reflux pharyngitis: it can be treated by taking acid-suppressing drugs, such as omeprazole, pantoprazole, ranitidine, cimetidine and so on. 2. Chronic pharyngitis: it can be treated by oral gargles or tablets for local medication, such as chlorhexidine acetate gargle, compound borax solution, cidadex iodine tablets and so on. 3. Chronic bronchitis: expectorant drugs can be taken for symptomatic treatment, such as aminobromine, carboxymethylstilbestrol, acetylcysteine and so on. Elderly people with a lot of phlegm in the throat, need to be in the doctor’s systematic examination of a clear diagnosis, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions to standardize the use of.