Teachers' voice disease is mostly caused by excessive use of voice and improper pronunciation methods, and the clinical manifestations are mostly glottis dyskinesia. On the one hand, it is an increasingly heavy teaching task; on the other hand, it is a sore throat, hoarseness, and even the embarrassment of not being able to make a sound. Teachers should avoid voice disease and affect teaching work, and recommend the following preventive and health measures to protect the voice.
Calm
Teachers should maintain a pleasant attitude when lecturing and calmly carry out classroom teaching activities. Calm and naturally cool. On the contrary, if you are in a bad mood during the lecture and are angry, it is easy to make the heart and liver fire inflamed, resulting in throat inflammation.
Drink plenty of tea
Tea has the function of quenching thirst and is a globally recognized health drink. Chinese medicine believes that green tea is cool and has the effect of clearing heat and wind, dispelling heat and detoxification. In autumn, the heat has not yet dissipated, drinking turquoise tea water, can quench thirst, refreshing the mind. Therefore, green tea is a good product for the teacher to quench his thirst and protect his voice during the autumn lecture. Try not to drink iced drinks during lectures, and it is advisable to drink warm drinks. You may wish to prepare a cup of medicinal health tea before class, and there are the following commonly used medicinal teas.
1. Ginseng goji tea
10 grams of American ginseng slices, 10 grams of goji berries, soak in boiling water for 10 minutes and drink. Chinese medicine believes that qi is the basis of sound, and there is sound only when there is qi. Teachers often use excessive sound, depleting lung qi. Therefore, qi replenishment is very important in preventing voice disease. The tea has the function of refreshing the heart, quenching thirst, opening the sound, replenishing qi and benefiting the liver. It is suitable for people who use their throat excessively to cause fatigue, dry throat, and sore throat.
2. Luo Han Guo Wood Butterfly Tea
Take a quarter of a monk fruit, 10 grams of wood butterflies, an appropriate amount of tea leaves, soak in boiling water for 5 to 10 minutes, 1 dose per day, and drink it frequently from time to time. The main effects of the tea are to clear heat and quench thirst, dissolve phlegm and throat, and moisten the lungs. It is suitable for teachers who have dry throat, itchy throat, sore throat, hoarseness, and frequent dry cough after class. Working in an air-conditioned room, it is especially suitable for those who have a dry mouth and throat.
3. Chrysanthemum fat sea tea
3 white chrysanthemums, 1 fat sea, an appropriate amount of tea leaves, soak in boiling water for 10 minutes to drink. The tea has the function of clearing the liver and eyes, calming and refreshing, quenching thirst and opening the sound. It is suitable for people who use excessive sound to cause dry throat, sore throat, coarse speech, lack of bright tone, or non-lasting vocalization and hoarseness.
Happy Teacher's Day
Author: Jiang Xiaomin, Chief Chinese Medicine Physician, Jiangxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Editor: Xiong Shu Liu Zhenghui
Reviewer: Xie Tao
Issued: Wan Hongxin
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