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Joy (Hudson, MA) on 05/18/2007:
How is it that this is the first I'm hearing of this? I thought this might be a cruel joke, but out of desperation, I tried the Cayenne Pepper remedy for my sore throat and it is working! I tried it 20 minutes ago - and it totally took about 80% of the pain. I was about to break into my pain killer stash, but knew that won't be a good idea while taking care of my 3 month old son... so I came across this site, gave it a shot, and wow... I think it's actually working. I'm going to try the ACV/Cayenne recipe below now. Thank you!
I have been on antibiotics for my sore throat since March (2 Z-packs) and 10 days of Antibiotics 875 mgs of Penicillin for the past 10 days. After my last pill this past Saturday my Throat started to tingle and one of my glands started to feel a little swollen and I would feel it when I would swallow. I went to CVS and brought a 99 cent bottle of cayenne pepper yesterday afternoo. I gargled last night and this morning and added some pepper in my salsa for lunch today. This is a miracle cure and I feel 95% better than I did yesterday!
It is 6:00am in the morning and I awoke at 4:30am with a severe sore throat. Every time I swallowed I thought my ears were tearing inside. I couldnt even swallow to take tylenol. Desperate to find some thing to remedy this pain I started to google and came across this website. I kept reading the testimonies of cayenne pepper and decided to give it a try. I was reluctant only because I do not like or can handle spicy foods. I gargled with 1/2 tsp of pepper to 10oz warm H20... beware your mouth and lips will go on fire after about two or three gargles.Have a glass of milk handy to rinse with and relieve fiery sensation esp if you cant handle spicy foods like me. But I SWEAR its amazing. Its been about 30 minutes and my throat not only feels 80% better but it makes you cough up so much phlegm. I'm off to gargle again!
I just tried this remedy and it works! I didn't have any red pepper in my cabinet, but I did have some tabasco sauce. I poured a few shakes of the sauce in a cup and added some warm water to mix. I gargled with the mixture and then I sipped some of it like tea. It was actually kind of good once the initial burning subsided :) Anyway, it works! My sore throat has diminished considerably and my sinuses are so clear they're whistling (okay, that part isn't true, but thay are clear! :) Thanks to all who posted. This remedy is a winner!
i had a nagging sore throat since monday, (its now saterday), i found that it was getting worse. i googled sore throat remedies and found this, laughed when i first read it (im not putting hot peppers down my throat), but after asking a friend he said he heard the same thing, so i tried it, i just gargled once 10 minutes ago, i have no pain, no discomfort, burns like hell though for a few minutes. i feel pretty good but im gonna do it a few more times this hour just to make sure. (cause its party night). pretty quick acting, don't know if it "cures" it or just numbs it, i will post again just to tell you how it works a few hours later. thanks
I was up all night with a terrible sore throat. I looked online for "sore throat remedies" and found the cayenne pepper cure... I went to get some and tried it... it worked right away. now I am telling all my family and friends about this wonderful find... Thanks!! I did add a little salt just for taste. and I coated my lips with Carmex to help the burn.
My sore throat started yesterday. I'm in a musical production in which I have a solo that requires me to sing with all of the power I can muster in my voice. Opening night is tonight and at last night's dressed rehearsal, my song (which had been fairly easy for me to sing) was very difficult because of my throat. Starting to freak out when it had worsened this morning, I searched online and found this site. I was leery at first, but decided to try it. The cayenne pepper gargle helped immediately (though it did burn a bit, it was worth it) and I plan to take tea with cayenne to my show tonight.
I am not the home remedy type I am the go to the Dr and he fixes it guy. But I have been to the Dr and still have this nagging sore throat the Dr put me on a Z-Pak and now I am almost done with my second one all of my other symptoms (fever, aching, general crap like feeling) are gone except for this pesky sore throat. It is horrible in the mornings. I go up this morning and started searching the net for a way to get rid of or ease the pain. I stumbled onto here thought yet right but I tried it anyway. To Leslie in Floride I think it was thank you I had no cayenne powder but I did have those little pizza red pepper flakes. I put about half a packet of those in a about 8 oz water let it sit for a minute and started gargling. Afterwards I could swallow for the first time with no pain in weeks. And I started coughing up rather easily the crude that takes me an hour to get up (sorry that is gross but it you have a sore throat you know what I mean). I will continue this for a few more days but the instant relief is worth the first try. Thanks so much!
I had this sore throat for the last 6 days. The first two days were miserable aggravating soreness in the front of the throat. I was on Vick's 44 Sorethroat oral spray for two days (which relief and numb the sored spot but didn't cure it), two days of taking Tylenol SoreThroat medicine to the max (12 pills total), and a remedy of half cup of warm water with tumeric powder and lemon; but soreness were still there. I was thinking perhaps I might have to go to the doctor and get antibiotic, but then I stumbled into this website while googling decided to give the devil another round of challenge. I put 1 tsp of cheyenne pepper in a half cup warm water, gurgle a mouthful of it for a 30 seconds, and then swallow. Lo and Behold, I slowly felt the devilish sore spot gradually dissipated, and the knot in my throat clear! I didn't have problem with the spiciness of the cayenne since I love spicy food, so I continued gurgle and swallowing the how remedy. It's been 2 hours now, and my throat is about 80% clear; with a slight knot in my throat. I will continue this remedy for several times to see if it completely cures it. So far so good.
