What should I do if the weather is cold, my throat is uncomfortable and I can't cough up phlegm in my throat?

In the past two days, the cold wave has come, and the temperature has plummeted. Some people have low resistance, and they are more likely to get sick in this climate. Cough is the most common disease in winter. Several colleagues and friends around me have severe coughs, and some have developed pneumonia and need hospitalization.

A cold attack causes coughing and sneezing, fever, runny nose, sore throat, and I can't swallow anything. After a few days, my body was full of virtual fire, and my throat was like a leaf, which was particularly uncomfortable.

Coughing with phlegm in the throat is very uncomfortable. What can be done to relieve this symptom?

1. Steam method

When using steam method, it is necessary to pour boiling water into a cup, and then put your mouth and nose at the steam rising from the mouth of the cup, so that these steam can enter the body with Bao's breath, which will help the sputum in the body to become thinner and cough up, and also reduce the edema of trachea and bronchial mucosa and slow down cough.

However, when using the steam method, you should also pay attention to safety to avoid accidents and never burn yourself. Besides relieving cough and diluting sputum, steam therapy can also help relieve nasal congestion symptoms.

2. Drink more warm water to help dilute sputum

Besides meeting the body's need for water, adequate water can help dilute sputum, make sputum easy to cough up, increase urine volume and promote the excretion of harmful substances. During illness, you can drink 2~3 times more water every day than normal. The type of water is preferably warm boiled water, at least plain boiled water at room temperature.

3. Honey

Honey contains a variety of inorganic salts, organic acids and trace elements with similar concentrations in human serum, which can nourish the lungs and detoxify. Drinking honey water often can also have the effect of beauty beauty.