How do I help stop a really bad sore throat and cough?!

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Hot tea with honey, Chloraseptic, throat lozenges, hot toddy (if you don't have to go to work), Aspirin.

Food Therapy:
Raw garlic is the most effective, says Dr. Mindell, but it can cause gastrointestinal upset. He suggests baking ad stir-frying as other ways of getting garlic into your diet.

Or, he says, take garlic supplements for all of the benefits with none stores and many drugstores; Dr. Mindell recommends taking three capsules twice a day with meals until your symptoms clear up.

Herbal Therapy:
Try gargling with golden seal tea, says Varro E. Tyler, Ph.D., professor of pharmacogonosy at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. To make the tea. Dr. Tyler says to pour boiling water over one to two teaspoons of the dried herb, which you can buy in most health food stores.

Steep for ten minutes, strain to remove the the herb and cool before using as a mouthwash, he says.

Sage is another good choices for a sore throat, according to Dr. Tyler. He says to chop two teaspoons of fresh leaves (available in most health food stores), then pour boiling water over them and steep for ten minutes. Strain the tea to remove the leaves and cool before using as a mouthwash, he says.

Dr. Tyler suggests that you repeat the gargles as necessary for a maximum of two to three days.

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