What should I do if the weather is dry and my throat is swollen?

There have been different degrees of smog in many places these days. I often have a sore throat in foggy weather. Therefore, we must pay attention to foggy days, and the weather is relatively cold these days. Be sure to increase or decrease clothes in time according to the weather to prevent colds and coughs.

Many people think of taking medicine as soon as they cough. In fact, an ordinary cough does not need to take medicine. Cough is a reaction of the body, which can help the body clear some impurities from the throat. If the cough is not good repeatedly, you need to go to the hospital for examination at this time.

Is there any way to stop coughing?

1. Method of soaking feet with mugwort leaves:

A. Put a handful of mugwort leaves into a clean pot, and then add a proper amount of water. After the fire boils, continue to boil for about ten minutes before taking it out;

B. Wait for the water to cool naturally to a suitable temperature before soaking. You can also add other materials according to your physical condition and soak them together.

C. soak your feet 15-20 minutes or so. You can't soak your feet until you sweat all over, and you should stop when you sweat slightly.

2. Chicken soup

Drinking chicken soup when you have a sore throat is an ancient way to keep fit. Because chicken soup has mild anti-inflammatory effect, it can also help relieve sore throat by limiting the virus that comes into contact with throat mucosa. Adding carrots, corn and celery to chicken soup not only has high nutritional value, but also helps improve your self-healing ability.

3. Drink more water and eat more fruits.

Drink plenty of water in foggy days, because drinking plenty of water can make oral mucosa and nasal mucosa more moist and relieve cough symptoms. In addition, drinking plenty of water can promote metabolism in the body, dilute sputum and accelerate the recovery of cough. Smog weather can also eat more fruits, especially pears, loquats, oranges, oranges and other fruits that clear the lungs and resolve phlegm.

Western medicine has side effects on human body, so people prefer dietotherapy. Yellow mustard seed and green fruit tea is a record of clearing throat and moistening throat in Notes on Materia Medica.

Yellow mustard seed and green fruit tea contains 5 grams of bitter orange mustard seed, 3 grams of green fruit, 4 grams of Siraitia grosvenorii, 4 grams of orange red and 5 grams of licorice. After washing, put it in a pot and boil it for 50 minutes before drinking. It can clear throat and moisten throat, relieve cough and asthma, eliminate phlegm and clear lung, and remove halitosis, pharyngitis and tonsillitis. In addition, the five raw materials are all medicinal materials with the same origin of medicine and food, which have no side effects and are harmless to human body and can be drunk for a long time.

5. Honey, ginger and radish drinks

Suitable for cough caused by wind-cold common cold.

Ginger perspires to relieve exterior syndrome, warms the lungs and relieves cough, which can not only take away excess heat, but also bring out germs and cold in the body.

White radish contains protein, fat and rich calcium, which has strong anti-inflammatory and antitussive effects. It is also suitable for dry throat and hoarseness caused by cough due to lung heat.

Ingredients: fresh white radish 1 kg, ginger 30g, honey 30g.

Practice: Peel radish and ginger, chop them, put them into a juicer and break them together, and add honey before drinking.

6. Honey, ginger and radish drinks

Suitable for cough caused by wind-cold common cold.