Pharyngitis belongs to the category of Chinese medicine laryngeal paralysis (redness, swelling and pain in the pharynx, or dryness, foreign body sensation, or itchy discomfort in the pharynx, and difficulty in swallowing), and American ginseng has a certain curative effect on this disease which belongs to the type of yin deficiency.
Laryngeal paralysis manifests as discomfort of foreign body obstruction in pharynx, redness, swelling and pain, etc. Chinese medicine diagnosis can be divided into real and imaginary symptoms. The solid symptoms can be divided into external evil attack, heatiness of lung and stomach, etc. The deficiency symptoms can be divided into yin deficiency of lung and kidney, and spleen qi deficiency (weakness of spleen qi).
Radix Panax Ginseng has the efficacy of nourishing yin and tonifying qi, generating fluids and clearing heat, and is used in the treatment of qi deficiency and yin deficiency, dry mouth and throat, coughing with phlegm and blood, deficiency heat and irritability, and internal heat and thirst (internal fever accompanied by symptoms such as excessive eating, drinking and urination). The adverse effects of this drug are not clear, but it should not be used with quinoa.
Throat paralysis belongs to the yin deficiency, the use of American ginseng can play a yin to generate fluids and other efficacy, can be used for the treatment of pharyngitis, but the patient should be in the doctor’s diagnosis and guidance after the use of medication, do not blindly use American ginseng, so as not to cause adverse effects.