My son has a sore throat, what should I do?

Children's growth and development are very fast. If they are not careful in life, they may easily develop some diseases. Many children are prone to sore throats and other symptoms when the seasons change. If not treated in time, it will cause throat inflammation, which will have a great impact on the child's normal diet. However, if treated in time, it can be well relieved. Let's learn what to do if your son has a sore throat.

My son has a sore throat, what should I do?

1. Diet to reduce internal heat

Cool fruits such as dragon fruit, pear, apple, carambola, mangosteen, grapefruit, strawberry, loquat, etc. Cold fruits such as tomatoes, watermelons, bananas, kiwis, melons, grapefruits, oranges, persimmons, coconut water, and mulberries can all clear liver fire.

What are the vegetables that can reduce heat? Bitter melon is bitter, cold and can clear away heat. Lily has the effect of clearing heat, moistening the lungs and nourishing the liver. It is effective for residual heat after fever, sore throat, irritability and thirst. Celery can remove liver fire and relieve heat in the lungs and stomach. People with excessive liver fire can benefit from eating it regularly. Lotus root is mild and cold in nature, and is best eaten raw or mashed into juice. It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting body fluid, nourishing the liver and moistening the lungs. Its effect is better if mixed with pear juice. Water chestnut is cold in nature and is suitable for people with symptoms such as heat in the heart meridian, irritability, thirst, dry stool and yellow urine. It has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. Lettuce is rich in water, and can clear away heat, relieve gas, and reduce phlegm. It is suitable for people with heat in the liver and lungs.

Water can moisten the throat, so people with sore throats should drink more water. It is also best to drink warm water. Cold water is likely to irritate the throat and make laryngitis worse. When your throat is swollen and sore, eating spicy food will undoubtedly add fuel to the fire. Greasy food is also not conducive to the recovery of laryngitis and should be avoided.

2. Diet therapy

Take a fresh egg, crack the egg liquid into a bowl, stir vigorously, pour boiling water into the egg liquid, make the egg liquid into frangipani, then add sugar and stir well, then drizzle with sesame oil and it's done. Drinking egg drop soup can relieve sore throat.

Buy some Chinese herbs such as Sterculia lychnophora, Chrysanthemum, and Honeysuckle, brew them with hot water, and drink them when you want to drink water. It can relieve sore throat and remove inflammation from the inside.

Buy some Jinzaozi throat lozenges, Xiguashuang and other lozenges and dissolve them in your mouth, or drink syrup, which is also very effective.

If your throat is swollen and sore, gargling with vinegar and the same amount of water can relieve the pain.

Fry the salt, grind it into powder, blow it into the throat and spit out the saliva. This can reduce inflammation and relieve pain.

Eating raw pears regularly can prevent and treat mouth ulcers and sore throat.

Peel and wash the lotus root, mash it and squeeze out the lotus root juice, mix it with egg white (1 egg can be divided into 3 times), store it in a cool place, and use it to gargle.

Put the tea leaves in a small gauze bag, place it in a cup, then brew it with boiling water. After it cools down, add appropriate amount of honey and stir well. Rinse your mouth with this solution and swallow it every half an hour. Use it for three consecutive days after it takes effect.

Mash 3 snow pears, add 50 grams of honey, decoct in water and take twice a day.

200 grams of fresh water chestnuts, wash, peel, mince and squeeze out the juice, take cold 3 times a day.

Peel 3 fresh kiwis and eat them 3 times a day.

Wash the strawberries, squeeze the juice, and take 30 ml each morning and evening.

60-120 grams of fresh olives (pitted), mash and squeeze out the juice, swallow frequently.

Boil tangerine peel in water and drink it frequently instead of tea.

Take 3 grams each of raw licorice, Ophiopogon japonicus, Platycodon grandiflorum, Scrophularia ningpoensis, and Schisandra chinensis, then mix well and brew with boiling water. This tea has the function of soothing the body externally and clearing away heat internally, relieving sore throat, moistening the throat, relieving pain and reducing inflammation.

Squeeze the juice of white radish, add some ginger juice, and swallow it frequently.

Squeeze the juice of sugarcane, radish and water chestnut and drink 100 ml each time.

10 grams of lily and 15 grams of mung beans, cook together with sugar and eat.

Take 30-60 grams of Amaranthus, decoct in water and take regularly.

3. Drug treatment

If the symptoms do not improve after taking antibiotics such as spiramycin and amoxicillin, it is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment and injections. Drugs such as penicillin, Pioneer, and Aqi will be fine. Or you can visit an ENT doctor, who will find out which part of your throat is inflamed and spray the medicine directly on the inflamed area.

The above is an introduction to what to do if your son has a sore throat. After understanding it, we know that many foods are very effective in treating sore throats, and the conditioning of food on the body will not cause any side effects to the body like drugs. If your throat is inflamed, you should go to the hospital for examination in time.