NATURAL HOME REMEDIES FOR SORE THROAT
Sore Throat refers to the inflammation of the pharynx or back of the throat. Sore throats usually occurs with a cold and cough or can be a result of swollen tonsils or an infection and irritation in the throat, which can sometimes lead to pain or ache in the ear. An irritating condition of the throat may range from the harmless to the serious problem.
Causes of Sore Throat
The main causes of sore throat are:
- Bacterial or viral infection
- Various ailments like cold; influenza, tonsillitis, mumps, sinusitis, measles and diphtheria
- Leukemia
- Excessive smoking
- Talking loudly and shouting
Home Remedies for Sore Throat
Use of mango bark is very beneficial in sore throat. Make a gargle by mixing 10 ml of the fluidextract with 125 ml of water. This is one of the effective and simple home remedies for sore throat.
Sore throat treatment - An infusion of the seeds mixed with common salt can be used as a gargle in acute condition.
The leaves of the holy basil have also been found beneficial in the treatment of sore throat. The water boiled with basil leaves should be taken as a drink or can also be used as a gargle. This is also effective natural remedy for sore throat.
A hot Epsom salt bath will be highly beneficial.
Take 4 cloves of garlic, 1 tbsp. Honey, 1/8 tsp. cayenne and Mix them together, take a spoonful when needed and chew it up well before swallowing as this provides relief and is good natural remedy for sore throat.
The throat gargled several times with warm water mixed with a little salt also provide relief from sore throat. This is one of the simplest sore throat cures.
Make a tea by adding 1 or 2 teaspoons of dried chamomile blossoms to a pint of boiling water and drink a cup after every few hours. This is a good home remedy for sore throat.
Diet for sore throat - Mix 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar, a pinch of cayenne pepper, extracted juice of 1/4 a lemon, and 1 teaspoon of honey. Add to this 1 cup of hot water and stir well. Drink this up to 4 cups a day for sore throat relief. This is one of the effective home remedies for sore throat.
The spice cinnamon is also regarded as an effective sore throat remedy. Powdered spice boiled in a glass on water with a pinch of pepper powder and honey is highly beneficial in the treatment. The oil of cinnamon mixed with honey also provides relief. Good Home Remedy for Sore Throat.
A gargle prepared from fenugreek seeds is also beneficial in the sore throat treatment.
Add 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 to prepare the tea. Stir use as a gargle or mouthwash. This is one of the effective home remedies for sore throat.
Daily dry friction bath is also beneficial for the sore throat.
Diet for sore throat - Cut an onion, put in a cup with a top, soak with honey, cover the cup and leave for one hour, swallow 1 spoon of the honey after every few hours to get relief. This is also effective home remedy for sore throat.
Gargles for sore throat
- Sage gargle
Make a tea with 25 grams fresh sage in 600 ml of water and add one-fourth teaspoon of cayenne. Allow it to cool and strain it before drinking.
- Red sage tea
Infuse one teaspoon of dried red sage in one cup of boiling water. Cover and leave for 10 minutes, then strain and add vinegar. This can be used for gargling four times a day and can be drunk as a tea without adding vinegar.
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1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon honey
mix these ingredients in 1/2 cup warm water and gargle once in the morning and once in the evening daily.
i use dollar general brand hot tea B-)
(the honey and lemon thing...?)
However, raw garlic is the remedy for sore throats that I think I like best. Get a good-sized raw clove of garlic and chop it up into small pieces of any kind. First, take a piece or two and chew them up, using mostly the molars in the back of the mouth. Swallow hard. Then, take another piece or two of the garlic and swallow them with water, just like you would medicine. After that chew up some more raw garlic and repeat until you've finished the entire clove. This remedy helps best when you drink hot tea immediately after, though, probably because of the burning sensation the raw garlic will usually inflict on your tongue, and it might get the mucus in your throat working up a little bit, but the relief should be pretty much instantaneous. The fresh raw garlic sort of both numbs your mouth and throat and helps to kill the bad bacteria in your esophagus. :-)
Anna
1: A fresh tomato sliced thick (about the size of 2 regular tomato slices) and fried in a pan til skin is fried and tomato is soggy. Add salt and enjoy!
