what is the best way to get rid of a sore throat and swollen glands other than salt water?

Question

Hi, i know this may seem like a common question but i am looking for a good answer, I have been sick for a month now and this cold just keeps going from one thing to another, Now i have swollen glands and my tonsels are swollen, my throat is severely sore and i have tried salt water, i am on antibotics currently and have been on 2 others since i got this cold, So my question is does anyone have a really good remedy for a sore throat?? I really would like something that would work cause i am leaving tommorow to go away with my fiance for my birthday and would like to feel a little bit better.. Like i said im looking for something homeade that works great, not something you buy at the store... thanks everyone.

Answer 1

You sound like i was sick about a couple months ago. There are teas that are out three called Traditional Medicines. each one of them are carefully made to each problem. I would suggest you get cold care, sore throat and could others.. don't take them all at once.

I know your going to ask this so.. Yes, there gross but they work but if you put honey in them there not as bad, but you should be better in about a week.

I would just make sure you read the ingrediants. They are all natural but just incase you are allergic to something. I would make sure you read the contents of the package of the teas

The are not in the with the regular teas. You will find them with the natural health food section.

Answer 2

Cayenne, garlic and honey. Use fresh garlic. Mix them together to form a cough type of syrup. Let the syrup slide down your throat. It tastes gross but it works. And it is antibiotic.

Answer 3

A small bag of plain kitchen salt heated in the oven until very warm and cradled around a sore throat for relief. Nina Hall

Tonsaline: A very weird-tasting, yellow-colored liquid in a tall, skinny bottle with a picture of a long-necked giraffe on the label. This medication was for sore throat. It was a bit like taking a swallow of alum water. Nina Hall

Kerosene: Taken internally (with or without sugar or honey) for sore throat. Dennis Palmer

Voice of Caution: I enjoyed this sight a lot but wanted to suggest that you put in a warning on the one for kerosene for a sore throught. My daughter spent 2 weeks in the hospital with chemical phenmonia from a teaspoon of ingested kerosene. I wouldn't want anyone to try it. ShirlRay

Argyrol: You'd get your sore throat painted with argyrol which was on a cotton swab at the end of a stick? My dad was the official swabber in our house, and he was pretty gentle, but it sure tasted bad. Philip Ingerman

When I had a cold my mother used to chop up onions and put some sugar on them and set them in the warming oven until there was juice. I actually liked the sweet warm onion juice and it was soothing for a sore throat. Dolly Yates

From an old book that I have - copyright 1879 -Home & Health and Home Economics by C.H. Fowler,D.D., LL.D., and W.H.DePuy, A.M., D.D.........: "Cures for Sore Throat -l. Powdered potash held on the tongue and allowed to dissolve is very good for sore throat when there are 'white spots' 2. Take the whites of two eggs and beat them in with two spoonfuls of white sugar; grate in a little nutmeg, and then add a pint of luke-warm water. Stir well and drink often. Repeat the prescription, if necessary. A practical physician thinks it will cure the most obstinate case of hoarseness in a short time." Doris Goldsborough

Grandpa swore by rock candy (crystallized sugar) dissolved in rye whiskey for sore throat or coughs. Charles Diltz

My mother's cure for sore throat is to gargle with warm salt water. It really works. Cindy

One morning I woke up with a sore throat, so bad that I had no voice. My Mom told me to have a hot cup of tea with a piece of dry toast. To my surprise, it worked immediately. smooth3333

When I was a child, I got a lot of sore throats, and at the first sight of a little sickness, they would get a long swab and Gentlin Violet and paint your throat...just enough to cover it. Tonetta Marrero

Gargling with salt water is good for sore throats. Merry

For a sore throat, it only takes a small chip of garlic,,,,or taste a drop of garlic juice. But chew this very small chip of garlic, & if you do not have strep throat,,,you will feel better in minutes. Lee Geiger

Peroxide - - See "Swollen Tonsils" This remedy is for both. From Rebecca from Georgia


When I get a sore throat I sniff warm salt water up my nose and let it run down the back of my throat. It really does work. Also, you can mix 1/4 cup vinegar and 1/4 cup honey. Take 1 tbls 6 times a day. This worked for my hubby whose refuses to sniff salt water. Fredshobby

My grandmother used to prescribe a dose of turpentine and sugar for a sore throat. I certainly wouldn't advise it today, but there is a legitimate treatment sometimes prescribed by doctors, called turpenhydrate and codeine. Obviously the codeine part is a narcotic, but the turpenhydrate is surely a derivative of turpentine. Anyway, it tastes just as foul as the original. John E. Bowles

Answer 4

you should get swaabed for strep throat, it can get into your heart and do real damage. Cold FX from the store (sorry) really works, Zinc, vit c, calcium/magnesium, lecithin, hot liquids, no sugar, no caffeine, no alcohol for a few days, also maybe try acidopholus (sp) it is good bacteria in case it is a yeast infection, (thrush)?