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Chinese Theories Regarding Throat

DISEASES When equilibrium of power and balance is maintained in the working of the five elements, the human system is free from disease. The throat is a narrow passage between the trunk of the body and the head. In it are numerous small nerves and glands which connect with the internal organs such as the lungs, kidneys, stomach, liver, and heart. When the condition of any one of these organs is abnormal, numerous throat troubles, such as swellings, tonsilitis, and goiter, result. When there is inflammation in the blood, the heat rushes upward and passes through the throat, which is liable to become affected in consequence.

When the kidneys are in a torrid condition, a dryness which feels like a piece of cotton, is felt in the back of the throat, especially at night. Frequently, also, the sufferer brings up a little blackish lump of phlegm.

If the blood in the liver is feverish, it may cause the left side of the throat to swell, while if the blood in the lungs is feverish, the swelling is on the right side of the throat. Such swellings develop into tonsilitis. ( If there is either indigestion or a torrid condition of the stomach, thirst, accumulation of phlegm and sore throat result. All the foregoing inflammatory conditions, when aggravated by a cold, cause sore throat and great suffering. The inflammation of the system takes its own course and affects the weakest parts of the body. Although a case of sore throat is generally easily relieved, yet when the trouble has become chronic, it cannot be overcome until the blood of the entire system has been cleansed. -(42)-