6 simple remedies for stuffy nose and sore throat

Warming the lungs and eliminating phlegm is one of many treatments for respiratory diseases such as cough, asthma, stuffy nose, sore throat... Depending on each specific disease, traditional medicine has appropriate treatments.

Cough and asthma are closely related to phlegm. Phlegm is a viscous, slightly sticky fluid secreted by the trachea. Phlegm will be the direct cause of irritation of the trachea causing cough and phlegm will block the trachea, bronchi... Phlegm is also the cause of creating a suitable environment for bacteria to grow and become the direct cause of increased inflammation.

Asthma.

Depending on each specific disease, traditional medicine has appropriate treatments. Here are some simple remedies for readers to refer to and apply:

Wind-cold syndrome:

Symptoms: stuffy nose, itchy nose, sneezing, runny nose, itchy throat causing cough, sore throat with lots of thin phlegm, headache, body aches, fever, chills, swollen pulse.

Prescription: 9g white onion, 6g perilla, 9g almond, 6g Vietnamese balm (add later), 9g saposhnikovia. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.

Perilla cures nasal congestion.

Wind-heat syndrome:

Symptoms: the patient feels feverish, chills or sweats, headache, stuffy nose or runny nose, red and painful throat, thick yellow phlegm, floating and rapid pulse.

Prescription: honeysuckle 9g, forsythia 9g, bamboo leaves 6g, burdock seed 9g, platycodon 9g, mint (added later) 6g, licorice 6g. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.

Burdock relieves wind heat.

Heat entering the lungs:

Symptoms: high fever without chills, sweating, thirst, cough with chest pain, coughing up thick yellow or gray phlegm, or with blood, little urination, constipation, red tongue, dry yellow lips, rapid pulse.

Prescription: 30g gypsum (boiled first), 30g bitter melon, 30g white radish. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.

bitter melon

Yin deficiency and heat phlegm syndrome:

Symptoms: cough, slight fever, night sweats, restlessness, mental fatigue, red tongue, rapid pulse.

Prescription: 8g bamboo leaves, 20g gypsum, 12g ophiopogon, 6g ginseng, 9g pinellia, 30g coriander, 5g licorice. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.

Cold-induced asthma:

Symptoms: wheezing, thick or thin white phlegm with lots of foam, tightness in the mediastinum, pale complexion, no thirst or like to drink hot water, smooth white lips, rapid pulse or headache, fever, no sweating, sneezing...

Prescription: 6g ephedra, 10g almonds, 6g mint, 6g cinnamon, 6g perilla, 3g tangerine peel, 9g atractylodes macrocephala peel, 6g white onion, 3 slices of fresh ginger. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.

Mint.

Chronic bronchial asthma:

Symptoms: asthma, chest rising when breathing, thick yellow phlegm, restlessness, sweating, thirst, desire to drink, red tongue, yellow lips, rapid pulse or signs of malaria...

Prescription: 10g ginkgo, 6g ephedra, 9g fritillary, 6g pinellia, 10g mulberry bark, 9g perilla seeds, 9g almonds, 9g coptis, 6g licorice. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.

According to SK&DS