Hi Everyone!
just want to share my home remedies with you.
My first topic is the infamous sore throat! If you are sitting at your computer, desperately swallowing, grunting, and coughing... you are in the right place!
I alternate these remedies when I suffer from a sore throat, as it can be tiring to keep drinking/gargling the same thing.
1. Do this especially if your throat is VERY VERY SOAR. it will start killing the infection, and soothe the irritation.
Here is a list of all possible ingredient... you can use one or all of them, the ones with the stars are the ones I use most often.
*sage leaves
lemon juice
*cayenne pepper
*salt
slippery elm bark
marshmallow bark or root
make a strong tea ( only use a pinch or two of cayenne)
strain
gargle every 30 minutes
sip cool water right after to ease the heat created by the pepper
2. Ginger Stew Tea
Stew 1/4 chopped and pealed fresh gingwer in 1-3 cups of water for a few minutes
poor the liquid over green tea leafs
add honey and lemon to taste.
If you find this too strong.... just boil the water and poor hot water over some chopped ginger and tea leaves... this will make it less spicy.. don't forget to add honey !
you can drink this all day and keep it by your bed at night. it will not only help the throat, but also cures the stomach upset and nausea you may have from the flue or other medications.
3. Salty Throat Soup
This is great for a quick throat cure if you don't feel like garglingf with ikky salty things
all you need is hot water and dried chicken broth ( i use knor)
just mix the broth a LITTLE stronger than usual, and sip! if you are hungry, dip some soda crackers in it or ad small instant noodles.
When I make this I ad a little extra salt.... but the chicken stock is full of salt, and that will kill the bacteria in your throat... AND ITS YUMMY.
4. Echinacea Throat coat.
This one you should probably buy!
get grape or cherry flavoured echinacea tincture and use between other remedies to coat the throat.
5. Garlic Mixes
Garlic is very antibacterial, so you can get a little creatice with how you use it.. here are a few ideas
REMEMBER--- raw garlic is best, but if you can't stand it, try lightly roating your garlic with olive oil.
make a cough syrop with minced garlic and honey
make a soup and add minced raw garlic before serving.
put a clove of raw garlic between your cheek and teeth and leave it there for an hour or so.
this will kill the bad bacteria in your mouth and throat.
if you can, chew and swallow raw garlic ( I CAN'T :( )
5. SALLLTTT
If you don't have many ingredients, get your hands on some salt!
if my throat is extremely sore, i will sometimes shake salt into the back of my throat and then gargle with water, or make a very strong salt and water gargle.
Try these and see what works for you... some other easy solutions are listen below
herbal tea
hot soup
glycerine
vix vapour rub
hot shower
humidifier
Well I hope you find the relief you are looking for. In the futur I will post remedies for other cold symptoms, tendonitis, dry or brittle hair, insomnia, anxiety/stress.
Thanks for reading
