My Sore Throat Cure

If you have a sore throat .... forget throat lozenges!

There is no proof that sucking throat lozenges eases a sore throat any better than sucking a boiled sweet.
Either treatment works by encouraging the production of saliva, which soothes and coats the sore throat.

Honey and tea work just as well, so does gargling with warm,
salted water - a cupful at a time!

You may prefer a herbal remedy. Echinacea is an edible flower, believed to have immune-enhancing properties, and has been
used for hundreds of years to ease a sore throat.
Laboratory tests and human studies have shown that Echinacea works best - in the short term treatment of colds/sore throats.
At the first sign of a cold/sore throat coming on, you should take Echinacea - in a soft gel form, extract or capsule form, and keep taking your Echinacea treatment for as long as your illness lasts.
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You can buy Echinacea from most chemists or herbalists.
Check with the chemist or herbalist first though, because Echinacea can cause minor side effects if you have auto-immune deficiencies or allergies.
Research has also shown that light to moderate, non-smoking drinkers were 65 per cent less likely to develop cold symptoms
than teetotallers, when exposed to cold viruses applied through nose-drops.

Why this happens is not clear; it is possible that alcohol may change the cold - viruses’ ability to multiply in the body.
There is no suggestion that a person should become an alcoholic
to avoid - getting a cold; just the occasional tipple will do.
Heed this valuable, Health - Improving Advice, for a
Healthier, ‘snuffle - free’ Life.

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