2: 1 1/2 lemons sqeezed in a coffee mug, 1 tablespoon of salt, HOT water stir well and enjoy!
These two work great for me! I hope they are as effective for you!
this is an effective home remedy:
fill about half a coffee mug with hot water, add 1 pinch ground ginger, 3 squirts lemon juice, 1 tablespoon honey. mix it all up and drink. sip slowly to get use to the taste and heat. it may taste a bit bleh but it works well.
you can also try lemonade warmed up, or Buckleys Canadol Mixture, or ginger milk (you just boil milk and add some tumeric and ginger powder, mmmmmm)
It is not apple cider AND vinegar, it is apple cider vinegar!
Although I imagine the combo of apple cider and vinegar is most likely also soothing.
VERY IMPORTANT to all reading this page - I would not use peroxide in your throat! That could be very dangerous, it will completely destroy the flesh if done wrong, making your sore throat much much worse!!! That suggestion should be removed. Who's moderating this site? Anyone?
Ok so i got a really bad sore throat, i even lost my voice. and school is tomorrow. All day i have been doing, gargles of hot salt water, and lemon. i also drank lemon and honey mixed together, eventually im feeling a little bit better, my voice is starting to come back, but if i talk for too much then it goes away. Early in the morning, i drank 3 teaspoons of milk and garlic, it is not a pleasant feeling, but i stopped coughing. i also suggest you drink orange juice. Keep yourself from drinking, cold beverages, if you're going to drink water, drink it warm. Another good recipe, is apricott. Boil the appricott, until its melted, dont boil too much just what you think you may be able to drink, well actually eat because it has appricotts. it actually tastes quite good, serve it in a cup and drink it with a spoon. The effect may not appear right away, but it will help your throat, when it feels the warm appricott, and open the passageways. Hope i helped, if you do this twice a day, u will probably be better in 3 days.
my doctor gave me some huge pills that just aren't helping fast enough.
anyways, a friend showed me a way to ease the pain, dramatically speed up recovery, and kind of make my throat feel better/refreshed.
-mix hydrogen peroxide and iodine(i dont know EXACTLY how much my friend used, it doesn't have to be exact, she used what looked like twice as much peroxide than iodine, the mixture will be dark brown..)
-you can either gargle/ swish it, or take 2 q-tips, dip them in the mixture, and pretty much rub it all over your tonsils and throat.
-spit it out of course shortly after you do this..its okay if you cant spit out every little bit.
it does NOT taste bad.
it does NOT hurt at all. i think it feels really good actually :]
it will fight off the infection, and get all of the nasty stuff off of your throat, making you feel very refreshed..
:-D
thanx.
ps - i gargle with hydrogen peroxide every day in place of mouthwash. as long as you don't swallow, it won't hurt you! it is safe to do, & has kept me from getting recurrent periodontitis & mouth/tongue ulcers. it's cheaper than mouthwash, & doesn't burn!! :o)
It might work for you, try doing it about every hour. Remeber luke warm water not cold!
;-)
salt 1 tsb
get warm water from the tap and mix the water with the salt and gargle. YOU MUST DO THIS AT NIGHT TIME JUST BEFROE YOU GO TGO BED. DO NOT DRINK THIS.
i am a huge fan of bragg apple cider vinegar, 2 spoons honey 2spoon acv and 8 oz water
everyday it is the best for health
Take 1 tbs 6 times a day.
Although I dont like the smell of the cayene, it does not taste bad at all.;-)
i need to go to the party tomorrow and i've had this sore throat for 3 or 4 days. I can barely swallow... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!!!
IM DESPERATE!
>-(>-(:-[]:-[]
It's gross tasting, but it's the only thing that works for me when I get really sick, besides medicine, of course.
soak a wash cloth in rubbing alcohol but not were it drips. then tie the wash cloth around you neck and sleep with it on overnight. in the morning your sore throat will be gone. The smell is the only bad thing but you get use to it after a while.
Process: Squeeze Lemon into a Small container mix with Baking Soda (let the bubbles calm down).
