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Coconut Oil
Posted by Volita b (Auckland, New Zealand) on 09/20/2025
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Hi there,
My daughter has had massive tonsils and tonsillitis that has caused sleep apnea issues. Went to the ENT and it showed it was the tonsils that were the obstruction. We were given allergy meds and recommended surgery as well, which we aren't keen on.
We have cut out milk and have been getting instant relief from using a teaspoon of extra virgin coconut oil (food grade type) each night. I give her a teaspoon and she chews the solid coconut oil to make it liquid and then she sits there while doing whatever she likes and swishes it around her mouth for about 3-5 mins and then she gargles it so it coats the tonsils and then spits it out. The tonsils decreased in size instantly and she has been getting a lot of mucus and flem coming out over the last few weeks.
She drank some milk and it came back a bit but overall this method has been going great and really pleased that there has been progress which we haven't had in years with antibiotics and doctors. She has been sleeping much better and I can hear that it has made a difference with the obstruction.
Coconut Oil
Posted by Eve (PA) on 01/25/2025
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Coconut oil 100% worked for us
Overnight, my 5 year old daughter got a very high fever (106) which we quickly got lowered to a less dangerous, though still high, fever. The following morning she woke with an inflamed throat with white stuff in the back. Her throat got worse throughout the day, the white patches grew. We took her to Urgent Care where she tested positive PCR test for Flu strain A but the strep throat culture (also PCR test) was negative, and she didn't have the other common indicators for bacterial strep, so the doctors said it was viral, tonsillitis. There was nothing to prescribe for it they said, just try to make her comfortable. Well, I've been coming to Earthclinic for 15 years so I came here to look for a cure and Earthclinic and the good people who write in, once again, did not disappoint. I read the reviews and gave my little girl a half teaspoon of raw extra virgin coconut oil (I gave small spoonfuls because she's very little). I gave her another small spoonful like that every few hours. Her pain reduced somewhat, and I felt by evening that the huge patches of white gook looked somewhat smaller and the throat was less inflamed. Her fever lowered a bit, too. That night her fever didn't go so high, and the next morning, the fever was very low and her throat definitely looked substantially better. I gave a few more of those spoonfuls during the day, and by evening, her throat was MUCH MUCH better, her fever had subsided. Today, she barely has any white patches left at all in her throat, fever is gone and she is able to play. I still gave her a spoon of coconut oil as the last bits of it go away, but it's really pretty much gone. Coconut oil was a wonderful help! I definitely recommend it. I just told her to hold the coconut oil in her mouth as it melted, so it could drip down the back of her throat, as she's too young to gargle or oil pull. Regardless, it worked, and it worked WELL. Relief was rapid, steady, and constant. Within 6 hours, noticeable improvement, after 24 hours, a massive improvement, and after two days, near total cure. Thank you to all those who wrote in, as your entries gave me the info I needed to relieve my little girl's pain and discomfort.
I am a most grateful mama. Thank you all.
Eve
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Posted by Katie (Wisconsin) on 10/14/2018
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Three days ago, I felt a sore throat come on quickly. The next morning, my tonsils felt huge, sore and I was running a low fever. That night, it was awful. I wondered if this was tonsillitis, pneumonia, or what... I just knew I was coming down with something bad. Twice a day for the next couple of days, I let half a spoon of virgin coconut oil melt in my mouth and gargled it, letting it concentrate/sit on my tonsils for a few minutes. I don't know how it's possible, but I feel 90% better today. I'm baffled. Lots of water, gargling coconut oil, and I ate a dish or two that contained garlic... that's about all I did. Waiting to see if this is seriously gone but it's almost 2pm and I've felt fine and energetic all day.
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Posted by E (Houston) on 06/23/2015
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I have had recurrent tonsillitis my whole life and avoid antibiotics now whenever possible since. Sunday night, I had a fever of 102.8 and a red, swollen throat with a visible patch of infected mucus on my right tonsil. I gargled with salt water, took goldenseal tincture and vitamin C, and went to bed.
When I woke up on Monday, my fever was better but the infected patch and swelling were still the same. Continued vitamin C and goldenseal throughout the day on Monday kept my energy high and my fever down, but the infected patch and swelling weren't reduced.
Monday night, after reading anecdotes on this site, I gargled with melted coconut oil for 10 minutes (spitting afterward). The swelling in my throat was reduced almost immediately, and the infected area on my tonsil was somewhat smaller as well.
