The crickets alone know that the autumn order is early, and the bananas are full of the sound of rain. Right now, the charm of autumn is getting stronger and stronger, coinciding with the time of White Dew. It is the time to celebrate the harvest with a glass of moon! When people are still immersed in the joy of the harvest, some diseases are taking advantage of the situation, especially after the white dew, the climate is dry, undoubtedly for the breeding of throat disease to create the conditions, especially chronic pharyngitis, is a regular visitor to this time of year. Chronic pharyngitis repeatedly plagued, helpless? There are many ways to deal with it!
Chronic pharyngitis is a diffuse chronic inflammation of the mucosa, submucosa and lymphatic tissue of the pharynx. The disease has a long course and is not easily cured. Clinical manifestations include discomfort in the pharynx, dry cough, nausea, foreign body sensation or mild pain, and spitting white mucous sputum. This disease belongs to the category of “laryngeal paralysis” in Chinese medicine.
Yin deficiency and fire type
Symptoms: uncomfortable and dry pain in the throat, dry cough with little sputum, aggravated by excessive speech, foreign body sensation, aggravated in the afternoon. The pharynx is dark red, mostly accompanied by dry mucous membrane and lymphatic follicular hyperplasia. The tongue is red, the coating is thin, and the pulse is fine.
Treatment: Nourishing Yin, clearing heat and sharpening the throat.
Recipe
Agaricus blazei 9g, Medlar 30g, Rhizoma Polygonati 12g, Almond 12g, Licorice 12g, Aristolochia 10g. Decoction with water, 1 dose daily, divided into 2 doses.
Liver depression and qi stagnation type
Symptoms: Discomfort in the throat, mucous phlegm-like feeling and foreign body feeling in the throat, coughing but not coughing, swallowing but not swallowing, tight constriction feeling in the neck. The mucous membrane of the pharynx is congested, dark red, with lymphatic follicles in the posterior wall of the pharynx, and the symptoms worsen when the mood changes.
Treatment: Relieve liver and depression, resolve phlegm and subdue rebellion.
Recipe
30 grams of Su Stem, 12 grams of Panax, 9 grams of Poria, 9 grams of Glycyrrhiza, 12 grams of Houpu, 3 slices of ginger, decoction in water, 1 dose daily, divided into 2 doses.
Lung and kidney yin deficiency, deficiency fire on inflammation type
Symptoms: Burning and slight pain in the throat, or obstruction in the throat, dry cough with little phlegm, or heat in the palms of the hands and feet, dry mouth, red tongue, little coating, and fine pulse.
Treatment: Nourishing Yin and clearing the lung.
Recipe
Mai Dong 12g, Tian Dong 20g, Su Stem 30g, Zhi Mu 6g, Sang Bai Pi 9g, Wu Wei Zi 15g. Decoction with water, 1 dose daily, divided into 2 doses.
Prevention of chronic pharyngitis by
Chrysanthemum tea
10 grams each of fresh chrysanthemum, maitake, and fresh tea leaves. Drink as tea, 1 dose daily, at any time.
Experimental records
Case: A teacher at the Polytechnic University, male, 52 years old, suffering from chronic pharyngitis for 5-6 years, with a burning and slightly painful pharynx, or a feeling of obstruction in the throat, with recurrent episodes. The effect of western medicine was not good, so he sought Chinese medicine treatment.
Present symptoms: burning and slightly painful pharynx, dry cough with little sputum, heat in the palms of the hands and feet, dry mouth, poor appetite, and regulation of the bowels. The tongue is red, with little coating and a fine pulse.
Differentiation: Yin deficiency in lung and kidney, deficiency fire on inflammation.
Treatment: Nourishing Yin and clearing the lung.
Prescription: Shu Di Huang 20g, Ze Di 9g, Shan Yao 12g, Shan Yu Fei 12g, Fu Ling 12g, Mai Dong 12g, Dan Pi 9g, Wu Wei Zi 15g, Gan Cao 6g. Decoction with water, 1 dose daily, divided into 2 doses. Take Lung Yu, Kidney Yu, San Yin Jiao, Foot San Li, and Li Gu acupuncture points and use the tonic method. Choose 3~6 points each time once a day. The disease was cured after 1 month of treatment and did not recur after 6 months.
Drug story
Shan Dou Gen: Li Shizhen and his students went over the mountains for several days to collect and record the shape of the medicine. Li Shizhen was so tired that his throat was sore and he could not speak, when he suddenly saw a medicine farmer in the mountains who was digging a plant with leaves like acacia leaves and seedlings like bean seedlings, he could not determine what kind of medicine it was, so he asked the medicine farmer for advice, because of his sore throat, it was difficult for him to communicate with the medicine farmer. The farmer took a look at his throat and washed the root of the plant and cut off a piece with a knife for him to eat. In no time, Li Shizhen felt that his throat was relaxed and he was able to speak the next day, which made him very happy. He immediately asked the pharmacist what the name of the plant was, and the pharmacist told him that the folk used it to treat sore throats, and that the root was usually picked in August, and the locals named it “shandougen”.