详见补气药，兹将有关咽喉部分补述于此。
治咽喉症，多仗此品∶红肿者用之，取其清咽也。多伍桔梗、陈萝卜英、金莲花等用。
破溃
、生疮、起泡者用之，取其清火也。多伍元参、升麻或黄连用。腐烂者用之，取其解毒也。
多伍七叶一枝花或金果榄用。 久而虚弱咽喉痛者用之，取其补益也。多伍玉竹、北沙参
用。入吹喉药中，又有止痛、消肿、缓急，利于吞咽及改善药味诸作用。疗治咽喉疾患，除
兼有呕吐者外，（必要时，亦可用甘草露以代之）往往以之与诸药配合而行，可作主药，又
可
作辅药及佐使药。喉痈、喉疖、喉疔则改用甘草节，以其专治肿毒诸疮也。
味苦、辛，性平，无毒。入肺经。畏白芨、龙胆草。泔浸，去芦，微焙。
清肺热以除痈痿，通鼻塞而理咽喉。排脓行血，下气消痰。定痢疾腹痛，止胸胁烦疼。
桔梗为舟楫之剂，引诸药上至高之分以成功，肺经要药也。风症、郁症、肺证皆不可缺。
桔梗、功着于华盖之脏，攻补下焦药中，不可入也。
味咸、辛，性温，无毒。入肺、脾二经。恶桑螵蛸、桔梗、茯苓、萆 。米泔浸一日，
待涎
浮水上，微火焙干、去丝及黑口甲。
祛风解痉，清咽消肿。治中风失音，去皮肤风痒。化风痰，消瘰 ，拔疔毒，灭瘢痕，
男子
阴痒，女人崩淋。
即蚕之病风者，用以治风，殆取其气相感欤。
蚕蜕与蚕连纸，治牙龈、咽喉、声音诸病。
See the chapter on Qi-tonifying herbs for details; here we supplement only those relevant to the throat.
For treating throat disorders, this herb is often relied upon: it is used for redness and swelling of the throat to clear the throat. It is frequently combined with Platycodon Root (Jiegeng), aged radish flowers (Chen Luobo Ying), and Golden Lotus Flower (Jinlian Hua).
It is used for ulceration, sores, and blisters in the throat to clear fire toxins. It is frequently combined with Scrophularia Root (Yuanshen), Cimicifuga Rhizome (Shengma), or Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian). It is used for rotting tissue in the throat to detoxify. It is frequently combined with Paris Polyphylla Rhizome (Qiyeyi Zhihua) or Tinospora Sinensis Rhizome (Jinguolan). It is used for chronic weakness and pain in the throat to tonify deficiency. It is frequently combined with Polygonatum Odoratum Rhizome (Yuzhu) or Glehnia Root (Beishashen). When added to powders for insufflation into the throat, it also has effects of relieving pain, reducing swelling, easing urgency, facilitating swallowing, and improving taste. In the treatment of throat diseases, except in cases accompanied by vomiting (where Licorice Dew [Gancao Lu] may be used as a substitute if necessary), it is often combined with other herbs. It can serve as the principal herb, an assistant herb, or a guiding/herald herb. For laryngeal abscesses (Houyong), furuncles (Houjie), and carbuncles (Houding), Licorice Joints (Gancao Jie) are used instead, as they specifically treat swellings and various sores.
This herb tastes bitter and pungent, is neutral in nature, and non-toxic. It enters the Lung Meridian. It is incompatible with Bletilla Rhizome (Baiji) and Gentiana Root (Longdancao). It should be soaked in rice water, the rhizome head removed, and lightly roasted.
It clears Lung heat to eliminate lung abscesses and phlegm-heat, opens nasal congestion, and regulates the throat. It promotes pus discharge and blood circulation, directs Qi downward, and resolves phlegm. It stabilizes abdominal pain caused by dysentery and stops irritability and pain in the chest and hypochondrium.
Platycodon Root (Jiegeng) acts as a "vessel agent," guiding other herbs upward to the upper parts of the body to achieve therapeutic success, making it an essential herb for the Lung Meridian. It is indispensable for Wind disorders, Stagnation disorders, and Lung disorders. However, since its efficacy focuses on the "Canopy Organ" (Lung), it should not be included in formulas that attack or tonify the Lower Jiao.
This herb tastes salty and pungent, is warm in nature, and non-toxic. It enters the Lung and Spleen Meridians. It is antagonistic to Mantis Egg Case (Sangpiaoxiao), Platycodon Root (Jiegeng), Poria (Fuling), and Dioscorea Hypoglauca Rhizome (Bixie). It should be soaked in rice wash water for one day until the mucus floats to the surface, then dried over low heat, removing silk-like structures and black mouth plates.
It dispels Wind and relieves spasms, clears the throat and reduces swelling. It treats aphonia due to stroke and removes skin itching caused by Wind. It transforms Phlegm-Wind, eliminates scrofula (Luoli), extracts toxin from carbuncles, fades scars, treats male genital itching, and female metrorrhagia and leukorrhea (Benglin).
This refers to silkworm pupae affected by wind disease; using them to treat Wind disorders likely relies on the principle of sympathetic resonance of their qi.
Silkworm cast skins and paper made from silkworms connected to cast skins are used to treat diseases of the gums, throat, and voice.