I need something to seriously soothe my throat?!
Question: I'm at home sick with a teerribbly sore throat, and we have no medicine for it! i do have throat losenges but i've taken like 3 and they don't work at all!
does anyone have suggestions of how to make it better? some sort of home remedy maybe?
Answers: I'm at home sick with a teerribbly sore throat, and we have no medicine for it! i do have throat losenges but i've taken like 3 and they don't work at all!
does anyone have suggestions of how to make it better? some sort of home remedy maybe?
Oh yeah. My grandad was a country doctor and many simple remedies came from him to our family. You need to get a medium sized glass of very warm water and put some salt in it. Not a lot of salt but enough to taste it. Let's say about half a teaspoon. Gargle (don't swallow any) the whole glass of water in several mouthfulls and repeat this as often as you feel.
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My favorite solution is to make yourself some warm salt water and gargle it. You can also use lemon water and salt to gargle.
This will sound nasty but it DOES work. Get a warm glass of water and add salt. Gargle the salt watter for a couple of minutes and spit it out. It's kinda of nasty, but you WILL feel better afterwards. Get well soon!
Use Mercurochrome (the red stuff for killing germs around wounds), liberally apply to your throat all round the 'hangy down' with a cotton swab. Really works and works fast.
two words:ICE CREAM!!!
yup it is now the perfect time to grab that gallon or pint of ice cream and eat it but stick to plain flavors with no bits of pieces of candy or what not