The statement “Drinking more honey water can cure phlegm” is not true. Honey is a food as well as a traditional Chinese medicine, as explained below from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
Honey is a traditional Chinese medicine, from the bee animal Chinese bees, Italian bees, to brew the honey into medicine. This product has the effect of tonifying the middle and moisturizing dryness, relieving pain and detoxification, and producing muscle and astringent sores. It is effective in treating pain in the epigastrium (stomach and abdomen) and constipation; it can also be used externally to treat sores and scalded by water and fire.
The adverse reactions, contraindications and medication matters of this product are not clear at present. Drinking more honey water does not have the effect of resolving phlegm, nor does it have the effect of treating phlegm. Treatment of diseases should be noted, do not blindly trust folk remedies, should be under the guidance of a professional physician symptomatic treatment, so as to avoid delay in treatment.
This drug should be used under the standardized guidance of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. If not improved, please go to the regular hospital in time, improve the relevant examination to clarify the diagnosis, standardized treatment, in order to avoid delaying the condition.