[NAY]  02/06/2006: Jenny from Santa Barbara: "i did the hot tea with honey and lemon and to tell you the truth it didn't do anything for me. all it did was plug up my nose i guess i'll have to try something else."

[YEA]  Melissa from Selma, Alabama: "Drink hot tea with lemon and honey to relieve sore throat and laryngitis."

[YEA]  Julie from Edina MN: "make a cup of your favorite tea, add a slice of lemon, lemon juice, 2-3 tablespoons of honey and add aloe vera juice, you can mix some ginger or cinnamon in too if you want: It works great! my throat cleared up overnight."

[YEA]  Marina from Harrison City, PA: "Drinking tea always works for me. I usually drink mine with french vanilla creamer and sugar. It tastes good and it helps my throat very well."

[YEA]  Stacey from Birmingham: "i say drinking a hot cup of tea cures a sore throat. and to open an blocked nose, the cheap way is to inhale steam when you boil some water in a kettle."

[YEA]  Donovan from Nassau, Bahamas: "An effective remedy is a hot cup of tea with three drops of lozenges (Vicks or Equate). Personally, I prefer Vicks. Ingredients:
1. Hot Cup of Tea (Before adding sugar, place one drop of the desired cough/sore throat suppressant).
2. Wait 30 seconds.
3. Add 3 teaspoons of sugar.
4. Stir tea for 10 seconds. (This allows the menthol to mix with the tea and drop to dissolve).
5. Then add 2 more drops of the cough/sore throat drop.
6. Wait 10 seconds and it's done and ready to consume.

If done accurately, you should be able to smell the menthol vapors from about a foot away. I should also warn you that the 1/4 of tea left in the cup will be the very strong and may taste equivalent to that of a cough syrup (not as harsh) but it works. With 2 or 3 cups of this, you should be ready to go. Enjoy."

[YEA]  02/26/2011: K Brown from Greenfield, In: "Trust these posts... This really works! Just go to the drugstore and buy the brown bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide and gargle with it full strength... DO NOT SWALLOW. Rinse several times with plain tap water. NOT FOR CHILDREN since they could possibly swallow the peroxide. Note: The directions on the Hydrogen Peroxide bottle says it may be used as an oral rinse."

[YEA]  02/10/2011: Dawn from Atlanta, Ga: "I woke up 3 mornings gargling a sore throat. It was majorly sore, but I didn't want it to get any sorer. It was only sore on the right side. So, I came to my faithful and trusted site. I couldn't wait to try the peroxide in my ears. I poured a couple drops in the cap and drop it in my ear and went to bed. It did feel a little weird, but not painful at all. The next morning I got up and my throat wasn't sore AT ALL. It's been over a week now and I never got a cold. I shared this remedy with a cousin who was getting over a cold, but it was still lingering. She emailed me today and said "it worked like a charm"!!!! Thanks to EC and all of you for sharing and keeping us healthy!! "

02/28/2010: Praky from Chag, Trinidad: "Hi there....was coming down with the sore throat and decided to mix 6% Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) with regular water at a ratio of about 2:10 respectively (2 parts 6% Hydrogen Peroxide, with 10 parts water). Then gargled with the solution about 4 times (each time a clean solution) then spit it out after each 1 minute gargle.

The sore throat was nearly gone by the evening of the same day, as the H2O2 gargle was done earlier.

TIP: Try to gargle in such a way that the H2O2/water solution gets deep inside the throat. But Do NOT Swallow solution.

TIP: Gargle with the H2O2/water solution directly after it is mixed, as the H2O2 deteriorates/decomposes quickly when left in the open, which could reduce the effectiveness of the process

There was some Very slight discomfort from the Little bubbly feeling of the H2O2....but the gargle is still worth it

Thanks EC, and hope this helps, bye"

[YEA]  01/29/2010: Chrissy from Akron, Ohio: "I have had a sore throat for a week now. I put the 3% Hydrogen Peroxide (no mix)onto some Qtips and then rubbed it onto my tonsils. It completely got rid of the white pus sacs on my tonsils and was foaming. The Qtips actually had pus all over them..Kinda gross but it worked!! I IMMEDIATELY felt better and am able to swallow now without pain..What a miracle that stuff is! I would rate the pain before using the peroxide, a 10, after using it a 1. Slight discomfort but not really noticeable. I also did it until I saw no more pus on my tonsil or on the qtips. Use a clean qtip each time. Also, this can cause you to gag..so be careful with that. Thanks so much for this website!"

[YEA]  06/14/2009: Shaeness from Denver, CO: "I have been in terrible sore throat pain for 4 days now. Been to the the Doctors 2xs and was negative to strep. The size of my tonsils measure to golf balls and the are now covered with white pus! This afternoon my mother suggested that I try her old wives tale of gargling with peroxide! I poured a small amount into a cup, approx the amount that would be used to gargle with and instantly It foamed, i began to gag as huge amounts of mucus and began to pour out! I then rinsed with water a few times. As the afternoon has passes I still continue to have to spit out mucus but it seems to be doing the trick."

[YEA]  03/03/2009: Hakeem from Aberdeen, Maryland: "The Half Hydrogen Peroxide And Mouthwash work for me. Sure it took action over night but my throat does not hurt anymore. :)"

[YEA]  10/29/2008: Shawn from Louisburg, KS: "Hydrogen Peroxide: My throat has hurt for 2 days now and it feels like it's getting worse. I am on an antibiotic for sinus infection, but I have NEVER had such a sore throat. My DR. recommended throat spray which works for about 2 mins... ibubrofen, nope, cough drops, nope. I just found this remedy and actually have it in the house. I felt instantly better, still hurts but I will continue to gargle with it. It even says it on the bottle for oral rinse."