Sore Throat Cures
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[YEA] 01/22/2008: Abbie from Goldsboro, NC writes: "OH MY GOODNESS. This remedy is CRAZY! it really does work! I looked up sore throat cures on google, and it took me here. I was very skeptic, and trust me, the Cayenne powder looks gross in water, but I made myself do it because my throat felt so awful. I started about 35 minutes ago, and it already feels better. Yes, it does sting - I put on lip balm before doing it, and it helped. But really, it even relieved my cough some!! seriously, just try it. what can you lose?"
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[YEA] 01/08/2008: Joanie from Geneva, USA writes: "wow... I grew up in Louisiana, always got cayenne in the house, and have never tried this remedy. Tonight, I felt a sore throat coming on, and have no access to antibiotics right now... so I figured I would try it. Not a stranger to things spicy, I diluted 1/8 teaspoon in cambells tomato soup. and had a small bowl... my throat feels better, and it is a wonderful taste!! try this if you cant manage to kill your tea with it... cause I like my tea sweet. my soup, spicy!!"
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[YEA] 01/02/2008: Robert from Aurora, Colorado writes: "cayenne powder. This was the most incredible cure for sore throat I was amazed. I just wanted to say thanks and just to let you know I made a 20sec video about it and posted it on the internet spreading the news. I got my best results at 1/4 tsp but I mention in the video to start at 1/8 tsp. This is the link below: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1015957/sore_throat_cure/ Thanks again! Robert"
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[YEA] 01/01/2008: Carol from Roanoke, VA writes: "I am NOT a lover of "spicy" anything. I was scared to try the cayenne cure. I had a sore throat and was on day 4 when I decided to do a search online. Thank God for this website. With encouragement from my husband (who loves spicy foods) I decided to try it. I made the tea and only used half the amount called for of the cayenne. IT WORKED! But not right away...it took gargling with the same amount in warm water for a few hours to help the soreness go away. Here I am just the next morning and feeling worlds better. My sore throat is basically gone! This is one wonderful cure. Give it a try. Well worth it."
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[YEA] 01/01/2008: Lynda Brewer from Princeton, ky writes: "I have felt like garbage for several days, with sore throat, swollen tonsils, and general aches and pains. Yesterday I couldn't take it anymore and decided to fight this thing. I have used jalapenos in the past, so I opened a fresh jar, dumped some in my blender, and after processing, just warmed some tortilla chips in the oven and started dipping. That gave me some more energy, where I was able to move around and didn't want to sleep all of the time, but it didn't help the sore throat.
This morning while I had more energy, I could barely swallow, my tonsils were so swollen! Looking inside my mouth I could see sores on the back of my throat. It's New Year's, so everything but emergency rooms are closed, so I hopped on the Web and found this site, and tried the cayenne gargle.
I heated the water to boiling in my kettle, mixed in the pepper powder, and let it cool to temperature, hoping it would help to extract the properties better. Then I gargled. It was rather warm in my mouth, and I could really tell when it hit one of the sores, but I didn't rinse my mouth afterward, instead taking a drink of tea with a drop of tabasco sauce in it, hoping to get some of the benefits further down my throat. After piddling around my house for a few minutes, I stopped in shock: my tonsil swelling had diminished! I am not kidding! It doesn't hurt to swallow as bad, and the tonsils are no longer swelled to the point where it is obvious on my neck! It is still early in the treatment, and of course the sores are still in my throat, and my tonsils still have a bit of swelling, but I am amazed at the sudden initial drop! I am going to continue to use this gargle a couple of times an hour for a couple days, but at least now I feel better to where I can run to the store and grab some more chips and jalapenos. Perhaps between the two I'll knock this thing without paying a stupid quack..."
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[YEA] 12/29/2007: Milind from Mumbai ( Bombay ), India writes: "After suffering for almost 8 days and not eating for three 'cos of badly hurting sore throat I came across this sit, saw this remedy. I was not ready to believe it, how something like hot chilly powder can cure a throat. I was apprehensive but desperate and I decided to give it a try knowing it will worsen my condition, not telling anyone for the fear of people calling me an idiot. First time reaction 'am I really feeling a bit different. Still I kept at it for a few more times ( I am bit on the adventures side, like experimenting with myself and off-course desperate in need of relief ).Next morning I was positive I was feeling a bit better. It didn't go away took almost three days to finally cure me. It worked, why, how I still don't know a coincidence may be but how it can be that it gradually worked after every treatment. It is still very hard to believe but thank god I tried it and IT WORKED."
