Everyone suffers from a sore throat at some time or another both at being a child or an adult. Our throats will become all congested with foreign matter that is chocking us and making us cough over and over again, and you wonder, " Will this cough ever go away! ". But before we go into a remedy for sore throat, we need to find out what causes these sore throats in the first place so that we can prevent them.
There are four events that take place in North America and other parts of the world that are a major cause for sore throats. Can you guess what they are? The answer is: 1. Valentines Day 2. Easter 3. Halloween 4. and Christmas. What do these four days have in common? Yes, the intake into our bodies of a lot of sweets, mostly Candies. At Christmas time we might be eating a lot of sweet breads, jelly rolls, glazed donuts and lots of cakes and cookies with plenty of frosting on them. These mouth watering treats may be some what " Yummy For The Tummy " but they are not so great for the throat. All that sugar in the throat just before we go to bed will cause the throat to swell up and become sore and raspy. As a rule of thumb even though this rule is hard to follow: " Never Eat Any Sweets After 6 P.M. ". Make sure your mouth is all brushed out at least 2 hours before you go to bed. Make sure also that at least one glass of water has been drank after 6 pm to help clear the throat of all foreign matter. For those of you who enjoy the Soda Pops, please no pops after 6 pm. But most people are not going to live this rule and say Heck with it. so if you end up with a sore throat, you can blame yourself.
There are two kinds of candies that I leave completely alone because they can cause a sore throat real fast. These are: 1. Candy Corn 2. and Orange Candy Peanuts. Candy Corn or any other candy that is made from the same stuff but are made into Hearts, Eggs, Pumpkins, Christmas Trees and the list goes on and on, these candies can make a sore throat real quick. The same goes with the orange Candy Peanuts. When you suck on them they turn to pure sugar and when you eat either one of these candies it will quickly make your throat very sore. I am sure that each one of you can tell me about a certain candy that will quickly make your throat sore. Regardless as to how good they may taste, we need to leave them alone.
Two other times that sore throats will take place, but you will find this more common in children is when we take them to the movies and they eat all that candy. The other time is eating all that cake with lots of frosting and ice cream on birthdays and special holidays. Also there are other factors that will make our throats very sore and they are Pollen or Dust in the air, polluted air that you would find in many of our bigger cities, poisonous gases from factories, steel mills and chemical plants, all of these can cause our throats to be dry, raspy and sore.
There are lots of remedies that are good for sore throat and some work better then others. I have found a remedy that I like better then all the others and I will tell you about it at the end of this article. It is also an excellent remedy for Gingivitis. The more popular remedies for sore Throat are as follows:
1. The old fashion remedy is to gargle with warm salt water. This was the common remedy that many wise Mothers would pass this on to their children. I find it to be kind of gagging and I hated to use this remedy even though it was my Mothers favorite remedy. You had to gargle many times with salt water before you found relief. I heard a lot of years later that if you add real lemon juice to the salt water it will make the gargle way more effective. Try it. Maybe it will do wonders for you.
2. Buy some organic vinegar under the name of " Braggs ". Put two tablespoons of this vinegar into a glass of warm water and gargle with this solution. I found this to be more comforting to my sore throat then what I found from gargling with salt water. Again you could add lemon juice to double the effect of this gargle. In my opinion I believe this to be a better way then gargling with that nasty salt water. Also if you swallow this solution rather then spit it out it will have positive side effects on your body. These side effects include lowering your blood pressure, dissolving all crystals in the body, slowing down your aging process, preventing winkles on your face when you get older and the vinegar will kill cancer cells in your body. All of these side effects show that taking a tablespoon of vinegar in a glass of water is good to drink everyday, and that is a true statement. Do not drink milk for at least an hour after drinking the vinegar water. Milk and Vinegar together will sour your stomach.
