How to treat sore throat using home remedies?13 Recipes Treating Sore Throat With Herbs

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What is Sore Throat?

It is an inflammation of the pharynx.

Sore Throat : What Are The Causes?

Most often causes for that pain are:

• viral infections (colds, flu)
• bacterial infections (streptococcal bacteria)
• allergies (foods)
• smoking or Infected tonsils
• acid reflux
• dry air(when you sleep with open mouth)
• throat abuse (singing, shouting, coughing)
• polyps or cancer

Viral infections are among the most often reasons for sore troat. They can go with fever, runny nose and achy muscles. Fortunately, viral infections’ symptoms  can be treated. Do not worry, if you have sore troat by a viral source, it will fade on its own within several days.

Bacterial infections  are identical to viral infections, but sometimes they can be more severe or long lasting. These infections, provoked by streptococcal bacteria, go with headache, stomachache and swollen glands.

Postnasal drip and a dry throat – probably because you sleep with your mouth open, which blocks the nasal passages.

Please, do not underestimate sore troat, because it can be a symptom for a serious disease. If strep troat is untreated for a long time, it can lead to rheumatic fever and scarlet fever.

Treating Sore Throat With Home Remedies

Raspberry tea

Make a gargle with raspberry leaf tea. Take dried leaves from raspberry( two table spoons) and pour one cup of boiling water over it. Steep it for ten minutes and cool it.

Sage (salvia)

To make a gargle with sage, mix one tb. spoon in a cup (250 ml.) boiling water. Steep the herb for ten minutes and put 1tb.spoon cider vinegar and 1 tb.spoon honey, mix it and gargle 4 times every day.

Turmeric

If your throat is a little bit cranky you can make this gargle. Mix together:

one cup of hot water and ½ tea spoon turmeric and gargle it twice a day. Be careful - turmeric stains clothing!

Saltwater

Take a cup of hot water and put ½ teaspoon salt in it. Make a gargle every three/four hours.

Cider Vinegar

To make a gargle mix one teaspoon  salt and ½ cup cider vinegar in a cup of warm water. Gargle every 30 minutes if needed.

Horse –radish (old Russian recipe)

This is a great sore-throat cure. Mix one tb.spoon pure horseradish with one teaspoon ground cloves into a cup of warm water. Drink slowly!

Lemon Juice

Add one tb. spoon of honey and one tb. spoon in a cup of warm water. Sip away every day!

Hard candy

To feel more confortable with your sore throat you can suck on hard candy. Some researches say that sugar can help soothe your sore throat.

Fresh water

Drink as much water as you can – at least 2l. per day. It helps to wash out the infection and prevent your throat becoming dry.

Garlic

Suck a fresh clove,  just slice it and place one piece in each cheek. Garlic is a natural antibiotic, containing allicin, chemical which kills the bacteria.

Baking soda 

Get ½ teaspoon of baking soda, put it in a cup of warm water and make a gargle.

Horehound

Make a tea to reduce the swelling. Mix 2 teaspoons chopped herb in one cup of boiling water for ten minutes.

Marshmallow root (Althea officinalis)

Steep two teaspoons dried hurb in one cup boiling water for ten minutes. You can drink 3-5 cups a day.