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[YEA] 12/07/2007: Delia from Mooloolah Valley, Australia writes: "After 2 weeks of the worse sore throat I made a Dr appointment but could not get in till the next afternoon. So in desperation I searched the net and found this site. Off to the shop and brought the cayenne pepper and mixed 1/2 tsp in a glass of water and within 20 minutes I had some relief. I did this a few time till I was able to go to sleep. I started to gargle with 1/8 tsp the next day every 30 minutes. By the time I arrived at the doctors it was so much better I told her I did not need the medication. Thank you Delia in Australia"
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[YEA] 12/05/2007: Angela from Cincinnati, Ohio writes: "I'm finally on my way to some much needed sleep after 4 days but first I had to say THANK YOU! A little background: I've been sick for 5 days with a horrible sore throat, chills, fever, body aches etc. Doctor said it's sinus infection turned bacterial and gave me antibiotics. After 36 hours on the meds and no relief, the sore throat was only getting worse. Hot honey tea wasn't even helping me. I haven't eaten in 5 days - not ANYTHING. Just fluids because of my sore throat and even swallowing tea or water was starting to kill me. I've never tried a 'natural remedy' before in my life having grown up in a medical family where antibiotics were always the cure. Even though I do well with spicy food, I decided to try the honey/lemon/cayenne trick. It didn't taste bad at all. I probably even used less than 1/8 tsp because I'm scared. The first time didn't offer me too much relief. I tried it a few hours later and right after, I was bummed because again no relief. After 15 minutes of looking at your site to see what I've done wrong, I realize that my throat can swallow again!!! This is fantastic. I'm going to continue this for a few days and tell everyone I know about earthclinic.com (Including my doctor who is actually very much a lover of home remedies) Thank you so much to all the people who gave detailed information. I will continue the antibiotics to hopefully rid the fever and infection but this is a huge step for me! I can't wait to sleep and eat tomorrow!"
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[YEA] 11/22/2007: Holly from Clarksville, TN writes: "I woke up this morning with an unbearable sore throat. I have tried evrything under the sun including salt water, but nothing has lessened the pain. I went out and picked up some cayenne pepper. I've been gargling every 15 min with 1/2 tsp in a 1/2 cup warm water. This has definitely made it easier to swallow and it's only been 45 min! I'm also not a fan of spicy foods, but after gargling, I recommend rinsing your mouth with cold water. This will take away the burning sensation quickly."
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[YEA] 11/17/2007: Shonna from Long Beach, California writes: "It's 3am here, and I was seriously thinking about going to the ER to see if they could help me with the pain of my sore throat.. (This is the worst sore throat I've ever had) Then I did a search on google and found this. Lucky for me, I had the Cayenne pepper in my spices. I used it once so far, and I already feel less pain. I'm going to use it every 30 mins til I can fall asleep. Thank you so much! I had never heard of this before, and the salt water wasn't helping one bit."
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[YEA] 11/14/2007: Ethan from Moraga, CA writes: "Add me to the list of believers. I woke up last night with a horrendous sore throat. Googled for remedies, got to your site. Couldn't find cayenne pepper but did find a bottle of Tabasco sauce. Poured a few drops into a glass of warm water, gargled, and felt instantly better. Repeated the process 30 minutes later and sore throat vanished completely."
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[YEA] 11/11/2007: Akky from Birmingham, u.k writes: "yao all ma bruvers ut there....ma throat was killin me from the past few days...then a brother told me about this cayenne powder n i read it here as well.......it was well wicked n now i feel so good, even though ive oni had 2 sessions of garglin.....i cudnt swallow before this but now it seems like things are getin better..this things cool yao...yall gotta try it....its well effective....so all ma bruvers out there..any time u get a sore throat gargle wif sum cayenne powder n honey in luke warm water.... peace akky"
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[YEA] 11/06/2007: Teri from Woodinville, WA writes: "After suffering with swollen glands and a scratchy and sore throat for 3 days, I came across this website. I had been using honey in green tea, zinc lozenges, echinachea and Tylonol Extra for pain... I tried 1/2 cup green tea, 1 tsp. lemon juice (bottled on hand), 1 tsp. honey and 1/8 or 1/4 tsp of cayenne!! It's only been less than 10 minutes and Boy what a difference!! The hotter you can stand the temperature & 'heat' from the cayenna, the better!! Wow!! It works."
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[NAY] 11/04/2007: Elliot from Birmingham, England writes: "I tried gargling cayenne in hot water for two days, but it didn't help cure my sore throat. I've had it for about 5 days now and I have found the apple cider vinegar remedy more effective."
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[YEA] 11/02/2007: Jason from Pleasanton, CA writes: "I felt the onset of a sore throat last Friday night. Saturday I woke up with it, and it returned before I went to sleep that night. Sunday I Googled "sore throat remedy," and found this site. I got the cayenne that day. It absolutely worked from the start for me. My sore throat never reached a point of intolerability thanks to the cayenne. First I tried it as directed. I microwaved a glass of water. Measured out an 1/8th of a teaspoon. Dropped it in. The steam made me cough a little, and the smell reminded me of tobasco, but in trying out gargling I learned that neither the spicyness nor the taste were unbearable. In fact, since I'd prefer not to gargle, I took to sipping it instead. In the following days I tried it out in coffee, and tea, and water of varying temperatures. It always worked. I never measured past that first time. I just sprinkled the pepper in like I'd salt my eggs or something. My throat never got worse, and it was totally cured by Thursday. Five days is very bearable for a sore throat that is kept to a mere irritation through using the cayenne. I will always keep cayenne handy in the future. For me, this beat sprays, lozenges, and salt water hands down."
