Shot of Blackberry Brandy, hot water and honey.Put hot water bottle on chest, cover up good. Always helps me to over chest cold fast.

Offer him a foot rub, and use the Vick's as you finish. Got one of those too!

This is really an old new england cure for most anything...
Cook a bunch of cut up or tiny carrots just in water, when they are done, serve a cupful of warm carrot broth. You can add what you please to make it taste better if you like, but it is pleasant just plain....
Nobody knows why, but there is something magic in the carrot broth....JP

1000 mg of vitamin C. Every hour, on the hour. Start next time you feel a cold coming on and it'll never have a chance to take hold. And, no, you can't overdose on C. I've been doing this for years! I get a cold maybe 3 times a DECADE!

Gargle with liquid benadryl[children's].This coats and deadens your throat.

hot water or tea with honey, lemon and crushed star anise!
learned that from some amish folks up in MI

Go to the drug store or Wal Mart and purchase some zinc lozanges and take them , don't taste really good, but let it dissolve in your mouth. Take a couple upon the first sign of a sore throat. - usually stops it. Also hot tea, honey and lemon juice help out a lot. An old remedy is a good ole hot toddy made with whiskey, honey and lemon juice. Take it before bedtime, not when going to drive or to work. This will really make one sweat and I guess it works because a lot of old timers used it when I was growing up. I'm very very lucky I have only had a few colds in my life time maybe 3 or 4. I never had a cold until DH and I married, he had one and then I got it. I still don't get them, and seldom ever a sore throat. I'm 66 and I know hard for folks to believe this, but I am hardly sick, had the flu once after taking shot, never again, flu or shot. I do suffer with allergies and migraines so I don't know what's worse.

When my husband was sick recently he asked me to make my 'special' tea. It seems to help the sore throat. I'm attaching the recipe.

another thing to take is zinc..and up to 1,000mg of vitamin C day for the first 3 days...

however, if you have a sore throat, and no sinus drainage, no cough, no fever...you might have acid reflux instead!

Interesting! Will have to jot that one down so I remember it.
Beta carotine (? sp) maybe... will have to try to research it.
(ie = ask a "know it all" classmate...so far he seems to have an answer for everything... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Zinc lozenges are good too

I recently got the flu and was left with a sore throat which felt like H@LL fire was built in my mouth. Someone told me to go buy some RAW honey and take a tsp of it and swish it around my throat and swallow. My throat had been almost closed up I must say... but after taking the teaspoon of honey, it was immediately gone. The raw honey has a healing property in it. It cost me like 10.00 for a quart but boy was it so worth the money. I hope this helps and hope he gets better.

I forgot about this one...my oldest dd had an outbreak of coldsores in her mouth/throat as a toddler- the doc prescribed benadryl mixed with maalox to swish and swallow to numb. Dh makes a tea out of lime peel, a slice of onion, and bayleaf.

There is a tea called Throat Coat that really works.

Hot water with lemon and a lot of scotch. Or bourbon.

Edit: I replied before I read the rest of the thread. A lot of us think alike!

Very true. I dosed myself with cough drops for months before I found out I had GERD - serious acid reflux. I wound up with a couple cavities, too, because I was sucking cough drops at night just before I went to sleep.

Chamomile - mint tea (like some "bedtime" teas), with honey and lemon juice if there is a cough.

Unfortunately, if you even suspect that you have acid reflux, mint and lemon juice are no-nos. Get yourself checked out before you start using home remedies.

Thanks for all the tip; great things to know.

I recently bought some tea bags from wal mart that was especially for sore throat. I had to pay almost five dollars for the box, but it was so soothing it was worth it.

Here is what will fix him up. One Teaspoon Robitussion cough medicication, Honey , lemon, vodca and tea. It is wonderful when you are sick. This is Hot and just sip on it.

my gosh! ther is so many recipes on here don't do all of them!!!!!

My grandma makes "cough syrup" by stuffing a glass jar (like a jelly jar) with peppermint sticks, then pouring whiskey over them to cover. When the candy has dissolved it is ready to go...soothes a sore throat and helps you sleep better, too! :wink:

sore throat remedies
 

my remedy for sore throat is hot lemonade mix with honey as it relieves the pain quickly.this is a effective sore throat remedies

one teaspoon of elderberry extract mixed in a bit, abt 1/2 cup, water stir and chug a lug.

works for me every time.

delma

At first sign of a sore throat I switch from coffee that has cream in it to black tea, sometimes with lemon and honey. Milk products build up flem and make it worse but the heat from the tea helps it go away. Also, normally it's caused from drainage in the back of the throat so check on something to dry that up.

I'm a fan of good apple ccider vinigar, honey and raspberry leaves

An old holistic remedy: Finely chop 1 clove of garlic ( not the whole bulb). Let it sit for 10 minutes or so. A substance called allicin is released which is anti-bacterial and anti-viral. Chew it ( try to keep it on your teeth as it is hot). You can add a teaspoon of honey if you like. I just drink water after I swallow it. Cooking destroys the allicin ingredient. It truly works but people don't believe it or like garlic. My DD and DGD were very sick coughing, sore throat, stuffed up heads, just miserable and finally agreed to try the garlic. Within 1-2 hours they were feeling so much better and by the next day all symptoms were gone!
I have shared with others I know and they poo-poo it and stay sick...

I came across this recently and they both work. They are antibacterial, antiveral and antifungal, so they cover a multitudes of sins. Mix one tsp of local (best) honey with 1/4 tsp cinnamon and swallow. Do not take anything by mouth for 15 - 30 minutes after taking this to allow it to work. The second one has more of a bite to it. It actually changes the ph balance in the throat so nothing can grow. If it saves a trip to the docs, then I'll do it. Yes, I use this one and it works great. Mix 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper, 1/4 tsp ginger, 1 T cider vinegar (organic if possible, although I use store bought) 2 T water and 1T honey (local best) I usually triple or so the recipe and store in jelly jar in the fridge. Take 1 T 3 to 4 times everyday for 3 days or until symptoms are gone which usually is 2 to 3 days.

If he is already asleep put some vicks on his feet and slip a pair of socks on him! He will never know! That is id he is a sound sleeper like my hubby. LOL