What remedies will soothe a sore throat?
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Having tried a variety of off-the-shelf, and behind-the-counter medicines I have to concede that the best results seem to be achieved by frequent drinks of a nice warm cup of tea. Silly as it sounds.
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http://www.good-earth.com/traditional-medicinals-throat-coat-tea.html I have found Throat Coat Tea is wonderful..both my best friend Tony and I are singers and this stuff has gotten us through many gigs. Another good thing is hot honey and lemon..heat 8 oz of water with 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of honey (you can adjust these amounts to taste but this is what works for me). Also drinking a tablespoon of olive oil coats the throat and soothes it. This is another trick that vocalists use. I have personally used all of these and I know they work.
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Boil pure hot water, add a dash of cinnamon, a little more than a dash of ginger, a tablespoon of molasses and drink. It works. :)
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When I was in chorus in high school & beyond, I had frequent sore throats and/or laryngitis. I found the things that always worked for me were: hot tea with honey and honey/lemon cough drops. Hope this helps :D
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During every choir competiton, each year, hundreds of us would gargle with apple cider vinegar (full strength). Trust me this will definitely clear up any hoarseness or soreness of the throat.
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Gargling with Listerine. That's what Listerine is made for. (It is also good to do after you brush your teeth.)
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Gargle three time a day with lukewarm salt water.
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There are two remedies used in my family. 1.) You can make regular tea and drink it with your food regularly. 2.) Just get 2 teaspoons of honey and swallow it. Hope this helps. :-)
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One huge tablespoon of honey every day. If you are over 21 and/or not driving, you can add some rum to it. Actually, one tablespoon of honey each day is recommended as an everyday routine, sick or not.
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Gargle salty water a few times a day. Drink tea. See if the soreness is related to another medical ailment and cure that if it is.
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Um...you need some OJ and about 4 limes. Squeeze all the limes and pour the juice in a glass, and sweeten it a little bit with the OJ, not much though. The limes are loaded with citric acid, which contains vitamin C, which in turn helps to kill a sore throat, works most everytime I use it. Don't drink in one sitting, sip on it enough to coat your throat. Do this as often as you like, your sore throat will be gone by tommorrow or the next. Hope you feel better.
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I dissolve a couple of Vitamin C tablets in my tea. You can see if honey helps or not. Also, sometimes sore throat is prelude to a cold, and nothing wards off colds better than zinc lozenges. The ones I have are tasteless so I suck no one together with a chewable C tablet. Wearing a hat and scarf in winter and breathing only through your nose also helps.
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If you don't mean painkillers and so on, try someting like ice cream. The coldness helps to numb the throat to reduce pain and the liquid nature helps to coat the lining with liquid to prevent dessication. Some other people swear by honey but I'm an ice cream guy.
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Gargle hot water and Hawaiian sea salt for 30 seconds 5 times. (mix the hot water and hawaiian sea salt in a cup together, dont swallow it either spit it out after 30 seconds)
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You can gargle salt water, it usually works for me, if I feel like tolerating the taste of it, blech. Normally, I drink an herbal tea, and put honey in it, which is pretty soothing on the throat, and helps to alleviate the pain and burning feeling. For a quick fix, you could try Chloraseptic as well. They have sprays, strips, lozenges and those types of things. They usually work pretty well, but not for an extremely long time.
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warm lemon juice with sugar can sometimes help when nothing else seems to
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Let it rest! shhhhh....
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try sucking a teaspoonful of honey. This is a well-known remedy for a sore throat.......hope it helps!
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Gargle with salt water and lemon juice, then suck on a lemon. Sounds weird, but it works for me.
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Slippery Elm tea is good. I keep that handy during the cold and flu season.
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a warm salt water gargle - it tastes gross but it always works for me - do it every few hours until you feel better
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Have you gargled salt water? That often helps a bit with an infection if that's what you've got...in any case, it won't do you any harm. Make sure you don't swallow the salt water though, it'd probably make you throw up. You could also try sucking ice cubes, that helps numb things a bit.
