Sore Throat

TCM Herbs Associated With Sore Throat

Sore Throat Is Associated With 15 TCM Herbs

Moisten the lungs, clear heat, and stop coughing - cough from dry lungs or lung heat, sore throat. Clear heat and calm the spirit - low fever, insomnia, restlessness, irritability in the aftermath of a febrile disease, palpitations from qi and/or yin deficiency.

Tonifies the spleen and augments qi - spleen deficiency w/shortness of breath, fatigue, loose stools (si jun zi tong). Qi and/or blood deficiency w/irregular pluse or palpitations (Zhi Gan Cao Tang). Moistens the lungs and stops cough - heat/cold in the lungs (Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang). Clears heat …

Drains fire, relieves toxicity - high fever, irritability, disorientation, delirium, painful, red eyes, red tongue, sore throat, boils, carbuncles, abscesses. Clears heat, drains dampness - for damp-heat in the stomach or intestine, diarrhea or dysenteric disorder, vomiting and/or acid regurgitati…

Opens up and disseminates lung qi, expels phlegm - cough (wind-heat/cold), benefits the throat (sore, loss of voice). Promotes discharge of pus. Guides other herbs to the upper body.

Useful for damp heat patterns in the lower warmer, stones in the urine (damp-heat obstruction / painful urination). Eliminate fire toxins - sore throat, mumps. Useful in some cases of high fevers in infants.

Clear heat, relieve toxic fire - hot, painful swellings in the throat, breast, eyes; intestinal abscesses. Expel wind-heat - fever, aversion to wind, sore throat, headache; also for summer-heat. Clear damp heat from the lower jiao - dysentery, lin syndrome. Stem, Ren Dong Teng, is used for simil…

Clear heat and toxins, dissipates nodules - carbuncles and hot sores, neck lumps. Expel wind-heat - fever, slight chills, sore throat, headache.

Drains damp-heat from the liver and gallbladder channels - red, swollen, sore throat, eyes, and/or ears, sudden deafness, jaundice, pain, swelling or dampness in the genital region, or foul smelling vaginal discharge and itching. Clears ascending liver fire - headache, red eyes; liver wind-heat wi…

Clears the lung, relieves fire toxicity, and improves the throat - fire toxin affecting the throat causing painful, swollen throat, loss of voice, cough due to lung heat. Topically to stop bleeding, particularly in the oral cavity and lips.

Moistens the lungs and clears and the voice - cough, sore throat, hoarseness. Comforts the liver and regulates qi - flank and epigastric pain due to constrained qi.

Expels wind-heat (acrid), benefits throat - fever, cough, sore, red, swollen throat. Clears heat (bitter, cold), relieves toxicity, vents rashes - red swellings, carbuncles, mumps, acute febrile rashes, early stages of measles with incomplete expression. Moistens intestines (rich plant oil - slip…

Cools the blood - can be useful for bleeding disorders, nosebleeds, bruising/blotches at the skin level. Clears heat/toxic heat - cough, particularly with yellow mucus, sore throat, mouthsores, mumps. Drains liver fire/calms liver wind - convulsions, clear summerheat affecting the liver system in…

Expels wind, clears lung heat - wind-heat with fever, headache, sore throat; also for lung dryness causing dry mouth, dry cough, lung heat with thick and yellow sputum. Cools liver and clears the eyes - liver channel eye problems due to wind-heat or yin deficiency, red, sore, dry or painful eyes, …

Clears heat in the lungs - sore throat, cough, asthma, mastitis. Damp heat related rheumatoid arthritis, jaundice, pain and/or swelling in the eyes.

Clears Heat, Cools Blood. Bleeding, fever, dry mouth, purplish tongue. Nourishes Yin. Particularly for the sequel of warm febrile disease with constipation, irritability. Drains Fire, Relieves Toxicity. Swollen, red eyes, sore throat. Softens Harness (salty), Dissipates phlegm fire nodules. Swol…