Old fashioned sore throat remedies ?

morganlefay

Has anyone got a non-pharmaceutical. 'old wives' remedy for a very sore throat. I have gargled with aspirin (no good at all) and now I'm just swigging down warm liquids as fast as I can, but hoped someone wise might have a simple home remedy (tried scotch,with and without lemon - both too harsh on v sore throat, honey not brilliant as I'm diabetic)

McKneff

My mum, many years ago used to roll a bit of butter into a ball and coat it in sugar,
the idea was that the butter (sorry marg) soothed the throat and the sugar gave it a bit of
a scratch. Sounds silly but i seem to remember it working,

Tracey2609

You could try gargling with warm salt water - be careful not to swallow it though, I've done this in the past and it made me feel sick

candygirl

Chop an onion and cover it in brown sugar, and leave it to form a juice.It doesn't teaste of onion but does work

Amanita_2

The only thing I've found which really works for more than a few minutes is paracetamol.

Aliasaila

Gargling salt usually helps me but difflam spray is the best thing since sliced bread for sore throats if you decide to go for a pharmaceutical cure.

puss14

Salt water, honey and lemon drinks or if you have a sage bush a sage tea is very good for the throat. If you end up buying something I cannot recommend olive leaf extract in liquid form enough. My OH used to get constant throat infections and he had this recommended by a singing teacher and it is brilliant at clearing up throat infections quite quickly.

morganlefay

Thanks everyone, I will try all those (the sugar and butter doesn't sound completely delicious, but I'll try anything) Those were just the sort of remedies I was looking for :beer:

Skymist

In the past, people on another forum suggested slippery elm tea to me. I have bought some, but since buying it have not had a sore throat, so haven't tried it yet!!!:rotfl:

Just google slippery elm sore throat; a whole load of info/sites come up.

You can buy the tea...or lozenges (although I suspect the tea is more money saving!)...in pretty well any health food shop

I hope you find a solution soon....a sore throat is a real pain in the neck!!!LOL

S

belfastgirl23

Honey and lemon made into a hot drink is the best IMHO. Oh and of course paracetemol

Slippery elm is also used to treat constipation - it might be good to know this, just in case!

MsM_2

Peel and slice a lemon. Sprinkle lots of salt on lemon slices and eat them. They're nowhere near as bad as this sound, and don't know why it works, but it does