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Gargle with warm salt water...as warm as you can stand it. A mixture of honey and lemon can be soothing, too.
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Thanks for asking that question! My boyfriend and I both got a sore throat last night! He's been sick but now I guess we both are!
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Lockets (get two packets because you will just crunch them up). Neurofen.
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You may need more than a home remedy! Are the glands in your neck swollen? Do you have white tonsils, or what look like blisters on them? Do you have a fever? Check all this and if the answer is yes, go to your doctor as it may be a strep infection and it won't go away by itself. (I get strep frequently)
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Take 2 aspirin and gargle with warm salt water.
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Hot tea with lemon, vitamin C lozenges if these don't work than Robitussin.
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grate fresh ginger, add hot water and honey to taste. Also, herbal tea "Traditional Medicinals - Throat Coat" will do the trick temporarily. avoid alcohol and caffeine. they are diuretics. The important thing with a sore throat is to stay hydrated. run a humidifier or vaporizer while you sleep. If you breathe with your mouth open at night, and it's dry, you'll just aggravate things.
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I agree with Babycakes...Gargle with warm salt water. Chloraseptic helps too although it tastes gross, it numbs your throat. If you start to run a fever make sure you see a doctor. It could become serious.
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Well, they do make lozenges but I was talking about the spray. It's a liquid that comes in a spray bottle. You spritz it in your mouth. http://www.amazon.com/Chloraseptic-Sore-Throat-Spray-Cherry/dp/B000HM7DR4 http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100002755.html (Sorry...thought I was in comment box)
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warm lemon and honey drinks - lots of them :)
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Some warmed honey mixed with Lemon and aspirin.
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You could crush 1000 mg of Vitamin C and drink it in tea with a little honey.
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Gargle with warm salt water, and lots and lots of chloraseptic.
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It tastes nasty but works without fail: 1 cup water as hot as you can stand to gargle with 3 t apple cider vinegar 1 t honey Gargle with this. Use the entire cup.
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The best home remedy for me is to rinse my throat wit a mixture of water and baking-soda!
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Thanks!
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Do you have postnasal drip? Do you have allergies? Is your nose runny? If so, you need to use a decongestant and some Sucrets, stat!
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If it is viral like cold or flu your best bet is the freshly grated ginger with honey works like a charm,also gargle a little chloraseptic (which breaks numbs the pain and also helps break up the puss in your tonsils) then gargle some warm salt water. Those are one of your best bet but if its bacterial GO TO THE DOCTOR =]
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Drink hot tea with honey. It helps!
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Its silly but tea always does i for me, just means i have to have one permanently on the go.......those numbing sprays are quite good :)
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tea
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Lemon juice and olive oil are good. Hot drinks not really since they favor bacteria development.
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Carvonia throat spray tastes yucky but works.
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I use a chloroseptic spray or some lozenges.
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Ground Cheyenne pepper (seriously). Fill your mouth with water, keep it in there. Tilt your head back. Take 1/4 teaspoon and dump it toward the roof of your mouth into the water. Keep your head back! (as not to burn your tongue) and swallow slowly. Quickly follow with a full glass of water. The stuff in the pepper burns out the bad stuff. (the back of your throat won't feel it if you do this right) I've done this many times and it usually provides almost instant relief. Just be careful and don't choke. :-P
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Black tea with licorice root and some honey. I use it all the time. The licorice soothes the throat.
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I use the old fashion remedy, Lemon juice and honey.
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There is a medication called BUCALCIDE that I can get here in Puerto Rico over the counter, without a prescription. It is an anesthetic spray with a mint taste that will relieves the pain and kill throat germs. Maybe it is available in your area. It comes in a spray bottle. It works great!
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Crush a couple Vitamin C tablets in my tea, add honey
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anything hot running down my throat helps.
