Phlegm in the throat
The weather has been dry these past few days, making it easy for people to experience a dry throat, coughing with phlegm, and feeling like their throat is blocked or phlegm is stuck in their throat.
"The lung is the organ for storing phlegm, and the spleen is the source of phlegm." Prolonged illness or a cold can easily lead to a deficiency of lung qi, forming phlegm that accumulates in the lungs. Therefore, during dry seasonal transitions, it's particularly easy to catch a cold or get sick, leading to lung deficiency and excessive phlegm. The spleen's main function is to transport and transform body fluids. When the spleen is weak, it affects the production of body fluids, making phlegm sticky and causing it to accumulate.
If you experience a feeling like phlegm is stuck in your throat, you can use a piece of dried tangerine peel, 3 grams of Poria, 5 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, and 5 grams of Polygonatum odoratum. After washing them, steep them in hot water in a thermos for 20 minutes before drinking. This tea can invigorate the spleen and nourish yin, moisten dryness and relieve cough, and regulate qi and resolve phlegm.
Dried tangerine peel is pungent and warm in nature, and it enters the lung and spleen meridians. It can regulate qi and invigorate the spleen, resolve dampness, and transform phlegm, making it particularly effective for coughs with excessive phlegm caused by colds during seasonal changes. Poria is sweet and neutral in nature, and it enters the heart and spleen meridians. It can invigorate the spleen and calm the spirit, and replenish the spleen and benefit the heart. Ophiopogon japonicus is sweet and slightly cold in nature, and it enters the heart, lung, and stomach meridians. It can nourish yin and moisten the lungs, generate fluids, and reduce fire, making it suitable for dry coughs with phlegm, dry mouth and tongue, and coughs with internal heat due to yin deficiency. Polygonatum odoratum is sweet and cold in nature, and it enters the lung and stomach meridians. It can relieve dry and thirsty throats and nourish yin and moisten dryness.
I remember when my child was young, because he didn't know how to spit out phlegm, whenever he had phlegm, he would easily vomit out phlegm and milk together. Besides patting his back to help him expel phlegm, I would also let him inhale steam so that it could be inhaled through his mouth and nose, thinning the phlegm and making it easier to cough out. In dry weather, coupled with the eight hours of water loss during sleep, the throat is particularly dry after waking up. You might as well put a glass of water by the bed before going to sleep, which helps reduce the body's dehydration.
"The lung is the organ for storing phlegm, and the spleen is the source of phlegm." Prolonged illness or a cold can easily lead to a deficiency of lung qi, forming phlegm that accumulates in the lungs. Therefore, during dry seasonal transitions, it's particularly easy to catch a cold or get sick, leading to lung deficiency and excessive phlegm. The spleen's main function is to transport and transform body fluids. When the spleen is weak, it affects the production of body fluids, making phlegm sticky and causing it to accumulate.
If you experience a feeling like phlegm is stuck in your throat, you can use a piece of dried tangerine peel, 3 grams of Poria, 5 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, and 5 grams of Polygonatum odoratum. After washing them, steep them in hot water in a thermos for 20 minutes before drinking. This tea can invigorate the spleen and nourish yin, moisten dryness and relieve cough, and regulate qi and resolve phlegm.
Dried tangerine peel is pungent and warm in nature, and it enters the lung and spleen meridians. It can regulate qi and invigorate the spleen, resolve dampness, and transform phlegm, making it particularly effective for coughs with excessive phlegm caused by colds during seasonal changes. Poria is sweet and neutral in nature, and it enters the heart and spleen meridians. It can invigorate the spleen and calm the spirit, and replenish the spleen and benefit the heart. Ophiopogon japonicus is sweet and slightly cold in nature, and it enters the heart, lung, and stomach meridians. It can nourish yin and moisten the lungs, generate fluids, and reduce fire, making it suitable for dry coughs with phlegm, dry mouth and tongue, and coughs with internal heat due to yin deficiency. Polygonatum odoratum is sweet and cold in nature, and it enters the lung and stomach meridians. It can relieve dry and thirsty throats and nourish yin and moisten dryness.
I remember when my child was young, because he didn't know how to spit out phlegm, whenever he had phlegm, he would easily vomit out phlegm and milk together. Besides patting his back to help him expel phlegm, I would also let him inhale steam so that it could be inhaled through his mouth and nose, thinning the phlegm and making it easier to cough out. In dry weather, coupled with the eight hours of water loss during sleep, the throat is particularly dry after waking up. You might as well put a glass of water by the bed before going to sleep, which helps reduce the body's dehydration.