Insert one side of the Q-Tip into the mixture and clean one of your Tonsils(use 3 sides of the Q-Tip for each Tonsil). When done cleaning your Tonsils, Gargle the rest of the mixture DO NOT SWALLOW!!!
When done gargling rinse mouth with water then take a Table Spoonfull of Honey....
do This TWICE PER DAY.;-)
Recently I did a google search for "sore throat home remedies" and found many pages suggesting the ACV route so I decided to employ it. I used the following recipe:
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Lemon, Apple Cider Vinegar, Cayenne, and Honey Tea
An old home remedy for sore throats is a tea made with lemon, apple cider vinegar, cayenne, and honey.
It is made by adding one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar, a tiny pinch of cayenne pepper, the juice of 1/4 lemon, and one teaspoon of honey to a cup of hot water. Stir.
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I must say this has been the most effective treatment I have used to date (I just did this a few hours ago so the long term effects are not yet known - tomorrow AM the sore throat could return I suppose .... but based on the results so far this is my new solution.
Additionally I want to agree with an earlier poster about NOT using peroxide. I have no scientific reason why not to use it other than I just sounds a bit dangerous.
Good luck all!!
Peroxide is a WONDERFUL Gargle not only for sore throat but also those annoying sores you tend to get if you bite your tongue or inside your cheek. It also whitens your teeth and kills all plaque. Thumbs up to a peroxide gargle for any type of open sore in your mouth. I also brush with baking soda....just powder up your toothbrush and go at it. Feels great and leaves your mouth germ free! The more germs you have in your mouth the more it will fizz...perhaps that was why the person did not like it. But it is doing it's job and nothing is wrong with the fizzing. I suppose it is just like using on any other cut or wound. If you use it on an infected wound it will fizz and burn. Have some honey after and that will soothe the burn.
Its really good on infections in the throat, add some warm water and some salt and gargle... the ACV is a good one also... I have saved much money in home cures and dont plan on going to the Docs unless I have too...!!!
If you are using it for the first time, especially with a young child or toddler, watch closely for any signs of a reaction.
Symptoms to look out for are:
- tingling of the mouth
- swelling of the mouth, lip, tongue, throat or eyes
- coughing or difficulty breathing
- vommiting
- abdominal pain
- hives, rash or redness of skin
Note: not all symptoms have to be present in an allergic reaction.
I myself was a huge fan of the ACV remedy until oneday I stopped breathing. I was shocked to find I had a severe allergy to sulfites (preservatives 220 - 229). All the small bouts of nausea, skin rashes and coughing fits I had been dismissing for months had finally turned into a full blown anaphylactic reaction where my airway closed completely and I was unable to get any air in or out.
Obviously Im not saying not to use apple cidar vinegar, like any product just be cautious if you are using it for the first time.
>-(
im a fan of the diluted apple cider vinegar, a glass everyday (diluted tsp ACV) is extremely good for your liver clearing toxins.
What i'm doing:
1) asprin - significantly reduces pain of swallowing so that i can do the rest
2) apple cider vinegar gargle
3) warm salt water gargle
4) cyanne powder on tongue and disolve down throat
5) chew garlic
6) ginger tea (from powder and raw root)
7) warm lemon water with stevia
Note: I do clean mouth/teeth occasionally with 1% diluted hydrogen peroxide, but i think it would be too harsh on my throat at the moment. Related: Keep applying HP on wounds interferes with the healing process - after initial cleaning with HP, honey is better dressing to promote healing.
Be advised, doing the ear application CAN be slightly uncomfortable, and even sting a little within the ear and/or throat. This is NORMAL and there is nothing to worry about if this should occur, it is just killing the infectious organisms (like iodine does in cuts but much less painfully) – not harming you at all! If it burns slightly, you’ve got an infection and that sensation is the infection being killed off.
The first time I ever came down with this infection, it nearly killed me. I had become delirious and very shortly after that had gone unconscious. It took serious IV antibiotics in the hospital over the course of a week (most of which I was unconscious for) to clear the infection that had spread everywhere throughout my body, including my brain. Do the math, a $1.00 bottle of H202 sure as hell beats a $100 doctor’s visit charge as a hell Mary to cure it, or even a $1,000+ hospital stay if that doctor’s visit and his prescription doesn’t do it for you, now doesn’t it?
extreme pain to swallow started on Wednesday. I posted #58 on Saturday and did everything through the weekend. I was able to return to work today (Monday).