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gargle salt water
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Take some cough drops.
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Famous recipie from Bulgaria (Europe) In a pot put 4 tablespoons Vodka, 1/8 of a butter stick and 2 tablespoons honey. Let it boil. take it off and let it cool a little bit until you can actually drink it without burning yourself. Drink as fast as you can. Its actually pretty good. Works like a charm. I always get really bad soar throat to the point where I can't talk. This is the best way for me. Weird I know but works. Hope you get well soon.
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Hall's cough drops. They are great. I like them when I have a sore throat.
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Use lozengers
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gargle in warm salt water before you go to bed. That always helped mine. About 1 tbl spoon of salt to 1/2 cup of water gargle & then spit it out a couple of times. If that don't help, sore throat spray helps relieve it.
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if i knew i would tell you
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Honey is the most natural
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First you have to determine if it is a viral or bacterial infection. You can do this at the doctors office or there are home testing kits that you can get from medical supply. If it is bacterial you probably need antibiotics. Some untreated bacterial infections can spread to the heart and become very serious. If it is viral then there is no true cure. Only things that bring relief. Drink lots of hot liquids, eat a soft diet, rest a lot, and try not to strain your voice. Throat lozenges can help but some say that sucking on hard candy has the same effect. Some lozenges don't contain any medication anyways.
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I just take cough drops.
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This is a layperson's caution . . . when you look in the mirror with your tongue out as far as you can get it (a flashlight helps here), check to see if you have any cottage cheesy looking stuff in the back of your throat. If you have that and a temperature, you may have strep throat and you need to get to the doctor right away and take all and every last one of the pills you're given because it can come back and it can do real damage to your heart. If no temp and on white stuff in your throat, then gargle with salt water, like a teaspoon of salt to a glass of warm water. Vinegar can be good to . . . warm water and vinegar.
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For simple symptom relief try Aspergum. I have been too poor to afford this so I have purchased fluffy type bubblegum and put half of an aspirin in it and chewed it instead. I find that a teaspoon of lemon and honey is good also for cutting phlegm and soothing a mild sore throat. The aspergum is for a bad one. Sipping theraflu also helps for a bad one, along with helping other flu symptoms. That is not going to help whatever caused your sore throat. You have to let whatever illness go its course and, if you need, go to the doctor. If your sore throat persists past a week, call your doctor.
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Shammer has the best general advice, but everyone who has answered so far has forgotten one thing that helps more than anything else: rest. If your throat is too sore for you to talk comfortably, then don't.
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I just drink hot tea. I know it's probably horrible advice, but ever since I was a kid I imagined that the hot tea was burning the soreness out. I know now it doesn't work like that...but I still do it.
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The best cure I've found yet is a kumquat. (I'd grab more than one.) Starts working as soon as the juice touches your throat. Much more effective than orange juice.
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Freshly squeezed hot lemon juice with honey.
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gargle with warm salt water. Also gargle with warm garlic water. Garlic is a natural antibiotic.
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honey lemon and whiskey in warm water
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apple cider vinegar and honey diluted in hot water. miracle cure.
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Molasses. Take a tablespoon or so or a slice of lassie bread(bread with molasses spread on it) very soathing and tastes good. Unlike gargaled salt water, and apple cider vinegar...ew
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Hot tea with lemon and honey, and a gargle of warm salt water. Not at the same time, of course. ^_^
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Try a mixture of garlic, honey and lemon and gargle. Works every time for me.
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Take a multivitamin to help support your immune system. A tea or lozenge of slippery elm bark and honey works well to ease pain, stop an irritated cough, and loosen chest congestion. Coltsfoot tea is good for colds, but it tastes terrible. Most herbal teas and soups will be somewhat soothing. Sorbet is nice too. Stay away from black tea- the tannins can irritate your throat more. Also avoid milk products- they promote mucus production.
