Unless you happen to have been very lucky in the past, the chances
are that at some point in your life, you will have felt the effects of a
sore throat. Sore throats and colds and flu’s go hand in hand with one
another, but still, a sore throat can strike at any time, even if you
haven’t been exposed to any harmful cold or flu germs. Although sore
throats aren’t life threatening, they are still very painful, and can
cause you a great deal of discomfort and distress.
If you happen to be unfortunate enough to suffer from sore throats
frequently, then this article might very well be of some significant use
to you. In it we’ll be looking at seven ways to naturally get rid of
your sore throat, for good! We’ll be looking at cheap, easy, and natural
remedies that have been tried and tested over many years, that work to
destroy a sore throat before it gets chance to develop into something
much more serious. So without any further ado, here are seven natural
remedies for getting rid of a sore throat fast.
Gargle with plain salt water
Simply take a glass, fill it with warm water, and add a tea spoon of
salt. Stir the salt in until it’s completely dissolved in the solution,
and you’re then ready to begin gargling. Ensure the liquid reaches all
the way to the back of your throat, tilt your head backwards, and then
gargle with the water for around thirty seconds. When you have finished,
spit the water out. Make sure you don’t swallow the liquid, as although
it’s completely safe, it will still taste pretty disgusting.
Suck on medicated lozenges
Medicated lozenges are cheap to buy, available in most stores, and
can be very effective for helping to get rid of a painful sore throat.
If you want to get rid of a sore throat over night, you could try
sucking on these medicated lozenges in the evening, a few hours before
bed time. The medicinal ingredients will help to sterilise your mouth,
and prevent the germs from regrouping whilst you are sleeping.
Gargle with Cayenne pepper
This is one of many fantastic home remedies for sore throats, and is
proven to also be one of the most effective. Much like the salt water
gargle, take a glass and fill it with around 8 ounces of warm water.
Once the glass is full, add a generous pinch of Cayenne pepper, and stir
until it’s fully dissolved. Make sure that you add a decent sized PINCH
of Cayenne pepper, rather than a spoon full. A spoon full would be way
too much, and could actually burn your throat and hurt you further,
rather than help you. Once the pepper is completely dissolved, simply
gargle with the solution for around a minute. This solution is
especially effective against nagging sore throats that just will not go
away. Where antibiotics have failed in the past to kill off a sore
throat after several weeks, this cayenne pepper-warm water solution has
done the job on numerous occasions.
Use over the counter painkillers such as Ibuprofen
Although these tablets and pills do not kill off a sore throat
infection, what they do, do is help to reduce the pain quite
dramatically. Ask anybody who suffers from sore throats, what the worst
thing is about the condition, and they’ll all tell you that it is almost
certainly how painful it actually is. By getting rid of the pain, we
are reducing the problem quite significantly. Before you know it, you’ll
be back to your old self, wondering what all the fuss was about.
Drink plenty of water and other natural fluids
When we say drink plenty of fluids, we don’t mean go out to the shops
and pick up a six pack of beer and to start drinking. No. When we say
drink plenty of fluids we mean water and natural fruit juices which are
rich in Vitamin C. Water helps to thin out secretions in the throat
which could be causing some irritation. Not only that, but keeping your
body hydrated will help it to fight off the infection much quicker.
Get plenty of Vitamin C
As we mentioned above, you should also try to get as much Vitamin C
inside you as possible. Vitamin C is great for the body’s immune system,
which is what helps to kill of viruses, diseases and infections. The
more Vitamin C you ingest, the stronger the immune system becomes, and
before you know it, it will have killed off the sore throat virus for
good. Vitamin C tablets are great, as well as fruit juices and fruits
such as Apples and Oranges.
Drink honey and lemon juice
If you’re looking for natural ways to get rid of a sore throat, it
doesn’t get much more natural than honey and lemons. Honey is produced
by bees rather than in a factory, and lemons grow on trees. Honey and
lemon juice is arguably the most popular and effective method for curing
a sore throat. Simply mix a tea spoon or two of honey, with a good
squeeze of lemon juice, in a glass of warm water. You could also add a
pinch of Cinnamon for a more pleasant flavour. You should drink the
solution as soon as you wake up in a morning, and just before you go to
bed at night as well. If lemon juice isn’t your thing then you could
substitute it with Apple cider vinegar. If you are using lemon juice,
make sure it’s the juice from a freshly squeezed lemon, and not the
juice from out of a bottle, or one of those offensive looking, plastic
lemons. The juice contained in those is packed with added artificial
preservatives and additives and will do you more harm than good.
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