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9 Home Remedies for Sore Throat Recommended by Users

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A sore throat is a disease primarily located in the area around the tonsils. It is a symptom caused due to lot of infections. Infections are caused either by viruses such as the flu, the common cold or by bacteria such as strep, mycoplasma, or hemophilus.

Catching a cold is the most widespread cause for sore throats. Breathing through the mouth, allergic reactions and/or pollen in the air are other possibilities.

Sore throats is a common problem and affects mainly children. Many times the soreness is poorer in the morning and get better as the day progresses.

Normal sore throats usually last up to 3-4 days and a severe sore throat, that lasts over 3-4 days could be a symptom of a more severe condition like tonsillitis.

Symptoms for Sore Throat:

If there's pain in the throat, it may be due to occurance of sore throat.

In the sore throat symptom, pain sometimes extends to the ears.

Problem in opening the mouth

You will have a difficulty in swallowing the food

Home Remedies for Sore Throat: Recommended by Users

1) Mix 1 tablespoon pure horseradish, 1 teaspoon honey, and 1 teaspoon ground cloves in a glass of warm water and mix them. Sip this mixture slowly instead of quickly.

2) Mix 1 tablespoon each of honey and lemon juice in 1 cup warm water and sip this mixture slowly. This Home Remedy for Sore Throat is also recommended by most of users.

3) Dissolve 1/2 teaspoon salt in 1/2 cup warm water, and gargle after every three to four hours. This is the Home Remedy for Sore Throat Recommended by most of users.

4) Mix an uncooked egg yolk, one tablespoon of sugar and one tablespoon of brandy or cognac. Swallow after every 15 minutes.

5) Cut an onion, put in a cup with a top, soak with honey (2 centimeters over), cover the top and leave for one hour, swallow 1 spoon of the honey every few hours. This Home Remedy for Sore Throat is suggested by most of users.

6) Cook garlic cloves and dried peeled onion in boiling water until soften and eat.

7) Immerse 1 whole pear in vinegar for one day, grain, filter and drink the liquid.

8) Mix 2 tablespoons of sesame oil and one tablespoon of honey. Take one spoon thrice in a day.

9) Eat betel leaves with liquorice (mulathi) twice or thrice a day. It acts as good home remedy for sore throat.

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