Thread: Favourite Sore Throat Home Remedies

Always used ginger beer or black tea with honey.

A bit closer to home, Lionel. 25~50% Bundy Original and ginger beer. Increase volume of rum until the care factor disappears. Neither rum nor ginger beer cures the ailment, but combined, reduces the irritation.

My late, and great, grandfathers favourite - "Rum, lemon juice and honey; easy on the lemon juice and honey"!!

Hello All,

I am no stranger to sore throats. I had my tonsils taken out when I was five years old. At the time there were a father and son who were both surgeons. One was pro-removal and the other was pro-retention. Mum mentioned how I had most of the year off school with tonsillitis - something about the words 'poor little bugger' came into the conversation. Anyway, I was on soft foods after the operation ice-cream and custard or jelly. Lots of mash potato.

No toast or especially no crusts even on slices of bread. One of the domestics (Pink Lady?) got my order wrong and I got toasted crusts. A double bonus - beauty. I had the toast mid way to my mouth. Next thing a sister launched themselves across from the doorway fully prone with one arm extended out. Something about the toast and ripping stitches out of my throat was uttered along with some doubts about whether my mum and dad were married at the time of my birth and my being of smaller stature. Oh and some association about me a female sheep too ... not necessarily in that order - mind. Along with the utterance of 'Noooooooooo!"

Funny how some memories get etched into your mind. Heavily peppered mash potato takes me back to a time of that, and ice-cream and jelly when everyone else on the ward had to have proper food like Vegemite on toast for their breakfasts.

Kind regards
Lionel

Betadine Sore Throat Gargle. Or watered down normal betadine, though sometimes use hydrogen peroxide. Does similar in zapping bacteria.
Salt water - warm - between doses of the red stuff.
Gotta get at the cause of said sore throat...

Originally Posted by superquag

Betadine Sore Throat Gargle. Or watered down normal betadine, though sometimes use hydrogen peroxide. Does similar in zapping bacteria.
Salt water - warm - between doses of the red stuff.
Gotta get at the cause of said sore throat...

Hello Superquag,

Yep, been having the very same two things at alternating intervals since Thursday night to knock the sore throat on its head. It provides relief for only about 15 minutes.

Best bit of sleep at 3:00 am this morning (Sunday) since Thursday night was right after having Lemsip with a teaspoon of honey. Oh and tissue paper plugs up each nostril after having a Fess Sinu-Cleanse nasal rinse. One bottle of the mixed up powder sachet per nostril. Multiple rinses throughout the day. I went to bed after taking the Betadine Sore Throat Gargle. Then tried the Lemsip and another round of Fess Sinu-Cleanse nasal rinse in the wee small hours as something different as I did not have any Stonies Green Ginger wine.

Kind regards
Lionel

Put some salt into water and gargle.

Lionel, my dear, old Mum would have immediately recommended that you lean over a bowl of Vicks infused, hot water and a towel over your head, to deal with your sinuses.