3. Make a " Hot Tottie ". This is an excellent gargle for sore throat. This is also excellent to sip on when you have a cold or when you are all congested up. This is also good to sip on when colds and flu are headed your way and it may prevent you from getting sick. The recipe is as follows: Take a cup of hot water and add two tablespoons of organic vinegar. Squeeze into the hot water the juice of a half of lemon, then add a tablespoon of honey and stir well. You can gargle with this solution or you can slowly sip on it until it is all gone. The old timers would also add two tablespoons of Blackberry Brandy. This Brandy has natural Pectin in it which is also a benefit for colds and the flu. The mountain folk would use two tablespoons of any kind of Whisky saying this Hot Tottie was excellent for any kind of cold. In my opinion a Hot Tottie works great either way you choose.
4. Swallow a teaspoon of honey with a few drops of real lemon juice. This will help a sore throat and a cough. If it does not work the first time try it a second time. Kids like this remedy because it is sweet. Personally, I have tried this method and sometimes it works and then there are other times when it will not work. Try it! IF it does not work then you can try something else.
5. Make a homemade Cough Syrup that is also soothing to a sore throat. Do the following:
Chop up a medium size onion, and put this into a quart size jar. Then you add two cups of honey putting this over the onions. Then you add the juice that has been squeezed from a whole lemon. If you let the lemon sit in hot water for a few minutes then you can squeeze more juice out of the lemon. Then you add one cup of Blackberry Brandy. Shake this solution very well and store it in a refrigerator. For a cough or to sooth a sore throat take one teaspoon every three hours.
6. Gargling or drinking a tea made of " Verba Santa " leaves will loosen up the mucus in the throat. This tea can be bought at a Health Foods Store.
7. Gargling with the tea made from " Wild Cherry Bark ". The bark from sweet or pie cherries will work also. This is the number one herb for getting rid of mucus and foreign matter from out of the throat. I bought mine from a health foods store and when you gargle with it, it has a chalky texture to it. Swallowing some of it will not hurt you. This tea is also used to control Diarrhea. This tea will also tune up your vocal cords. If you couldn't sing before, you will be able to sing now, and if you have a lovely voice, it will be greatly improved. CAUTION: Pregnant women should not use this Herb called " Wild Cherry Bark Tea ". It has a chemical compound called " Punasin " that could cause Birth Defects. But for everyone else it is a great gargling tea that will get rid of all that " Gunk " that seems to collect in our throats. I will generally put a half of a teaspoon to a cup of warm water, then you stir well and gargle. What ever you have left over, you could let it sit by the sink. Whenever I use it again I add some more water, then I will reheat it in the microwave, stir, and start gargling again. Put your finger in the tea to make sure it is not too hot for gargling. If it is too hot, then just add a little bit of cold water so it will feel comfortable on your throat.
8. The drinking of Fenegreek Seed Tea will get rid of mucus throughout the whole body.
9. Often at times Lemons and Limes will go on sale at a store for 5 or 6 for a dollar. My wife will buy 5 dollars worth and take them home and soak them in warm water for a few minutes. This will soften up the fruit so you can squeeze more juice out of them. Then she will put the fresh juice and some pulp into ice trays and let them freeze over night. When the cubes are ready she will take them out of the trays and put them into a zip-lock bag and leave them in the freezer. When you feel a cold, a cough or a sore throat coming on, put one of those Lemon cubes into a water bottle with a lid on it and shake it. When the cube melts you have a cool Lemon water drink that will be very soothing to a cough or a dry raspy throat. This is a wonderful Remedy for Children. Adding honey to it will not only sweeten it but it will also improve the medical properties against a sore throat.
10. There is a popular mouthwash that is sold at the store called " Listerine ", and people who have used it for sore throats, they claim that it does a wonderful job. I remember when this product first came out on the market and my Mom bought it as a mouthwash and a gargle. Holy Cow! It was awful tasting. I couldn't figure out how anyone could ever want to use that nasty tasting stuff. My Mom and Dad would use it a lot but we kids wouldn't touch it. All of these years that I have been married, I have never bought the product called " Listerine ", and my wife does not like it nor will we ever use that nasty garbage. But if you like it then go for it. Like I said that others have claimed that this mouthwash does wonders to sore throats. Again I do believe that the use of Listerine is an adult remedy and children should be given something else for their sore throats.
