Sore Throat Cures
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[YEA] 04/27/2007: Kay from Jacksonville, Illinois writes: "Cayenne pepper is amazing! Last night I felt like I was coming down with a cold, so I dipped my favorite citric fruit, pineapple, slices in Cayanne peppr before I went to bed. In the morning, I didn't have a cold at all! The Cayanne pepper unclogged my noseand opened up my lungs. Thanks to this amazing cure, I can go to school today!"
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[YEA] 04/20/2007: Brenda from Hollywood, California writes: "After three days of non-stop allergies, sinuses, and congestion I was willing to try anything. So literally five minutes ago I tried gargling with 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper mixed with a cup of hot water and right away all that nasty sticky phlegm came right on out. Plus most of the pain in my throat went away! I gargled as much of the cayenne water as I could although the first sip was Harsh (thought I was gonna die) and now I am going to make spaghetti with lots and lots of pepper to see how that goes. Seriously people, its amazing stuff. Try it at least once especially after you've tried everything else."
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[YEA] 04/19/2007: Sheikh from Bayshore, NewYork writes: "re: Ceyenne Pepper remedy and H2O2 remedy: These two remedies are unbelievable!!! My 5 yr old daughter keeps acquiring the cold bug after every couple of weeks. Often times, her cold requires an anntibiotic as a last resort and lot of absent days from school. However, in my quest for a better and a natural alternative, I came across this website. I decided to follow the advice for using ceyenne pepper for the sore throat and H2O2 for her cold. Viola!! Miracle. Since she is only 5 yrs, she could not really gargle, however, she was able to take a sip of ceyenne pepper water, and while holding her breath she held her neck back for a couple of seconds. This way the ceyenne pepper liquid could actually stay in contact with her throat for a couple of a seconds at a time. She felt a lot better after the remedy, and was actually able to go to school this morning.
Now for the H2O2, I mixed one cap of 3% in a half glass of water. Poured 3 drops in each ear. In between the the two ears, I gave a couple of minutes on each side as suggested by all people who had positive results. This morning she woke up with slight nasal congestion but no pain in her throat. awesome!! Thank you all."
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[YEA] 04/17/2007: Paul from London, UK writes: "Didn't sleep all night, so googled "sore throat remedy" and gargled water and cayenne pepper. My mouth stung like crazy for 10mins, but the throat immediately subsided. Will keep gargling this morning... Thx"
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[YEA] 04/16/2007: Sandra from Cheyenne, WY writes: "I saw on your site how many 'yeahs' were received for using cayenne pepper to help a sore throat, after waking up at 2:00 am and not being able to swallow without pain. I mixed 1/2 tsp with 1/3 cup warm water and gargled until I was tired of gargling. I was able to swallow without pain directly after that, it was that fast! I'm thankful to have found something, even later in life, that keeps me from having that awful feeling of not wanting to swallow due to soreness. Thanks so much for your site!"
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[YEA] 04/16/2007: Billy from Hyannis, MA writes: "I have had a sore throat now for 3 days and today i tried your Cayenne Powder remedy and it worked wonders! i have been gargling water and cayenne powder for the last few hours... every time i feel up to it. i also made spaghetti and vegan meatballs, covered with cayenne powder. My sore throat is still a bit sore, but not anywhere near how sore it was. This remedy works very very well."
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[YEA] 04/15/2007: Pamela from Richmond, VA writes: "I had a bad sore throat, I read on your site and saw a remedy of cayenne pepper and water. I must admit I thought it would burn my already sore throat. but I tried it within 20 min I was feeling much better I gargled two more times before bed and in the morning I was 100% better..It really works... Thanks so much.... 1/2tsp cayenne pepper 4 oz warm water. gargle to you get tired."
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[YEA] 04/14/2007: Kelli from Pittsford, NY writes: "I got a sore throat a few days ago and it turned into a full blown flu. It hurts to drink, it hurts to even talk. After reviewing everyone's comments on here I mixed 2TBSP honey with a squeeze of fresh lemon and mixed it all with hot water. I think decided to put a teaspoon of acv as well as cayenne pepper into it. I've been sipping it for about 10 minutes now and I'm starting to notice some relief. =)"
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[YEA] 04/14/2007: Patrick from Aurora, IL writes: "Ok, put me in the huge skeptic group. I went to bed with a minor sore throat and woke up during the night with a very painful sore throat. It kept me up for most of the rest of the night. I got up this morning and started searching for remedies. I found this one and thought I would give it a try. I enjoy hot foods so I thought I would kick up the strength a bit. Others recomended 2 tsp/8 oz of water. I increased it to 1 tbsp/8 oz of water. I gargeled 2 oz and immediately realized that I may have used a little too much cayenne. I only did this for about 30 seconds. Right now my throat feels COMPLETELY 100% BETTER!! From now on, I will no longer go to the medicine cabinet but rather the spice cabinet for a sore throat remedy."