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[YEA] 11/01/2007: Renee from Omaha, Nebraska writes: "I only tried it about 30 minutes ago, but I can already feel it helping with the pain of my sore throat. I used Cayenne pills and broke them open into some warm water and added a splash of apple cider vinegar. At first, I was afraid it was going to burn too much and cause more pain because my throat has been raw for the past 4 days. I tried it and it seems to work a little better if you can stand to just swallow it - but it is hot. Like taking a swallow of tabasco, it goes away in a few minutes and the pain is a different sort of pain than the sore throat, so in a way it feels good/different. Definitely recommended for anyone with a stubborn sore throat."
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[YEA] 10/22/2007: Rob from Hamilton, Ontario writes: "Cayenne is amazing. The cayenne recipe works fast. I've had a sore throat for 3 days. I took 1/2 cup of warm water with 3/4 teaspoon of cayenne with honey and lemon mixed in. Drank it and felt so much better thereafter. Afterwards, I followed up with 2 teaspoons of cayenne in half cup warm water and gargled. This remedy is terrific."
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[YEA] 10/17/2007: Sherry from Ashland, Illinois writes: "Yes, just wanted to say that I love this site and all the helpful remedies and feedback on what works and what doesn't work. Just wanted to say that I had a sore throat and tried the cayenne pepper remedy and it worked!!"
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[YEA] 09/28/2007: Musicgold from London, England writes: "Hi, I had a very bad case of soar throat from drinking too much ice cold water. I tried saline water (salt water) remedy for three days to no avail. Finally, I read about CAYENNE PEPPER REMEDY on this site. I tried once and I started feeling a difference. Though it took me 3 days to fully cure my soar throat. Thanks Penny, MG"
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[YEA] 09/26/2007: Elizabeth from Perth, Australia writes: "Singers with sore throats, you will be amazed! I have a singing competition in three days. I was struck with a sore throat about a week ago. My doc told me there was nothing he could do and the pharmasist told me to gargle asprin. I was panicking about singing when I googled a sore throat cure and tried the Cayanne Pepper immediately. It worked a charm and I was able to sing every note with ease. It might just be my secret weapon in the future! Any singers out there, this really does work!"
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[YEA] 09/20/2007: Chris from Sioux Falls, South Dakota writes: "I've been putting about 4 good shakes of McCormick Ground (Cayenne) Red Pepper in my coffee. Today is the 3rd day and I felt better this morning than I did the previous two mornings by a long shot. I have certainly had some strange looks when folks ask what I'm drinking but it doesn't taste bad and it REALLY does help! Thanks!"
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[YEA] 09/03/2007: Jacki from Effingham, IL writes: "I started getting a sore throat on sat I noticed and alot of drainage on sun. It is now monday and I've just found this site. I wasn't quite sure of this but I tried the cayenne in hot water. well, I had crushed red pepper flakes that I put in a tea ball in the hot water. I gargled this then spit most of it out and swallowed just a tiny bit. It's a bit hot but nothing major. I noticed immediate but short lived relief. I have been gargling every half an hour or so. I am amazed that this actually works! It's worth a try if you have a bad throat."
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[YEA] 09/03/2007: T.W from Las Vegas, NV writes: "Despite the fact that it tasted like a dirty enchilada, this really worked in getting rid of a sore throat/cough for both myself and my husband. I used just a bit less than 1/8 of a tsp and it wasn't spicy at all (and I'm a wuss when it comes to spicy). I'll recommend this to everyone."
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[YEA] 09/01/2007: Catie from Lewisville, Texas writes: "I took Al from Malaysia's advice and tried the chili pepper version because I don't have cayenne on hand and couldn't muster up the energy to pile the kids in the car to go get some. First let me say that I believe my sore throat is allergy related. It's hard to take anything to help my "scratchy" throat without putting myself to sleep, being that all allergy medicine has antihistimine. That being said, I generously sprinkled the chili pepper into my coffee, and it didn't taste that bad. Then I got brave and warmed up about 1/2 c. of water, a squirt of generic honey, and 1/8 tsp. of chilli pepper. That went down surprisingly easy. Plus, before I even finished my cup of warm water I was beginning to feel a difference. Thank you Earth Clinic!"
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[YEA] 08/31/2007: Shane from Boynton Beach, FL writes: "I was quite skeptical of the cayenne treatment to the throat, But I tried it and what do you know, My severe sore throat pain is pretty much all gone 24 hours later, You saved my vacation, Thanks."
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