Who knows the problem might have run its course in 5 days no matter what.
But of the above I found that the cayenne powder (small amount on tongue, dissolve down - or mis in warm water and drink/gargle) seemed to produce the most immediate release of mucus.
After the few minute burn the warm salt gargle provided the best temporary relief.
I did not do the lemon water. By Saturday any citrus just burned too much.
Diet: I found i could eat watermelon without pain. Other than that i lost a few pounds.
1- cut 1 white onion very thin, and add to it 5 tblsp of pure honey......put in a sealed container overnight and take a tablespoon every few hours.....sip it slowly and avoid drinking liquids for 15mins after each dose so it can coat the throat and take effect. It should stop cough in half an hour, and help with sore throat.
2- Chicken noodle soup......need I say more.....
3- I personally do not like hot combinations anymore.....for a sore throat my parents always made tea w honey.....etc. however over the years my husband would simply get gingeraile with lots of ice or a slurpee yum! So I tried his theory....and guess what......in the last 8 years, my sore throats have not been a big part of my colds......where 10 years ago they were so severe I could hardly swallow, now as soon as I feel it comming on I make my onion and honey medicine, my chicken soup( dont eat this hot) and lots of gingeraile and a slurpee.....things are alot easier.
as soon as you feel a sore throat coming on, the slight pain, or hoarseness, warp your throat with a scraf - cotton/ wool/ whatever you are comfortable with. i am allergic to wool so i use a soft cotton cloth. just wrap your throat completely and leave it on...through the day and night... it will disappear! You can even use it if you ahev a full blown sore throat already - it will still work. you will feel the difference in a ew hours... but leave it on for 24 hours and you are done:-)
for immediate relief from pain i gargle with warm salt water in which an aspirin has been dissolved... to redce pain. but the throat wrap works - try it! :-) Trisha
:-)
it works
1. Cut two or three cloves of ginger, and squish the juice out of them as you do with lemons.
2. All two mint leaves and a teaspoon of honey in hot water.
3. Then add the ginger juice in the hot honer/mint water. Enjoy!
Honestly, my cold and sore throat were gone as I sipped the last drop. :-D
I wanna get rid of this bleh..
Ps. Hydrogen peroxide also helps clean your teeth,brush your teeth and than brush your teeth with hydrogen peroxide and you see a difference!
Half a coffee mug filled with hot water
1 pinch ground ginger (just check out ur spice cupboard, im sure u'd be surprised at the random spices you have... or maybe that's just me)
3 squirts lemon juice (I just used realemon juice from my fridge. Most people have that too)
and 1 tablespoon of honey (I hate honey guys, so this tastes especially gross to me but believe me, it works and is worth it! If you like honey then it's ur lucky day!)
Good luck to all!
1- 1 tsp of lemon mix it with 3 tsp of honey add a pinch or two of clove powder mix it with luke warm water mix it well. chew a clove of garlic and take sips of this mixture. (twice a day atleast)
2- take a tea bag of green tea open it up and add the paste of following things
garlic clove, cinemon stick, salt, dry bazil leaves
and put that tea bag close again n use it with hot boiling water.. with sips
Think it's time to be seen !
The only thing you're supposed to use peroxide for is in your ears to break down wax build up.
A large Fillet Steak, grilled to perfection with a Bernaise Sauce, and some Steamed veg on the side.
Add a nice beer to compliment at the end of meal!
You will totally forget all about that sore throat.
Repeat as many times as desired!
That only last for so long.. im still here stuck with this swollen tonsil, tonsilitis, sore throat, strep throat... GAH. Its been a WHOLE WEEK, i just started taking amoxicillin because I found it, only 2 days so far though. I feel like its been the same since last friday.. no show of reduction at all. Rest doesn't make it go away, medicine, salt walter, cold towel, shit man i'm out of ideas. I'm tired of staying home. I might just drink the night away tonight and deal with this all the way through Christmas. After that if it is still here i'll get these tonsils cut! I'll see if they can get my Uvula too, that thing causes me too many problems.. try waking with elongated Uvula.. HELP
Mix 2Tbsp of honey and the juice of 1 1/2 lemons in a mug add boiling water and sip...........It really soothes your throat!!!:-D
I hope it works just as well for you! :-D
thanks! :-)
To make one cup:
Grate the rind of a lemon into a saucepan (only the yellow lemon skin, not the white pulp).
