How to make pear water to treat a sore throat
Dec 03, 2022
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Xu Gang
Introduction
Sore throat may be caused by diseases of adjacent organs or by conditions affecting the throat itself. It can generally be relieved by drinking rock sugar and pear water. For example, wash a pear thoroughly, remove the core, cut it into small pieces, and stew it with rock sugar until the pear becomes translucent. Honey can be added just before the mixture is fully cooked, and then consumed as rock sugar and pear water. This drink typically helps relieve cough, expel phlegm, nourish yin, moisten the lungs, and strengthen the spleen to stop diarrhea.
Sore throat can be relieved by drinking pear water made from stewing snow pears with rock sugar.
Sore throat is a relatively common symptom in daily life. It may result from diseases of adjacent organs or direct throat conditions, and is often accompanied by other abnormal symptoms such as runny nose, cough, phlegm, difficulty breathing, foreign body sensation, and fever. After this condition occurs, it's generally advisable to drink an appropriate amount of rock sugar snow pear water for relief. For example, wash the snow pear thoroughly, remove the core, cut it into small pieces, and stew it with rock sugar. When the pear becomes translucent or nearly cooked, add honey and then consume the liquid. This rock sugar snow pear water usually has effects of relieving cough, eliminating phlegm, nourishing yin, moistening the lungs, benefiting the spleen, and stopping diarrhea. Drinking it appropriately can help improve the function of the lungs and respiratory system and also offers good protection for lung health.
Treatment for sore throat should also target the underlying cause. If acute laryngitis is caused by bacterial infection, in addition to resting the voice, patients need to actively use antibiotics to control inflammation promptly. Commonly used medications include azithromycin tablets and roxithromycin capsules.
