Is dry, sore, tickle throat, foreign sensation of pharynx to be afflicted with pharyngitis which is caused by hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency?
In TCM ascept, pharyngitis which is caused by hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency, its will often feel dry, sore, tickle throat, foreign sensation of pharynx, as if phlegms stay in the throat. Accompanying symptoms could be afternoon hot flashes, night sweats, hot extremities, morning nausea, retching when brushing your teeth, thirsty, irritability, red tongue, yellow tongue coating, rapid pulse and other symptoms. It is similar to chronic pharyngitis from Western Medicine.
So how do we improve the sense of throat discomfort?
1. Boil some Honeysuckle Flower, Forsythia suspensa, Mentha suaveolens(mint), Glycyrrhiza uralensis for gargling. It can reduce the symptoms.