This morning (Tuesday), I gargled again with melted coconut oil for 10 minutes. After this gargle, more than half of the infected mucus was dislodged. Two hours later, I repeated the coconut oil gargle. Half an hour later, the infected area was completely gone and the redness and swelling in my throat were almost completely gone. I plan to do two more rounds of coconut oil gargling to ensure that the problem is completely gone!
I did not pull (swish) the oil - I gently gargled it in my throat, focusing on the infected side. It wasn't the most pleasant thing I've ever done, but it is the fastest I've ever cured an infected tonsil!
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Posted by Larry C (Downers Grove, Il, Usa) on 02/14/2015
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Six months ago I was diagnosed with Stage Four HPV squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil. I decided right away against the Trilogy Of Death (Surgery, Chemo & Radiation) and have been treating my cancer holistically with diet and supplements using the Bill Henderson protocol. Needing biological dentistry to remove the four root canals causing my cancer I waited hoping to get better without but then developed a serious infection of the tonsil. It went on for weeks until I found the coconut cure here and found relief almost instantly. It's been 5 days now of using the oil and all the white puss is gone and the pain I felt is becoming bearable. I also found that oil pulling (holding the oil in my mouth while swishing) with the coconut for about twenty minutes works even better as it kills virus & bacteria alike. Probably going to do this forever... Root canal tooth removal starts next week.
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Posted by Simply Kathy (Brunswick , Ga. Usa) on 02/09/2012
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Blessed to have come upon this site. I went and bought Extra virgin coconut oil- Expensive but worth every penny! My throat was sore, felt like a thousand needles stabbing me in my mouth. I could hardly talk and was in much pain to just swallow. After doing the oil pulling, just one time, the pain left, I could swallow, and talk pain free! I also noticed and it is now the 3rd day of oil pulling, I have a cavity that has been hurting, does not hurt anymore and I can actually eat and no pain! What a blessing. Praise God!
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Posted by Carrie (Philadelphia, Pa) on 01/15/2012
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Unbelievable! I've been in such pain for the last week. I had a bad cold with horrible sinus pain that then moved into a cough. I never had a fever. I fought it with vitamins, herbs & juices and everyday it was getting better. Then, out of no where, my throat started killing me! After a few days I looked in my throat and saw that my tonsils were swollen. I read this post about coconut oil last night & tried it b4 bed. This morning I woke up and it was half as big! Did another again this morning and it's feeling so much better. Finally...relief!
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Posted by Maria (Cincinnati, Ohio) on 11/25/2011
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My tonsils have been huge since I was a little child. My ENT wanted to remove them, since they had gotten even bigger and I also had tonsil stones. I am 61 and was concerned about having that surgery at my age so I decided to try something to shrink my tonsils. I had already been doing "oil pulling" (swishing) using organic extra virgin coconut oil with good results in the health of my gums, so I decided to try gargling the coconut oil for 5 minutes before swishing it. After one month I looked at the back of my throat, and my huge tonsils had shrunken so much, I could barely find them. I had never seen the entire arch of the back of my mouth before. Oil gargling is now part of my daily routine and my tonsils have not gotten swollen again. (It has been 6 months...)
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Posted by Amanda (Columbus, Oh) on 12/16/2010
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I had tonsillitis for about five days that turned into an abscess. After three doctor visits, antibiotics and steroids that seemed to be doing nothing, I finally looked Earth Clinic and found this. I did it three times in the evening and when I woke up the next morning it was a miracle! I have no pain or discomfort swallowing and the swelling has gone down tremendously! This is truly an amazing remedy, I have rediscovered my love for coconut oil.
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Posted by Gp (Hobart, Tasmania) on 03/05/2010
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The few times I've had tonsillitis, I've noticed extra virgin coconut oil cures it in 24 hours. Unbelievable, but true. Just let a knob of it melt in your mouth, tilt your chin up and let it pool toward that back of your mouth/throat. Hold it there for as long as you can. Repeat several times a day.
It works much faster than the nasty antibiotics usually prescribed, and provides some temporary pain relief in the mean time. I usually get tonsillitis when I'm run down, so as soon as I notice that first sign of white in the back of my throat, I start this treatment, and it clears up within 24 hours.
EVCO is amazing stuff!