Add one cup of cold water and slowly bring to a SIMMER (do not boil - the simmering allows the rind to release the lemon oils, boiling it will take all the good out)
Take off the heat
Squeeze the juice of that entire lemon into the saucepan and add one large tablespoon of honey
Strain into a glass and drink while hot (be careful to test so you don't burn your throat).
Having one of these before bed and in the morning it's not only a great cleanse but clears your sinus.
I always accompany with a warm salt wash and gargle for the nostrils and throat (separately).
Isn't all that long lasting, but its quick.
I have had a sore throat for a little while now,and it has actually gotten worse. But what works for me is making a cup of tea(earl grey works best,although you can use whatever),and adding about 1/2 a tablespoon of honey to it. Just sip it slowly,let it rest in your mouth for a second,then swallow!It's fast and easy and effective,plus it tastes really good!!! hope it helps:-D
my throat has been sore for soooo long now like 4 days but the pain is AGONY its like no other pain and thepain makes me want to be physically sick : not my tonsils theyre not there but its definately in my trachea amnd i have to song in fromnt od 500 people on my own tomooroow please hepl !!!!!!!! :oops:>-(B-)
I'm in a remote village in Bulgaria and hence my resources are limited, but I've cured myself of colds (and many other ailments) for many years by natural means. With limited resources, I would suggest making little slices of ginger (or shredded) and bring to boil. Add cayenne, or if you don't have that, hot ground red peppers. It gets your sinuses going which helps remove killed viruses and bacteria from your system. Once done put in some honey and sip on that. While preparing munch on a diced clove of garlic, in small amounts. Sucking on raw lemon should be great, as vitamin C helps kill colds, and the lemon's acidic qualities could also act as a disinfectant. I personally cannot handle a salt gargle, but understand that it should work, cause salt is a natural disinfectant as well. The ginger, garlic and vitamin C are good at killing colds, so you are accomplishing two tasks at once.
The rest of the time I generally fast, drinking water with vitamin C all day. Your body uses as much as 60% of its energy to break down food into consumable form. If you need some food you can try natural brown rice with your hot mixture (boil that separately). The freed up energy will focus on healing you. I rarely get sick anymore.
What this is doing is the coldness of the washcloth brings more blood to your throat to allow quicker healing. I have one too and I'm trying it out tonight...... hope I get good results....
;-) :-D B-)
ps:id recomend this for anyone with a sore throat,it made me gag but o well it works so ya DO IT!!!
But these comments are really helpful, I'm glad that there's still some people who care about these kind of things
I need 2 go out tomorrow so i cant hav it tomorrow!.
I tried some cures... hope this helps:
Mix 1 teaspoon of vinegar and 1 teaspoon of water and gargle. Repeat this action 3 times.
Put in 3 tablespoons of salt water in about half a pint, gargle it all in steps.
Mix some antiseptic medicine/cures with water and gargle. An example is - TCP.
Put some fresh orange juice with 1 tablespoon of fresh water, add in some ice and leave in the freezer for five minutes until very cold. Drink in sips, usually helps!
Squeeze a fresh lemon and mix with a little bit of honey, add a few drops of water until a smooth liquid. Either drink it or gargle it.
Go outside in the garden and breathe in some fresh air, this doesn't necisiarily help your throat but it helps your fever etc.
Swish your mouthwash around your mouth every 4 hours to help reduce the bacteria in your mouth!
Take medicines! For children - Calpol, or ibupurofen.
Drink some fizzy drinks. Lemonade always helps, add some sugar if necisary.
Drink lots of water, cold will chill your throat but warm will make it softer and not so harsh.
Rest and don't talk too much! Best way of doijng aanything.
