Throat Troubles–Sore Throat Problem Cure

Fish bone stuck in the throat may be pushed down by swallowing a big morsel of dry cooked rice, or chappati or half chewed banana. Eucalyptus oil slightly heated is an excellent remedy for sore throats.

A solution of 2 teaspoonfuls of glycerine and one spoon-ful of borax powder will give you quick relief from a sore throat. Swirl this mixture in your mouth for a little while and then let it slide down slowly.

Tender leaves of the mango tree help to cure throat ailments and also make the voice sweet.  They should be eaten raw daily.

For an incipient cold or sore throat or dry cough,  mild indigestion and flatulance, you can use garlic as a remedy.   Soak a few cloves of garlic, cut up into two in honey for 24 hours and take the strong smelling mixture only a teaspoon at a time, twice or thrice a day, and also at bed time for that dry racking cough which persists after a cold.

For an incipient cold or sore throat, powdered dry ginger mixed in a teaspoonful of honey can be taken.  Or, clean and remove the skin of fresh ginger,  squeeze out a few drops of the  juice in some honey and eat it.  It is also good for dry coughs, mild indigestion and flatulence.

For sore  throat, gargle with a strong solution of salt water or lime-juice water or solution of soda bi-carb; and externally apply at the affected spot of the throat a paste prepared by mixing a little chunam with lime-juice or your own  saliva.   Repeat it 4—5 times, morning and evening.  In acute cases, externally apply hot fomentation with cloth dipped in strong and hot solution of salt water; or with heated dry salt bundled in cloth.

For throat pain due to wounds inside the throat, drink the decoction prepared by boiling 20 gms. of “nelli” (amia) fruits in 10 gms. of Athimadhura.

In the case of bleeding from the throat or if you vomit blood because of this, make a paste by grinding puffed-up pop paddy rice paddy fried to form pops (”layo”;”pori”)] with a

little cow’s ghee and chew it gradually into the throat. If you are ailing from throat pain or sore throat,  mix together a little, lime juice and honey in hot water and sip it little by little into the throat.

If you have sore throat or wounds inside the throat, gargle with a decoction prepared by boiling the bark of “nerale” tree in water. Boil  sugar-cane juice  and  store it  for  8  days in  a china jar.  If you gargle your throat  with this juice,  throat obstructions can be got rid of and your voice will become clear and melodious.

If there is swelling   inside  the  throat,   gargle  with the  decoction  prepared  by  boiling roots of “vayuvilanga” in water.