11. A teaspoon of Blackberry Brandy with a few drops of lemon juice will also help a sore throat. That is what the old timers will tell you. This will also be great for children, but children don't need to know what medicine they are taking. Blackberry Brandy has a sweet pleasant taste to it and the natural Pectin in this brandy is good for colds, flu and sore throats in both children and adults.
12. At many stores in the western part of the United States there is candy made from the herb called Horehound. These candies have a bitter-sweet taste to them and usually the first time users will spit them right back out onto the ground. Many children have acquired a taste for these candies and they eat them all the time. They are made with honey and they are great for sore throats and for people who have the Flu or a bad Cold. These candies are sold in many stores throughout the western states of the United States in the USA, or they can be ordered from the internet. Just punch in Horehound Candy Sales.
As I have already said, I have a personal remedy for sore throat and I will use it First because it really works better then all the others. Not only is it good for a sore throat but it is also great for the nagging coughs that sometimes keeps you awake for half the night This remedy will help you to sleep all night long comfortably........and I kid you not. The remedy is that you gargle with is PEROXIDE. The same Hydrogen Peroxide that you buy in the stores to disinfect sores. On the back side of the bottle it does say: WARNING! For external use only and do not put this into your eyes. I figured if peroxide was excellent for outside sores then why not for a sore throat. So the next time I had a sore throat I gargled with Hydrogen Peroxide. It foams up all over in your throat as you gargle and I will gargle for one or two minutes before I spit it out. But I will NOT rinse my mouth out with water. Instead I will leave that foam in my mouth so that the Peroxide can work on my throat all night long. Most generally by morning my sore throat is gone. When the nagging coughs would come and go, again I leave that foam of Peroxide in my throat and I can sleep all night long with no more problems. Some times one gargling will not work and I have to gargle a second time. But over all, gargling with Peroxide has given me more sleep then any other remedy. Sometimes I have to swallow some of the Peroxide to get to some of the lower areas that the gargling won't touch. One word of Caution that I wish to leave with you is that this Hydrogen Peroxide Remedy is an adult remedy for getting rid of sore throat. This Remedy is not for children because they will be more likely to swallow it. Too much Peroxide in your body could be harmful. So keep the bottle of Peroxide out of children's reach. But for adults, Peroxide is a great sore throat and cough reliever. As for children, let them try one of the milder ways of curing a sore throat that is listed up above and below.
Also rubbing Vicks Salve or Mentholatum on the chest and neck will help to relieve a sore throat. Be sure to tie a neckerchief around the neck to help hold the heat on the neck. Vaporizers are also good at this time for coughs and sore throats. Into the vaporizer you could put the spice called cloves or cinnamon, or you could put in the oil of peppermint or spearmint, or you could add some Vicks salve or Mentholatum. Vinegar will also work in a vaporizer. All of these will fill the air with a strong scent that will help a cough or a sore throat. Again this Remedy is wonderful for both children and adults.
For the last 20 years I have had Gingivitis twice. When food gets trapped between the gums and the teeth and it does not get properly brushed out, it will become infected and your gums will swell up with puss. Often the side of your mouth that will have the infection, the gland in your neck will swell up as though you have the mumps. When this happens I will put Hydrogen Peroxide on to my toothbrush and scrub out the whole inside of my mouth real well. Then I will rinse out my mouth and I will repeat the process. This will most generally put a stop to the Gingivitis. If you live near a Dentist, I would advise to go see him for Gingivitis. But if you live way out in the boonies far from a Dentist, you could try this method. If it worked for me it then it should work for you too.
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