What's the best home remedy for a sore throat?

Question

What's the best home remedy for a sore throat?

Answer 1

Chicken soup trust your grandmother or your can just use some tissue and throat cough drops.

drink warm, not hot, not cold thing, like soup. i hope you feel better =]

Answer 2

Make yourself a hot toddy:

brew a strong cup of tea

add a shot of bourbon

add a generous spoonful of honey

mix together

Sip slowly/repeat

Answer 3

my grandfather used to make me gargle yellow root. it tastes completely horrible, but helps tremendously

Answer 4

gargle with warm, very salty water. you can also eat honey. it coats your throat and  kills all of the organisms in your throat causing the pain.

Answer 5

gargle salt water and lots of spezle soup (idk bout spelling spezel but its an old german soup)

Answer 6

gargle with salt water

Answer 7

gargle warm water mixed with salt, listerine to numb the pain. Rest your voice, don't talk too much.

Answer 8

i know it isnt nice but i suggest  salt water  or some really sticky and bad tasring honey (cnt remember name)

Answer 9

honey

Answer 10

gargling warm salt water should do the trick

Answer 11

I second chicken noodle soup. I got sick yesterday and still have it today and eating the soup is helping. It is called "Polish Penicillin" by my Mom who is Polish.

Answer 12

Well there are no cures but to sooth it just good old Milk will do the trick. Milk will solve lots, sore throats, headaches, indigestion... And im not just saying drink a gallon of milk a day. Just when you get the ilnesses jsut have a drink of cold milk :)

Answer 13

Warm lemonade

Answer 14

cherry lozanges.

i have a horrible cold/ cough

with a bad sore throat and they helped ALOT

i strongly reccomend them

Answer 15

1. Gargle with salt water

2. Drink a hot toddy.....strong tea, honey and a shot of wiskey

Answer 16

a tea made of honey and lemon juice.  Drink a lot!

Answer 17

salt water.

Answer 18

Chicken noodle soup.

Answer 19

Tea with lemon and honey

Answer 20

i do not know.but i have asore throat to

Answer 21

I hate sore throats so much!! What usually works for me is drinking anything hot, lozenges such as hauls will work to keep soothed for periods when not drinking hot liquids. Also gargling salt water does the trick.

--Gio--

Answer 22

bourbon

Answer 23

lemon, and honey in chamomeal tea

Answer 24

Gargle warm salt water several times a day.

Answer 25

try hot tea and honey...always does the trick for me!

hope you feel better. :)

Answer 26

Gurgle warm salt water. It actually cleans your throat to stop the infection. Doesn't taste good but better than a sore throat.

Answer 27

oranges with salt on them

Answer 28

saltwater, chicken noodle, and tea with honey!

Answer 29

gargle warm salt water. taste like c**p, but works. also try warm tea and honey! so good. also theres nothing like a citrus cough drop. mmmm....   =)

Answer 30

salt water

Answer 31

ice cream does the trick for me.