Whats good for a sore throat?


Question:
i have had a sore throat for 3 days and it's getting a little better, but i wanna know what can make it even better. i keep gargling salt water, but what else? can sucking on somthing hard (like hard candy) really help, or is it useless? any advice appriciated

Answers:
You could try hot/warm tea with lemon.
Honey in your tea, they have special tea for sore throats and colds.

They also have throat losnges with honey in them. They taste really good, and they really helped me.
Try a jolly rancher and just suck on it. It will make it feel better but it wont make it go away.
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Cough Drops?
a pickle! the salt and vinegar are help full.. being serious, try it ,, helps me all the time
ME!! hahaha no I'm kidding. um... personaly i just tough it out, but id suggest maybe. ice water
lemon in your tea it helps.!
something that helps is to mix some honey with lime juice it helps
pending your age drink a mixture of pepermint schnapps and hot cinnamon schnapps , its not the best tasteing but it helps
my grandmother allways used to give me a mixture of:
Boiling water,Whiskey,lemon and honey

and it really works! the whiskey lemon and hot water kill of germs and the honey is very good at reducing inflamation

goodluck
ask a doctor
Hard candy works well, also drinking hot tea. I heard that drinking warm lemonade was good for the throat but i have never tried it.
gargling listerine will help more than salt. gargle listerine 5 or 6 time a day when your sick and take zinc pills to help you get better faster. halls makes some hard candies that have zinc and vitamin c in them that will also help speed your recovery
Hot tea with lemon and honey.

A tablespoon of honey with a little lemon squeezed on it.

Sucking on ice chips.

Antiseptic throat spray.

(Feel better!)
Try hot lemon tea with honey.

Anything with milk may feel good going down your throat, but ultimately you're going to just make things worse for yourself.
cough drops i guess will help
Drinking lots and lots of juice works, truly. That's why the doctors tell us that. Plus you can try rubbing your throat with a vapor rub, and covering it with a towel. (Rub upwards towards your chin, that works also.)

Oh and a mixture of honey and lime works well too.
try black tea with honey, fesh lemon juice and fresh mint leaves. For even better results add propolis (find it a natural food stores). Stay away from conventional medicines unless you are *really* in bad shape. They are bad for your health
Try listerine. When you uses it let a little trikle down your throat. Tastes bad but it works. Haven't had a sore throat for 30 years.
Honey and lemon with a tad of tea or even whiskey is what my parents used for our sore throats. Peppermint is a natural healer, added to some warm tea is wonderful also.
dont talk lots lol. errm... i take this special gargling stuff that was from the supermarket, i forget what it was. but im sure if you ask or keep a look out for something like that it would help.
it kils the bacteria or whatever from your throat.
it really worked for me.
Licorice natural the black kind NOT red, is good as long as you DON'T HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. If you tend to have high blood pressure avoid the black licorish.

Lemon and honey is very good. Honey not only has good vitamins and minerals, but also has proven good in treating allergies. A table spoon full a day will help lessen significantly most allergies. Works for me.

We happen to live in a swampy area where the people often get more than a fair share of respiratory and digestive diseases. We are affected by the air contamination of pulp mills, lawnmower blades factory and garden supplies warehouse, a factory where the weed whackers cord is made, and much much chemical toxicity from herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides. Also, people are in the custom of burning all their yard waste, and there are frequent fires in the plantations of pine trees and piney forests.

Sucking on hard candy is good, but you might want to get the sugarless kind so you don't ruin your mouth.
Hot milk and honey. Works great and tastes wonderful.
Experiment with what works for you. I like a nice hot toddy followed by lots of Popsicles. (A hot toddy is good for everything you know.)
If your throat continues to hurt or you have run fever with it, you need to make sure that you don't have strep throat. I heard somewhere that strep throat left untreated can damage the heart.
I have tried candy before but it makes it worse, so i wouldn't do that. But i would say to drink alot of cold water but every once in a while drink warm water. Then even chew some gum. it may take at least one day but it worked for me.
Scratchy foods are bad but honey with lemon is a pretty good home remedy.
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