The pharynx is a tube that connects the nostrils and the larynx. Its muscular walls are responsible for the advancement of the food bolus from the mouth to the .
The pharynx also has an important function in phonation and hearing.
Common step for the “snack” in the form of food, liquids, air and for the step of the “vocal snack”, the exterior word.
When any symptom appears in the pharynx, it indicates that we have experienced or are experiencing an emotional conflict in which there is a “bite” that we cannot have, swallow, try, taste, spit out, etc.
“Longing to have something I can’t have.”
“I want to catch and retain the essence of my mother.”
“I’ll try to keep the piece in my throat so they don’t take it away from me.”
“I can’t capture the love of my partner.”
“I want to say something that I shouldn’t say.”
“I better swallow it than say it.”
“I am unable to express myself.”
“I can’t be creative.”
“I lack the food I desire.”
“I don’t accept what I’m trying to swallow.”
“It is impossible for me to ask for help.”
irritated pharynx: I suppress my anger. “I feel unable to express myself.”
Hoarseness: Desire to express something but we keep it inside. Am I afraid of being laughed at, criticized, rejected, of being misunderstood?
lump in throat: “I’m scared”. “I am wary of what will come next.”
Pharyngitis: (better known as sore throat). Inflammation of the mucosa of the pharynx. The main symptom is pain when swallowing.
Conflict of difficulty of “swallowing” catching, admitting, incorporating (the right side is fundamentally affected) or wanting to “spit out”, get rid of, free oneself in one “bite” (it affects the left side).
Fury that prevents us from speaking, tremendous impulse to speak and inability and fear to do so.
In general, it appears after an argument, a fight, a disagreement with someone loved, known or “trusted”, where the person was shaken in their sensitivity.
“I was unable to defend myself, I did not say anything.”
“I have my anger and anger repressed, I swallowed my anger.”
“They don’t allow me to express my ideas, my creativity.”
“They prevent me from saying what I think or feel.”
“I refuse to be different, to act different, to say that.”
Chronic pharyngitis: Conflict that is repeated with certain frequency.
(For example, when we see a person that we can’t stand or don’t tolerate, who dislikes or annoys us, to whom we would like to say something and yet we don’t).