When an egnostic claims "Hallelujah!" It must work! My wife's sore throat was so painful I'm sure she would have licked a poisonous frog if someone claimed it worked. Then we stumbled upon the "cayenne pepper remedy"! We used another user's recipe of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper in 12oz of water. After 5 gargles of this red concoction, she exclaimed in excited disbelief that it was working!! A by-product of gargling this brew was lips and tongue of fire! She quelled the burn with a cool glass of milk after she had gargled as much as she could stand. I'm soo glad that it worked because now my baby can get to sleep! Yahoo!!
I just tried this for my sore throat that I have had for 2 days now. I can tell you it feels so much better! That first sip was kinda gross but I kept on gargling. The second time I was like oh man! I used 1 tsp to 12 oz.cup of hot water. Afterwards I used some ricola w/lemon and honey drops and i feel great! I am getting a 32" LCD TV in a few hrs. and I can enjoy it fully now! Thanks for your site!
WOOOOOW!!! I 'm so glad I found this site. I had a sore throat for over a week, and i did not want to take anti-biotics. It was so bad, I did not even want to eat, or yawn. So i tried the Cayenne remedy before i went to bed, i woke up in the morning and about 95% of the pain was GONE. I was so happy, this is great...thanks!
Yesterday afternoon I started out with an itching cough, as the day wore on I started getting a sore throat. I spent the whole night sipping water and suffering. I spent all day at work with a sore throat and swollen sinuses. When I got home I naturally got online and googled "sore throat". Somehow I found your site and started reading the testimonials on cayenne gargle and tomato tea. I tried the cayenne gargle first and was totally amazed at how much better I felt. After gargling with the cayenne numerous times I decided to try inhaling a bit of salt water. I am now sitting here feeling like myself again and sipping tomato tea. Thank you so much for creating this website and posting these wonderful home remedies!
Hi, I was so miserable today at work, and they would not let me go home, so the entire day i've been looking for tips on how to relieve my sore throat, and tried the Cayenne Pepper, and walah! It worked. Instantly I felt SO MUCH better. Like it wasnt painful to breathe as much. Thank you for your amazing website! Now I'm going to try the egg whites for fevers.
Well, first I want to say the Cayenne pepper thing worked. I woke at 4am this morning and gargled with salt water and hydrogen peroxide, but it did nothing for the hellish pain. I was desperate to get rid of it, but I am refusing to take any kind of drug anymore. When I saw Cayenne pepper as a cure, I thought it was going to be so painful I couldn't do it--because of the spiciness. It worked so freakin well, I just drink it now. And the sore throat is nearly gone after 20 minutes.
I am just writing to say I love the great reviews posted by those that tried the cayenne pepper. I am so happy this work for you guys and will make some in a short time today. I have to sing a solo in a few hours and just have a aweful painful and sore thoart. I get this often as when I was little and it has gotton worse now. Pray for me as I need some real relief. I will let you know my results in a short time. 5/3/2007 time stamp 8:44.
Had sore throat, chest congestion for over a week.. (antibiotic did not work fast enough)...too the point that when I cough my muscles in my stomach aches already.. Googled sore throat remedy and found this site. Ran to the supermarket at 10PM and bought McCormmick's ground cayene pepper for under 4 bucks. Microwaved a glass of water, mixed half a tablespoon of cayenne powder.. gargled about 6 times in 5 minutes.. like others noted..cayenne caused minor discomfort/senasation in mouth.. rinsed mouth with water.. AND UNBELIEVABLE RESULT WITHIN 15 MINUTES... throat soreness was gone.. nostrils cleared up..and slept through the night. By the way..I tried this 3 nights ago just to make sure I don't have any side effects or something negative before I write this. This thing worked for me.. and hope it works for you , too. Thanks to the person who "invented: this.
(RED PEPPER FLAKES) I put a rather healthy amount of red pepper flakes into a rather warm glass of hot watter and let it sit for a couple of minutes....giving time for the red pepper to dissolve..... I the gargled it....and gargled....and gargled.... after the second gargle, I coughed up the most phlem of my life and my nose came clear....I had a cup of hot tea with milk and sugar...and I was better in about a half hour...my girlfriend did not bother trying it with me, she is still sick in bed...I'm going to play golf....
P.s. I'm the biggest sceptic there is....and it worked....
i started off having a sore throat on the one side about 9 days ago now but in the last 3 days it has been getting really bad, my tonsil is swollen up huge in my throat and i cant get to a doctor , so i thgt id google a remedy, wahay cayenne pepper i thgt, tried it twice the second time i really went for it and didnt really find my mouth was the problem but seemed to really agitate my tonsil for the next few hours, and im not trying it again the only thing that helps out a little bit is ibuprofen so far , thing it may be because my tonsil is too far gone swollen and sore that it it did this next time ill try it in its early stages, thanks ne way
I had the worst sore throat of my life; part of a nasty viral syndrome with congestion and etc. I had two perscriptions for sore throat and cough meds - they did absolutely NOTHING. In total desparation and after three days, I tried gargling 1 tsp cayenne pepper with warm water. I was telling my wife how it did not work when, all of the sudden, all that awful phlem came right up, and I blew the rest of that green crud right out my nose. Then I tried the ACV, heated to breath the vapors, then gargled. For the first time in days, my throat felt okay! It instantly took away 80% of the discomfort. Thank God for this web page!
I woke up this morning to a very bad sore throat, extremely swollen and irritated. I felt like gagging, which is something I do NOT like to do. I went online and found your site. After reading all the results from Cayenne Pepper I decided to try it. Luckily my girlfriend is a great cook and she had some in the cabinet. I could not believe what a difference it made! Immediately after sipping my throat felt almost back to normal. I have been doing it now on and off for about an hour and I can not thank you guys enough. Now I look forward to trying the Apple Cider Vinegar method for my high blood pressure.
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!
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
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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