Which natural remedies for a sore throat?

[Goliath]

Hey all,

The last couple of days I have a pretty sore throat, and I was wondering if any natural remedies such as plants, would help the curing process.

I know that tea pine nettles is pretty good (contains lots of vitamin C) but I was wondering if there are more easy remedies

Thanks!

 

[Jodie]

I seem to remember something about gargling with salt water...

Just sipping cold water can help. It's absolute agony isn't it. I had a sore throat on
Friday that I thought was going to turn nasty but I seem to have recovered OK by
doing nothing.

 

[leon-1]

You may wish to try either honeyed water or honey and lemon juice.

 

[RobertRogers]

Hey all,

The last couple of days I have a pretty sore throat, and I was wondering if any natural remedies such as plants, would help the curing process.

I know that tea pine nettles is pretty good (contains lots of vitamin C) but I was wondering if there are more easy remedies

Thanks!

Did you mean "Pine Needles"? There is an historical article about them and the Vit-C content that saved explorers in the 1500's - A Native American Cure for Scurvy

 

[Goliath]

Did you mean "Pine Needles"? There is an historical article about them and the Vit-C content that saved explorers in the 1500's - A Native American Cure for Scurvy

Yea , my bad, nettles are something different Thanks for the article btw

Gargling with salt water might help, but it's nasty

Already tried normal tea with honey, which works pretty OK, just need to pee pretty often now

And yes, sore throats are pretty horrible...

Well, I'm off to make some more tea

 

[KAE1]

A generous teaspoon of honey, slice of lemon and a cap (not cup) full of cyder vinegar and top with hot water. Cyder vinegar is a great natural healer.

 

[spamel]

Must be something going around. I could feel my throat getting sore yesterday afternoon, and by the evening, I was in clip order! Felt pretty vile and grotty, so swigged some buttercup syrup which wasn't very effective and went to bed. Got up this morning still feeling rotten, rehydrated and went shooting with Ratbag. We rid the woods of a handful of squirrels thus saving (hopefully) a few eggs from being eaten, and I still feel a bit crap. I believe the fresh air did me a bit of good, but I didn't feel too clever when I got home!

Just typical, I said to the kids that we'd do a bit of bushcrafting this afternoon, but I really don't feel up to it. I think we'll do it next weekend!

 

[Toddy]

Grate an onion and gather the pulp and juice into a small jar that has a screw top lid. Just cover the grated onion with brown sugar and leave it in the fridge overnight. By the next day you will have a rich dark brown syrup that is not only excellent for it's anti bacterial properties but actually helps soothe a sore throat.
Sounds awful, but try sooking a teasooonful of the syrup once an hour and you'll be surprise just how effective it is.

Take two leaves of feverfew, one very small head of meadowsweet flowers, half a dozen leaves of lemon balm, one of sage and pour 2 cups of boiling water over them. Let it steep for ten minutes then strain. The liquid will make four doses to be taken with hot water that has had a teaspoonful of honey dissolved in it.

Disclaimer**************
It is illegal to prescribe a herbal cure unless one is a qualified medical herbalist; I'm not, so if you use the receipt above it's on your own judgement. That said, I find it works and there ought not be anything in it that is commonly an allergen.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Phantom]

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Ulmus+procera

English elm
this is a good tea with an edibility rating of 3/5 and a medicinal rating of 2/5.
there are also a wide range of other plants with their medicinal uses on this website

Phantom

 

[twisted firestarter]

infuse sage in boiling water. let it cool and gargle away. Don't swallow if you can help it, unless you like sitting on the toilet of course

 

[tommy the cat]

Well about a zillion years ( well 22 years ago ish)I went over the fields with my mate and he was looking for colts foot....now I dont know where he heard it from but he made a tea infusion with it, added honey and drank it, tastes like nasty but thought it helped.
Now I haven't seen it mentioned any where else do dunno.
Dave
Please not this is my same friend who currently has thread worms!

 

[saffy]

"Nothing a sharp knife wouldn't cure"

or that's what my mom used to say to me when I told her of a sore throat.



hmmm.... /me goes away to make closer examination of my childhood.

 

[xylaria]

Grate an onion and gather the pulp and juice into a small jar that has a screw top lid. Just cover the grated onion with brown sugar and leave it in the fridge overnight. By the next day you will have a rich dark brown syrup that is not only excellent for it's anti bacterial properties but actually helps soothe a sore throat.
Sounds awful, but try sooking a teasooonful of the syrup once an hour and you'll be surprise just how effective it is.

That has got work!!! it sounds far too disgusting not to

Take two leaves of feverfew, one very small head of meadowsweet flowers, half a dozen leaves of lemon balm, one of sage and pour 2 cups of boiling water over them. Let it steep for ten minutes then strain. The liquid will make four doses to be taken with hot water that has had a teaspoonful of honey dissolved in it.

Now that sounds like a nice a brew, take away the taste of the onion

Disclaimer**************
It is illegal to prescribe a herbal cure unless one is a qualified medical herbalist; I'm not, so if you use the receipt above it's on your own judgement. That said, I find it works and there ought not be anything in it that is commonly an allergen.

Feverfew can cause some reaction in people that are allergic the chamomile, and if you eat the leaves raw some get mouth ulcers. But I don't think you can better advice for free than Toddys

[/QUOTE]Coltsfoot also works and it doesn't give you thread worm. Up north you can still get coltsfoot cough sweeties

 

[tommy the cat]

I hope he didnt get thread worms from the colts foot otherwise he has had them for 20+ years!!!!!!!! NO just joking not sure how he got thread worms but not from colts foot.
dave

 

[Goliath]

Well, there are some pretty nasty tips mentioned above

Anyways, It's getting better today (had it since last thursday) so I hope it'll be gone tomorrow. If not; I'm going to try some of these things

 

[Matt Weir]

I've been as rough as a bears 'ears' over the past couple of days myself. Maybe sleeping out in the hammock last night didn't really help but a couple of beers seems to help take your mind off it

 

[Porcupine]

memory is a bit dodgy so best check this against another (more reliable) source

if i remember correct the ray mears episode where he is with the guys doin the RAF survival course he says something about a type of fern being good against a sore throat? think it was
what we call "eikebladvaren" wich would translate to oakleaf fern.


gettin curious now wich fern it was because i dint realy pay attention to it then.

 

[traderran]

Texas sore throat cure..
First gargle with Hot salt water.
Second and the most important. Open a pint of Peach Brandy. Throw the cap away
Drink the Pint. Smoke a Camel. And go to bed. No more sore throat. Headache maybe
but no sore throat.

PS in a severe case make that a fifth of brandy. Forget the salt water.

 

[spamel]

I believe the fern was polypody.

 

[Porcupine]

judging from what i remember it might be the correct fern spamel :You_Rock_

im not sure if its smart to make tea from the roots like was suggested though, one of the uses acording to google was to expell worms.... if it makes worms look for another home it gotta be nasty :yikes:


does anyone have more/better info?