Natural remedy for sore throat?

[me&thegals]

Ginger tea with lemon and honey - chop up a piece of ginger about the size of quarter, pour a cup of boiling water over it and let it steep till cool enough to drink. Add a spoonful of honey and a squirt of lemon juice. Have several cups throughout the day. (Might try this after the salt water gargle to help get rid of the salt taste - that always make me gag )

I'm sipping this very concoction at this moment! It's excellent for sore throats and cold misery.

Also, just plain ol' honey. When the kids have sore throats or tickling throat coughs at night, we give them a spoonful of honey to slowly swallow. Love that stuff!

 

[big brown horse]

Hey DrakeMaiden told me that she sometimes sucks on a hunk of coconut oil (it is solid) and lets it trickle down her throat.

 

[Henrietta23]

Salt water gargle for sure and if he'll doing it, a nettie pot. Now that I've had my tonsils out I usually only get sore throats from post nasal drip. The nettie pot helps takes care of that.

 

[GardenWeasel]

Sage tea gargle. I love sage so generally add crushed garlic too and sip through out the day. My mother swore by kepping a clove of raw garlic in her mouth and peircing with her teeth through the day. Not good if you have to go among people but I loved my garliccy Mama.

 

[noobiechickenlady]

So Dace, how's hubby's throat doing?

GardenWeasel, I love raw garlic. Dice it up & put it on my salads, yum! I try not to do it when I am planning on going somewhere though

 

[Dace]

Well as of last night he still had a pretty bad sore throat. I think it has been like 6 days! I looked and there are not white spots, which (I think) would indicate strep.....

He may have to go to the Dr. Funny thing is that a few days ago, I had a drink of water out of his glass, he said oh, no...now you are gonna get it!
Nothing yet of course now that I have just said this.......

 

[noobiechickenlady]

Well, I hope he gets to feeling better.