Natural Sore Throat Remedies

Looking for natural sore throat remedies? These home remedies will relieve your painful throat using all natural ingredients.

Gargling

Gargling can be used to kill the germs that are causing your sore throat. It can also help soothe the pain in your throat. Here are some things you can use to gargle.

Salt is a great choice. I usually use sea salt. Simply mix one teaspoon salt in warm water and gargle with it. Here are some other mixtures you can use to gargle.

Mix two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar with a glass of warm water to gargle.

Mix 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper to a glass of hot water.

Mix five drops of grapefruit seed extract with a glass of water.

Herbs

These herbs can be used to treat sore throat. You can brew teas with these herbs and use them for gargling.

• marshmallow root
• slippery elm
• licorice
• sage
• echinacea
• goldenseal
• ginger
• hyssop

Tea

You can drink herbal tea to ease your sore throat also. The warm liquid will soothe your throat. I like to drink a nice ginger lemon tea.

Grate about two inches of ginger root into a pot of water and bring it to a boil. Turn off the heat and add a slice of lemon. Let it steep for 10 minutes. Strain the tea into a cup and add honey if desired. Honey will also help soothe your throat.

Popsicle

Try sucking on a popsicle to soothe your sore throat. The coldness will relieve the pain and bring down any swelling you have in your throat.

If you like these natural sore throat remedies check out our other natural remedies on our Free Home Remedies page.

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