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[YEA] 04/14/2007: Crystal from Elkins, WV writes: "Pepper remedy!!!!! 3 to choose from!!! This morning I woke up with a wretched sore throat! I have to go out tonight with some of my friends so I decided to google a remedy. The truth is Cayenne pepper and both crushed red pepper flakes WORK WONDERS! I ran out of cayenne so I substituted with red pepper flakes! I am telling you after gargling about 5 times I feel completely better! Also, I ate a few fresh jalapeno peppers to get down my throat and this worked extremely well!! After gargling I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND EATING A FEW JALAPENOS.....IF THEY ARE REALLY HOT THEY WILL DO THE JOB!!!!"
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[YEA] 04/12/2007: Brandy from Mobile, Alabama writes: "I've heard that mixing equal parts of cayenne pepper, lemon juice and honey in a tablespoon works well for sore throats. One technique is to take the cayenne pepper and honey first and then suck on a lemon wedge afterwards."
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[YEA] 04/12/2007: JEREMY LOPEZ from Santa Fe Springs, CA writes: "Hey wazz up Hi I'm jeremy Lopez I sing in SANTA FE HIGH's CHAMBER SINGER "GO CHIEFS". Anyway I currently have a sore throat and I'm taking a test of the Cayenne pepper remedy because for about 4 days I have had a soar throat and today its unbearable and I am worried because I take off For vegas to an annual competition and we hope to get gold this year. well I'm trying it right now and little by little its going away and I can't believe it I CAN ACTUALLY SWALLOW (FINALLY) But to all those who say it doesn't just be patient try it with ur fav tea and see a DOC. But one drink wont cure it right away keep drinking it until u feel bette.r Well see ya and 10,000 thanx. GO CHIEFS"
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[YEA] 04/09/2007: R from Irvine, CA writes: "I've had a sore throat for 2 days now and it has reached the point of becoming unbearable. So, I decided to try Cayenne pepper and it instantly cured my sore throat. I put two teaspoons of Cayenne pepper in a cup and filled it with warm water. Then gargled for 15 seconds each, and spit out.. I also swallowed a tiny amount. I kept doing this until my tongue started feeling the burning sensation. As a suggestion, I recommend keeping milk in your mouth until the burning sensation disappears. Milk is a base that counteracts the acid of the pepper."
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[YEA] 04/08/2007: Verne from Seattle, WA writes: "I have never looked on the internet for a cure for sore throat till this week when I was ready to go to the doctor after 5 days of swollen glands and pain. Found this site in the middle of the night after gargling warm salt water, peroxide etc. The Cayenne pepper mixed with warm water, I went to bed and could sleep and sore throat was gone by mid morning . Thanks"
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[YEA] 04/07/2007: Leslie from Miami, Florida writes: "Hello, I started feeling really bad yesterday. I was running a fever and had the body aches but no sore throat. I took the dayquil and and fell asleep and when I woke up this morning my body aches were gone as well as my fever but I have the worst sore throat ever. I can hardly swallow without cringing and almost crying. I decided to search the internet for home remedies and I cam across this website. I was reading the comments and was immediately thinking this will not work for me. I continued with my morning and then came back to read more comments and decided to try it out. I did not have any cayenne pepper but I had crushed red pepper. I put a good amount of crused red pepper flakes in some warm water and gargled the whole cup, and I could start to feel the pain going away when I was gargling. I finished the cup and then made some hot tea with honey and lemon. I can tell you at this point, I feel better but the pain is still there but not as prevalent as before I started the gargling technique. I am going to continue gargling with the peppers and water as well as the honey and lemon tea and I will see how it makes me feel. I will keep you posted. Thank you for this website!"
Replies11/12/2009: Florie from Austin, Texas, United States replies: "I'm just drinking the lemonade/cayenne/honey tea ... why not?"
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[YEA] 04/07/2007: Martin from Hillside, NJ writes: "I don't know what did it but it a warm cup of water I mixed vinegar, cayenne peppper hotsauce, garlic, salt, and red pepper flakes (the ones u get with pizza). I jus gargled until I finished the whole cup. I did it about 2wice in 1 day but it really cured me. I mean it was disgusting but it really did help me it really really did!!!!!"
