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 from 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 body:

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

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

Perilla cures nasal congestion.

Wind-heat:

Symptoms: the patient feels feverish, chills or sweats, headache, stuffy nose or little 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 eliminates wind heat.

Heat entering the lungs:

Symptoms: high fever but no chills, sweating, thirst, cough with chest pain, coughing up thick yellow phlegm or gray phlegm, or with blood, little urination, constipation, red tongue, dry yellow lips, rapid pulse.

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

bitter melon

Yin deficiency and heat phlegm:

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

Prescription: 8g bamboo leaves, 20g gypsum, 12g ophiopogon, 6g ginseng, 9g pinellia, 30g polygonum multiflorum, 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, pale lips, rapid pulse or headache, fever, no sweating, sneezing...

Prescription: 6g ephedra, 10g almonds, 6g mint, 6g cinnamon, 6g perilla, 3g tangerine peel, 9g Chinese clematis bark, 6g white onion, 3 slices 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, like to drink, red tongue, yellow lips, rapid pulse or signs of malaria...

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

According to SK&DS