Sore throat?
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HOME REMEDIES FOR SORE THROAT
* Garlic is the most important remedy for sore throat. Chew some garlic pieces.
* Add lemon juice (from one lemon) some honey, to a glass of hot water. Drink this. It will give immediate relief from pain.
* Gargle with warm salt water. It is the best old age home remedy.
* Increase your liquid intake and make sure your house is humidified properly.
* Cut a lemon into 2 pieces. Take one piece and put some salt and black pepper on it, press with a knife so that salt-pepper penetrates into the lime. Put the lemon on heat to make it warm. Slowly lick this lemon squeezing it until no juice remains. Do it 2-3 times a day.
* Chives and scallions are helpful for a soar throat when simmered in water for 5 minutes. Drink as a tea.
* Figs, beets are also very effective in sore throat.
* Slippery Elm bark (Ulmus rubra) helps to soothe sore throats or cough. For sore throats, slippery elm bark can be taken as a tea. Prepare a tea by adding 1 tablespoon of dried bark to a cup. Pour 1 cup of boiling water into the cup. Steep it covered for at least 10 minutes and then strain. Have up to 3 cups of slippery elm bark tea a day.
* Licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) is another good sore throat remedy, however people with high blood pressure, heart, kidney or liver disease, pregnant or nursing women, or people who are taking diuretics, blood pressure drugs, should not use it.
* Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis), a herb found in Europe and North America, has been used for centuries as a sore throat home remedy. To make marshmallow root tea, add 1 tablespoon of the dried root to a cup. Add a cup (8 ounces) of boiling water, steep it covered for at least 10 minutes then strain. Drink up to 3 cups a day. Consult a doctor before taking marshmallow.
* Honeysuckle Flower, a sweet tasting and smelling herb, is one of the most commonly used sore throat remedies in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as a remedy for sore throats. To prepare honeysuckle tea, bring 1 quart of water to a boil. Add 1 cup of honeysuckle flowers (not the leaves). Steep for at least 10 minutes, covered, and then strain. Sweeten with honey or stevia to taste if desired. Drink up to 4 cups a day.
* Add 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar, a pinch of cayenne pepper, juice of 1/4 a lemon, and 1 teaspoon of honey to a cup. Add 1 cup of hot water and stir. Drink up to 4 cups a day.
* Gargle with aloe Vera juice two times daily.
* Combine one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar, one teaspoon of cayenne pepper and three tablespoons of clover honey in a glass of warm water. Gargle as often as necessary.
* Betony is a useful astringent, which reduces inflammation. Make a tea and use as a gargle.
* Add 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper to 1 cup of boiling water; stir well and gargle while mixture is very warm. To this mixture you can add 4 parts Echinacea, 1 part garlic bulb, and 2 parts peppermint leaves to 1 part cayenne.
* Another remedy is to add 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper to 1 cup of boiling water; stir well and sip slowly.
* Prepare a tea by adding 1 or 2 teaspoons of dried chamomile blossoms to a pint of boiling water; steep and drink a cup every few hours.
* Add 30 drops of Echinacea/goldenseal combination to one cup of warm water; drink every two hours.
* Grapefruit seed extract is a powerful all-around antimicrobial product and is an excellent disinfectant and antiseptic. Add five drops to a glass of water for a soothing gargle.
* Prepare a mixture by adding ¼ cup of apple cider vinegar and ¼ cup of honey. Take one tablespoon every four hours or as needed for pain relief.
* Steep two teaspoons of dried hyssop in one cup of boiling water, covered for ten minutes; strain and drink cool for an expectorant or hot to relieve coughs, congestion, and sore throat.
* Grind one tablespoon of mustard seed and add the juice of half a lemon, one tablespoon of salt, one tablespoon of clear honey, and 1 1/4 cups of boiling water. Leave this mixture, covered, for 15 minutes and use as a gargle.
* Prepare a tea by adding 2 sprigs of coarsely chopped parsley, 3 whole spice cloves, 1 teaspoon of powdered myrrh, and 1/4 teaspoon powdered goldenseal to 1 pint of boiling water. Steep. Stir occasionally while cooling, then strain and use as a gargle or mouthwash.
* Boil some pomegranate rinds and drink as a tea. The pomegranate contains astringents
* Prepare a tea by adding five fresh crushed or dried leaves; place in a cup and fill with water cooled to just below boiling; cover and leave to infuse for five minutes; remove leaves and drink. May also be used as a gargle.
* For sore throat get a small dixie cup, pour cultured buttermilk in the cup. Slowly swish and gargle it in your mouth slowly drink a small cup of it every hour for 1 day and sore throat will be gone next day.
* Take 4 cloves of garlic - minced fine, 1 tbsp. Honey,1/8 tsp. cayenne (approx.). Mix this together, take a spoonful when needed and chew it up well before swallowing.
* Water boiled with basil leaves should be taken as a drink, and also used as a gargle to relieve a sore throat.
* Tamarind water should be used as a gargle. A powder of the dry leaves and an infusion of the bark can also be used for preparation of a gargle for treating sore throat
* Two tablespoons of fenugreek seeds should be put in a litre of cold water and allowed to simmer for half an hour over a low flame. This should then be allowed to cool to a bearable temperature, strained, and then used entirely as a gargle.
Put about a teaspoon of peroxide in a 1/4 of a cup of warm water and gargle with it 3 times a day.
Ginger and peppermint you can try with tea or lozenges.
Drink plenty of water.
I usually add with vitamin C.
Ginger, Capsicum, Garlic, Slippery Elm and Rose Hips. Obtain these from your health food store and if you can, empty1 capsule of each into a large mug and fill with 2 cups boiling water. If you can't find capsules, allow the pills you can find to dissolve in the water and stir. This will burn the first couple of sips, but it will greatly heal your throat. I have bought these premade in a capsule form (they're called #10's) for 15 years from a company called Pomo Valley Herbs. They're in Auberry Calilifornia where I used to live...
For preventative medicine, take 1 each of these pills each day in whole form. They're a natural antibiotic and anti viral remedy you just can't go wrong with.
I hope you heal quickly...
Blessings.
You can gargle with warm salt water. That helps to bring down the swelling and therefore take away the pain.
Or
Hot water and honey can help to soothe it
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Gargle with cayenne pepper and water mixture: 1/2 - 2 tsp. cayenne per glass of water, as strong as you can stand. Will help to numb it and relieve it.
Hope you feel better soon!
simplest, easiest, free and sure. in one glass of warm water add half tea spoon of regular salt, stir, and gargle once in the morning and night before bed, if have time u can do it afternoon also. but don't drink cold water or food after this, avoid eating for half an hour
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