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[YEA] 04/05/2007: Ryan from santa barabra, ca writes: "this stuff works. my throat felt like i swallowed a grape fruit. 1tsp of cayenne powder & hot water and my throat was cured thx"
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[YEA] 04/04/2007: Ross from Drexel Hill, USA writes: "Ok, I'm one of the biggest doubters ever and I never try anything. My sore throat pain was so bad that I couldn't eat or sleep for three days. I tried a z-pack and the salt water and it only seemed to get worse although my fever broke. After gargling once with red pepper i could already talk and drink water easily for the first time. I am going to gargle again in fifteen an maybe get something to eat. Ill keep you posted. Thanks"
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[YEA] 04/02/2007: Kristi from Fredericksburg, VA writes: "Hot wings are my method of making my throat feel better. Not sure that it 'cures' the sore throat, but it numbs the pain (probably like cayenne)...and lets you heal whatever ailment you have without the pain; plus, the chicken gives you nourishment while you probably have a lack of appetite for other foods. I always take a teaspoon of salt mixed with warm water and gargle at least 3 times before bedtime, also. Usually it helps and I feel better the next day...only once has this not worked out, but then Ibuprofen always does the trick!!"
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[YEA] 04/02/2007: Julie from Marlborough, Massachusetts writes: "I've had the worst sore throat for three days, and since I recently changed doctors my new doctor was not going to be able to see me for at least a week (call me impatient, but there's no way i can sit around in this kind of pain for over a week). so i checked out this site, and i tried the cayenne pepper cure. I added my own twist to it, I took a can of tomato soup and added a very large amount of cayenne pepper, plus some crushed red pepper flakes and some powdered garlic. it stung like the dickens going down, but less than two hours later i feel so much better. i could barely swallow anything this morning, it hurt so bad i was almost in tears, i can't believe this made me feel so much better in such a short amount of time. i'm going to keep drinking the soup and cayenne pepper and see how everything goes. thank you!!!"
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[YEA] 03/29/2007: Hayley from England, england writes: "cayenne pepper helped to cure my extremely sore throat i gargled 1tsp in warm water and immediately noticed a difference gargled every hour just got better and better."
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[YEA] 03/28/2007: Travis from Redondo Beach, CA writes: "COMBO THERAPY! Wow! Okay here's what I did..
First of all, it's 2AM and I COULDN'T SLEEP. I googled "sore throat remedies" and found this and another site who kept talking about "cayenne" the amazing remedy. Great but what if it's 2AM and no 24 hour grocery stores nearby? (scratch, scratch)
Here's the solution; go to 711, buy Tabasco sauce, a lemon and alka seltzer. (First I just read a bit more to make sure I wasn't just being too spontaneous, a time or two Tabasco was mentioned; I also read about the guys mom who's a Chemist; she mentioned gargling with lime juice, then baking soda to quickly change the PH and kill the bacteria).
So I first dripped the sauce down the back of my throat.. kinda weird but the "burn" felt tingly and kind of good. Wasn't really doing much, so with hot water I squeezed half the lemon, and put in a lot of Tabasco. I then gargled with that a few times and felt satisfied. Then a few minutes later, I squeezed the other 1/2 of the lemon in a cup by itself, and gargled that (it was actually pretty tasty). THEN a few minutes later, I used just a little water, dropped in the Alka Seltzer (made with baking soda and aspirin) and gargled with that a few times.
Almost INSTANTLY my throat was totally relieved. Now, I pray sleep will come and I can carry on with my day tomorrow without being grumpy. Thanks for reading, Hope you feel better soon!"
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[YEA] 03/26/2007: Brian from Cirencester, UK writes: "I wouldn't call it a 'cure' but a very good relief. I had a terrible sore throat but gargling with 1tsp of cayenne in a tumbler of warm water for as long as I could stand took away the pain COMPLETELY for up to about an hour and a half. My throat went in a couple of days but I put that down to me fighting the bugs off. If you find the burning sensation on the lips too much, try a milk drink or yoghurt after gargling. I'll be heading for the spice rack next time I get a sore throat for sure."
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[YEA] 03/25/2007: Jenn from Chicago, IL writes: "I have had terrible pain in my throat for almost 4 days now. The worst part is, it's spring break! I have plans to go to the dells with my best friend tomorrow and I would hate to cancel that. I have already had to cancel movie nights with my friends because of my sore throat. So at last I Googled "Sore Throat Cures" and this site came up! This was the first time I've ever heard of this remedy, but I decided to give it a try because the doctor prescription certainly did nothing. I've only gargled 3 times now, but my throat seems 50% better within 35 minutes or so! Now I don't have to cringe every time I have to swallow or eat something. Thank you so much, now I can go on a trip of a lifetime! Love you guys!"
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[YEA] 03/24/2007: Jessica from Camarillo, United States of America writes: "I just recently tried this, right when I had givin up all hope. I'm only a kid, but this recipe made me feel better. My sore throat was soooo bad, I began to cry. I tried this, and almost instantly I felt better. You need to try this recipe! It worked for me, so it should work for you."
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