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multi vitamins are good for an overall increase of bodily functions, but if you really want to boost your immune system an amazing product containing fucoidan, a brown seaweed extract, boosts your white blood cell count. Its called umi by agel.
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honestly some harshly acidic juices like cranberry juice or pure orange juice works the best for me you just have to drink a lot of it, and make sure it hits the sore part of you throat. It might sting a little but that's good it means its killing the bacteria. If you want you can mix alovera juice in with it, that stuff is packed with amazing nutrients to get you over any sickness. You can usually find it at any health food store, Its pricey though.
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I'll take ibuprophen or Tylenol Soar Throat... it may not heal it, but it dulls the pain.
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ask you doctor, if anti biotics would help. otherwise stay warm twenty four seven. drink honey and hot tea...mixed. rest, rest, and rest somemore. tylenol and lots of liquids..water: sixteen ounces times eight a day. vitamin C, several thousand units spread through out the day. it is water soluble. hot baths and showers help too.
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gargle hydrogen peroxide diluted in water. It will help to kill the germs and heal infections.
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Avoid milk and meat. Garlic chicken broth. Gargle with warm salt water. Drink herbal teas. Take vitamins. Drink some Xango or MonaVie if you can get some. Use a steam vaporizer when you sleep. Don't talk too much. Suck on lozenges with zinc.
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Hopefully, you'll find a few here: http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1545
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There's only one way that is easy and 100% will cure your sore throat fast, using regular salt. Take a salt shaker and shake it 2 to 4 times straight to your throat every 2 hours. Very important to do it before your bedtime and throughout the night if you wake up. I've tried this, it's like a miracle. I found this here http://www.ThroatSore.com/ they have a video how to do.
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This is a tradisional way that people use in poland, to soothe and to releive it. First You need: Onions, sugar, and hours of patience.. Cut up some onions.. put in a bowl (medium sized one. a little bigger then the one you'd use to eat cereal) Put lots of sugar on top of the onions (until all is covered) seal top with plastic wrap and let it stand on counter. *12 Hours later* You will begin to see a syrup forming under all of the onions, pour the syrup in a cup. (Remember! this syrop acts like a medicine dont take too much of it) Drink about 200ML every 2 - 3 hours. This is the best way that nature has ever helped me. i have the flu right now. and my throut feels healthy and painless. After drinking syrup also consider crushing garlic, and put it in warm milk. *optional* maybe add some honey too.. this may not taste as good but its worth it.
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Sleep, zinc lozenges. Hot tea with honey. Water. Lots of it.
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Try not to talk. I've been getting over a sore throat for about 3 weeks now, and every time I talk too much it comes back. I have to use cough drops and drink a lot of water. Rest as much as possible. Some aspirins will reduce swelling.
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There might be some good suggestions here: http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1545
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Very warm sugar water, put two tablespoons sugar in two cups water and mix very well. You could also use honey instead of sugar, or with it.
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drink pickle juice
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A natural remedy I've found very helpful, though it sounds weird, is a tea made of ginger, red hot pepper and honey. It burns going down, but then it numbs everything and feels much better.
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Doctor's usually suggest gargling with salt and warm water. A little chloraseptic spray or a menthol cough drop will help numb the pain. You should really see a doctor though if this lasts more than a day or so or if you feel worse today, or if you have a fever. Hope you feel better soon!
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Try gargling warm salt water.
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Lemon tea.
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salt water gargles and that throat numbing stuff.
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Hot tea with honey.
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Popsicles
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Hot tea with honey and lemon. Gargling with warm salted water. Quitting smoking.
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Anything warm to drink. Also warm salty water gargle may help.
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honey can be good for a sore throat,look for natural remedies online for sore thrpats and you should be fine! what's wrong are you sick? hope this helps! ^^
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STOP SMOKING! warm salt water gargle; STOP SMOKING!; throat lozenges; STOP SMOKING!; tea w/ honey;STOP SMOKING!
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