If you have swollen tonsils this also helps
If it gets serious or goes on for more than a week then i suggest go and see your doctor to check out some medication which can help you..
More tips:
-Drink FRESH cold/warm milk before going to bed each night, add tumeric if you have.
-Have a cuppa tea!
-Put an icecube on your tongue every 2 hours and swish it around your mouth. (DO NOT STRONGLY GARGLE BECAUSE YOU CAN ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOW AND THEN CHOKE)!
-Breathe in humid air.
HOPE THIS HELPS!!!;-)
I tried your garlic remedy and I gotta say it was pretty darn painful but boy did it help instantly!! Thank you for the wonderfully painful yet amazingly effective tip :-)
THEY WORK WONDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
add a little bit of LEMON JUICE and mix well enjoy i think you should always have it before you go to sleep you can also try 1 tbs of salt and 1 glass of WARM WATER try gargling it for as long as you can and hopefully you will get better in about 1 TO SIX DAYS,
thx bye:)
add a little bit of LEMON JUICE and mix well enjoy i think you should always have it before you go to sleep you can also try 1 tbsx of salt and 1 glass of WARM WATER try gargling it for as long as you can and hopefully you will get better in about 1 TO SIX DAYS,
thx bye:)
infection. Follow the following
1) Gargle with mild hot water mixed with salt, in extreme cases also mix little fitkiri.
2)U can also use homeo medicines Kali Bicronium & arsenicum alubm (2 drop each of 1 M power)
3) some precautions, avoid using toothpaste instead use datun. Avoid anything taken out from refrigeartor, better bring it to room temp & then use.
All the best Rajesh Srivastava
is the lemon, ginger,honey remedy supposed to burn?!? PLEASE HELP 'CUS IT DOES!:-[]:oops:
•eat an orange. The vitamin C helps boost ur immune system
•eat an apple w/ cinnamon. More vitamin C, and the spice of the cinnamon helps the mucus.
•drink camomile tea with honey, and lemon or lime juice. Camomile does you wonders and honey coats the throat while the lemon/lime juice help break down mucus
•drink hot liquids. cold drinks don't do u any good.
• eat garlic. U can put it on bread or eat it raw. Garlic is a natural antibiotic
Apple Cider Vinegar 1/4 cup
2 squirts of lemon juice
1 glove of garlic smashed
1 teaspoon salt
1 Halls cough drop
This does not taste good but your not going to drink it, mix all together in a cup and either heat on stove until cough drop is melted or put in microwave until cough drop is melted....stir completely....
test with your finger to make sure the mixture is not hot enough to burn you.
Take a mouthful "about as much as you would when you use mouthwash" and gargle the mixture for as long as possible. This will taste bad, but it cleanses your throat and will help with pain. It will also help if you have a cough the menthol in the cough drop helps.
You should have enough to gargle 2 times.
If you have a bad cough and or sore throat sometimes after doing this I take a few tablespoons full of hard liquor and swish it around in my mouth before swallowing it. This also helps kill bacteria, if this is for a child I would not recommend it but honestly for an adult it helps a little. However, the above mixture after the cup of hot tea is all you should need I recommend it before bed time and once in the morning.
Leave feedback if this works for you.
Remember to always seek medical attention for severe problems. Sometimes antibiotics are needed. Untreated strep can lead to severe problems and even heart conditions. Use your own good judgement, I hope this treatment gets you through the cold/flu season.
Have a good one,
Ron-
i had about 1/4 of warm water in a cup.
i added about 3 tbs of honey, some powdered cinnamon, and powdered ginger. i mixed them then put the whole thing in the microwave for about 19 seconds. then i added two tea bags and let it steep.then i put it back in the microwave for about 20 seconds and mixed it again. then i sat down and took little sips at a time and gargled each one.
it helped quite abit,but u may have to it like every half hour or so.
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First I take two asprins. Then get a juice glass, use a teaspoon of salt with about a Tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and about a half cup of warm water. Stir those together till the salt mixes from the bottom of the glass in with the vinegar and water. Next, gargle the contents in small amounts, till it's all gone. Don't swallow it. That should help ease the pain. Repeat the process everytime you retake your dosage of asprin.