How to Use Herbal Remedies to Cure Sore Throat

My family has used variations on this easy-to-make and delicious herbal remedy for as long as i can remember, and it usually works better than cough medicine.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy Things You’ll Need:

Sleepytime tea.
1/2 lemon
1 inch of ginger root
2 tablespoons of honey
hot water

Step1 Grate the ginger root into the bottom of a large mug.
Step2 Squeeze the juice from the lemon-half on top of the ginger. It is also good if some of the pulp from the lemon gets into the mix.
Step3 Pour the honey on top of the ginger and lemon. At this stage you basically have a concentrated natural cough medicine.
Step4 Fill the rest of the mug with boiling water and stir until the honey is completely dissolved. This usually only takes twenty or thirty seconds.
Step5 Add one Sleepytime tea-bag, and allow the mixture to sit for 3-5 minutes. This will allow the tea to steep and allow the hot water to draw the flavor from the ginger.
Step6 Stir the drink once again, remove the tea bag, and enjoy the soothing deliciousness!

Tips & Warnings
The amounts of the ingredients are approximate. This recipe works for me, but you can use more or less depending on your taste.
Sleepytime tea is a blend of chamomile and peppermint teas. It is the brand that my family uses; we find it to be especially soothing to a sore throat; however other types of herbal medicine would probably be equally effective.
Some people prefer to substitute 1 or 2 teaspoons of cayenne pepper for the ginger root. The cayenne pepper helps to numb the sore throat pain.
In addition to this remedy for sore throats and colds, my family also uses Zicam Nasal Gel , a homeopathic cure that claims to help reduce the duration of the cold (see link in the resources section, below for more information).
This natural remedy is for run-of-the-mill sore throats and coughs. It has always worked for me and my family; however, I am not a doctor, so if your sore throat is unusually severe or lasts for an unusually long time. You should definitely see a doctor.
Resources
Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel
Sleepytime Tea
Gormet Herbal Teas