Aphonia is a clinical symptom with difficulty producing the voice or speaking in a hoarse voice due to dysfunction of the lungs and kidneys. It can be divided into 4 types:
A:Patients with aphonia due to attack of wind-cold pathogens to the body surface may suffer from an acute onset of dull or hoarse speaking voice, headache, nasal obstruction, lingering cough, chills and fever;
B: patients with aphonia due to attack of wind-heat pathogens may suffer from dull, loud and hoarse voice, dryness in the mouth and throat, and spitting of yellow and sticky sputum;
C: patients with aphonia due to dryness in lung and exhaustion of saliva may suffer from hoarseness of voice, dryness in the mouth and throat, and dry cough without sputum;
D: patients with aphonia due to deficiency of lung and kidney Yin may suffer from an insidious onset of hoarseness of voice lasting for a long time, dry cough without sputum, annoyance, hot sensation in the heart, palms and soles of the feet, vertigo, tinnitus, and soreness and weakness of the waist and knees.
This is a symptom of inflammation in the respiratory tract and tuberculosis of the throat in Western medicine.
Recipe 1: Almond 5 gm, gypsum 10 gm, Muhudie (seeds of Indian trumpet flower) 3 gm and juice of snow pear or sugarcane.
Administration: The first 3 herbs are boiled to prepare a concentrated decoction for oral administration with the fruit juice, 1-2 times a day.
Indication: This recipe is used to treat aphonia due to dryness in the lungs and exhaustion of saliva with hoarseness of voice, dryness in the mouth and throat or dry cough" without sputum.
Recipe 2: Juice of sugarcane 100-150 ml and rice 50-100 gm.
Administration: The rice and sugarcane juice are used to make a rice gruel for oral intake, 1-2 times a day.
Indication: The rice gruel can clear heat from the lungs and moisten dryness to treat aphonia due to dryness in the lungs and exhaustion of saliva.
Recipe 3: Dried mustard greens 30-50 gm and rice 100 gm.
Administration: The dried vegetables and rice are used to prepare a rice gruel for oral intake with some peanut oil.
Indication: The rice gruel can clear heat from the lungs and moisten dryness to treat aphonia due to dryness in the lungs and exhaustion of saliva.
Recipe 4: An adequate amount of radish and a small amount of ginger juice.
Administration: The peeled radish is pressed to prepare a juice for drinking after being mixed with ginger juice.
Indication: The juice of radish and ginger can disperse lung Qi, expel cold pathogens and relieve sore throat to treat aphonia and lingering cough due to attack of wind-cold pathogens,
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