Garlic has the effect of detoxification and swelling, insecticide, dysentery, can be used for carbuncle sores and ulcers (refers to the invasion of the body, resulting in septic infection of the skin), scabies, consumption, cough, diarrhea, dysentery, etc., and does not treat chronic pharyngitis.
Pharyngitis is a Western concept, can be categorized as Chinese medicine “paralysis of the throat (pharyngeal redness, swelling and pain, or dryness, a foreign body sensation, or pharyngeal itching, discomfort, dysphagia)” category, is divided into the following types of evidence.
External evil attack syndrome, manifested as pharyngeal swelling and pain, accompanied by fever and chills, headache, cough and phlegm, etc., can be used honeysuckle, forsythia, burdock and so on.
Lung and stomach heat syndrome, manifesting as redness, swelling and pain in the pharynx, difficulty in swallowing, granular redness or pus spots at the base of the throat, bad breath and constipation, etc., can be used with Scutellaria baicalensis, Rhizoma Coptidis, and Saganum.
Lung and kidney yin deficiency, manifesting as dryness of the pharynx, dry cough with little sputum, or sputum with blood, or bouts of fever, sweating during sleep, etc., can be used with Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Maitake.
Weakness of spleen qi (spleen qi weakness) syndrome, manifested as throat discomfort with phlegm stickiness, dry mouth without wanting to drink water, nausea, aggravated by exertion, fatigue, poor appetite, etc., can be used with Codonopsis pilosulae, Astragalus membranaceus, Atractylodes macrocephala, etc..
Spleen and kidney yang deficiency, manifested as foreign body sensation in the throat, sputum is thin and white, fear of cold, cold pain in the waist and knees, diarrhea, etc., can be used with Gan Jiang, Radix et Rhizoma Pinelliae, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, etc..
In the case of phlegm coagulation and blood stasis, manifesting as a feeling of adhesion in the pharynx, dark red thickening of the mucous membrane of the throat, nausea and vomiting, chest tightness and discomfort, etc., gua gua gua, bei mou, chi shao and so on can be used.
The use of Chinese medicine should be under the guidance of professional physicians to identify the evidence, do not self-medication, so as not to affect the health of the body.