30 Sore Throat Home Remedies

A sore throat can be the beginning signs of a cold or flu. With the cold an flu season right around the corner I thought that I would share with you some home remedies that my family and I gathered when we were trying to recreate my grandmother’s WWII Frugal Living journal.

1. Take ibuprofen for the inflammation.
2. Drink a cup of warm tea
   mixed with 1-2 teaspoons of honey.
3. Fill the reservoir of a Vicks personal steam inhaler with water and vinegar. Inhale the steam for about 10-15 minutes.
4. Pour ¼ cup apple cider
   vinegar into a large bowl and then fill half way with boiling water. Drape a towel
   over your head and place your face over the bowl. Deeply inhale the steam for
   5-10 minutes. Follow up with a glass of cold water.
5. Drink some warm mint
   tea.
6. Suck on ice cubes.
7. Gargle with some baking soda tea.
   Mix ½ teaspoon baking
   soda and ½ teaspoon salt in 8 ounces of hot water. When gargling, allow the
   tea to sit for a few seconds on the back of your throat before gargling. Do
   this 2 times in a row 3 times a day.
8. Suck on throat lozenges that contain menthol or
   eucalyptus.
9. Drink a Hot Toddy. Add 2 ounces of whiskey with
   1 tablespoon honey
   and 4 ounces of hot water. Stir well and add 1 teaspoon of lemon
   juice.
10.  Drink some warm chicken broth.
11. Drink some ginger tea.
    Crush a 2-inch piece of ginger
    and add it to 3 cups of boiling water. Let it continue to boil for 4-5 minutes.
    Add a little honey and drink while it’s hot.
12. Gargle several times a day with warm salt
    water.
13. Eat some marshmallows.
14. Chew
    on some whole cloves.
    Suck on them until they become soft, then chew.
15. Take some cough syrup, Robitussin AC is the best
    for relieving pain.
16. Drink some herbal tea,
    it helps ward off infection and build your immunity.
17. Suck on a clove of garlic that has been cut in
    half. Place ½ in each cheek and suck. Occasionally crush with your teeth.
18. Take a teaspoon of honey.
19. Mix together ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
    and ¼ cup honey.
    Take 1 tablespoon every 4-6 hours.
20. Drink lots of water.
21. Drink some cinnamon tea.
    Add a couple sticks of cinnamon to boiling water. Allow it to boil for 3-4
    minutes before steeping with your favorite tea
22. Make an onion tea
    by boiling the peels from ½ an onion
    with 8 ounces of water. Drink 2-3 times a day.
23. Drink a cup of warm cayenne tea.
    Mix ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper with 1 cup boiling water and 1 teaspoon honey.
    Drink throughout the day, stirring well before drinking.
24. Gargle with 1 tablespoon vodka
    mixed with 8 ounces of warm water.
25. Gargle with 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
    and ½ cup warm water.
26. Drink warm pomegranate juice.
27. Gargle with lemon
    water.
28. Gargle with hydrogen
    peroxide.
29. Eat some chicken soup, the salt
    in the broth acts as an anti-inflammatory.
30. Sip on a glass of flat cola.
31. Rub some Vick’s
    VapoRub on your throat and wrap with a tube sock to hold in the heat.