Treatment of pharyngitis during lactation

During the breastfeeding period, pharyngitis may occur due to improper care, dry weather, or the mother getting angry. This often causes the mother to have hoarse voice and feel discomfort in the throat when eating. At this time, you must pay attention to rationalization, be cautious in taking medicines, and eat more foods that help the recovery of pharyngitis. Let's look at the treatment methods for pharyngitis during lactation.

Treatment of pharyngitis during lactation

Getting sick during breastfeeding is quite annoying. Taking medicine during breastfeeding will have adverse effects on the baby. If you need to take medicine, you generally need to temporarily stop breastfeeding. The editor recommends that breastfeeding mothers who have pharyngitis can eat more of the following foods, which have a certain effect on relieving the symptoms of pharyngitis:

1. Pear: It tastes sweet and sour, and is cool in nature. It has the effects of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, nourishing yin and reducing fire. Pears are rich in water and vitamin C, and are a good fruit for the dry autumn climate. Pears are effective for treating dry throat, hoarseness and thick phlegm caused by upper respiratory tract infections.

Steaming pears and Fritillaria cirrhosa powder is a good remedy for treating long-term cough. Pears are rich in potassium, which can also lower blood pressure. Cooked pears help the kidneys excrete uric acid and can prevent pain.

2. Cherry: sweet and sour in taste, warm in nature, has the effects of nourishing blood, nourishing the skin, warming the spleen and stomach. Modern research shows that cherries are rich in iron, citric acid and vitamin C, and are a good fruit for replenishing blood. It ripens before all other fruits and is known as "the first branch of spring fruit". It can strengthen the spleen and stomach function and enhance the immune system for patients with pharyngitis.

Breastfeeding mothers can also try the following dietary treatments:

1. Wolfberry porridge: Ingredients: 15 grams of wolfberries and 150 grams of glutinous rice. Cooking method: Wash glutinous rice and wolfberries separately, add water and let stand for 30 minutes, then cook over low heat until porridge is ready. Take 1 bowl daily. It has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening the throat, and is suitable for people with laryngitis and dry throat.

2. Cook pork shanks with Pleurotus ostreatus: Pleurotus ostreatus, also known as Houttuynia cordata, is slightly cold in nature and spicy in taste. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, eliminating carbuncle and discharging pus, and promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria. Pork bones have the effects of clearing away heat and reducing fire, strengthening the waist and knees, replenishing weakness, and strengthening tendons and bones. Stewing it with Pleurotus eryngii has obvious therapeutic effects on lung abscess, pus vomiting, lung heat, cough and wheezing. It is also effective for suppurative pharyngitis.

3. Lotus leaf porridge: If you get pharyngitis during breastfeeding in summer, you can try this food therapy. Lotus leaves are flat in nature and taste bitter and astringent. It has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and promoting body fluid and quenching thirst. It is used for vomiting blood due to hot blood, coughing up blood and vomiting blood. Adding lotus leaves to porridge can not only increase the fragrance, but also because it contains lotus leaf alkaloids, it has an antispasmodic effect on smooth muscles. Therefore, people with pharyngitis can eat more lotus leaf porridge in the hot summer.

All of the above methods can treat lactation pharyngitis and will not harm the child, so they can be used with confidence. The editor would like to remind everyone that if the condition is serious, it is recommended to seek medical attention in time. I also wish you all a speedy recovery.