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Angela (Marion, n.c.) on 03/12/2007:
I had the worst sore throat.I had tried drops and otc drugs. NOTHING. Read this article about the c. pepper, what's to lose right? gargled about 5 times and feel better about 10 mins later. I'll use more tomm. bed time now. IT WORKS!! THX so much!
I stumbled on your site this morning @5:30am with a sore throat....I was contemplating whether or not to call in sick because I talk on the phone all day for my job. But I found this site where you talked of cayenne pepper, acv, lemon juice and honey and warm/hot water...well I mixed them all and drank it like a tea while at work...yes it burned a little bit (but I grew up on hot stuff) it actually worked, there is not much soreness left, I will keep and use this remedy as long as it keeps working!!! Thanks to everyone who contributed to info....you saved me from missing work.
I had a sore throat for two days and I was fed up with it!! Lozenges provided relief for about 2 mins literally & salt and warm water was useless! After 2 attempts on google to find something that wasn't so yucky I found this!! I grabbed my wallet & keys and sped to the store to get the cayenne. I used 1/2 tsp to a glass of warm water & gargled about 4 times. I sipped a bit of it which was PEPPER as heck!! At bedtime my sore throat seemed to get worse...the cayenne was doing its job at that time. Cuz when I woke up my throat was 100% better. I'm still congested but I can deal with that!! Bye bye sore throat!!! Thanks!!
WOW. gotta say i didn't believe the whole Cayenne Powder thing at first, but it's great. after about 5 minutes of doing it, i already feel better. my lips burn...but that's so much better than my throat!!!! thank you so much!
I just learned why I have been craving garlic, hot peppers, vinegar (ketchup), all my life. I have been a very healthy person, only getting sick for a day or two a year and have a bad diet/sweet tooth. Today when I got hungry after two days of not eating much I was craving a carls jr buffalow burger(cayenne) and a shake...I felt so good after it for about 2 hours then it got bad again. It was so bad I could not sleep and I feared for my throat to start bleeding, found your site, only thing I had was Frank's Red Hot (chili sauce) so I mixed it with water and now I think I am going to make it through the night as it feels 80% better after three gargles. Thank you, I plan picking up some of the other stuff to try too. Time for sleep
To start, I have tried the cayenne pepper for a sore throat and found it did work but only after using it basically all day. It does burn the mouth a bit to. All in all it did work.
To start, I have tried the cayenne pepper for a sore throat and found it did work but only after using it basically all day. It does burn the mouth a bit to. All in all it did work.
Having had throat problems for 20 years, comprising of pain, tickly cough, sticky mucus, I have tried almost everything with little success. I then tried cayenne gargle, with a little salt. The result is fantastic, almost immediately, my throat was back to normal, no mucus or pain. I now use a gargle mix of cayenne, apple cider vinegar, salt & honey twice daily. I also take cayenne with food. Generally feel very well and am very happy to have got rid of throat problems. I have been doing this regime for 2 weeks now.
jeeze this is awesome. I'm in a musical and have been sick since the first performance but i used this stuff today and by golly gee it worked!!!! My sinuses i thought were normal though and this stuff has opened them up also. I have a performance tonight and it hasn't helped my voice yet (which i heard it does help) but at least tonight ill be able to sing without my throat hurting. this works miracles..........use it it is the savior of sore throats!!
I have had some throat problems in the last three weeks, I have had pus come and go. I just started round 2 of antibiotics and decided to see what else I could do. I tried the Cayenne Pepper and hot water and instantly felt relief. Then later today I tried the apple cider vinegar with water lemon juice and honey, the pus pockets in my throat have been reduced down about 50%, I cant believe it. Give this stuff a try, it works.
Cayenne Pepper cured my sore throat. My throat was raw and sore from coughing. I read about gargling hot water with 1/4 tsp of Cayenne Pepper. After I gargled a glassful, my throat wasn't sore. For added benefit, I followed up with a 12 oz. cup of hot water with 2 T. of ACV, 1 tsp. honey and 1/4 tsp. of Cayenne Pepper. The taste was tolerable. My throat felt good afterwards.
Wow, can't believe it! Had a sore throat that lasted 4 weeks. My doctor prescribed me Amoxicillin and it didn't work at all. Found this site and tried the Cayenne pepper remedy and it worked after 2 days!!
I found this site by googling "sore throat" "can't swallow" as I felt I had a huge swollen golf ball in my throat and was spitting saliva as swallowing it hurt too much. I tried gargling 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper in a mug (8oz) hot water, and wow.... I could swallow, I could breathe, the golf ball entirely disappeared, throat felt lubricated. I could eat dinner with my guests as planned, and felt great. The results were so good I kept sipping a tea (same proportions, though the cayenne settles to the bottom) all the next day, still good results. Then yesterday (day 3) I xcountry skied and chatted all day while drinking hot chocolate instead of the cayenne. This morning, sore throat and laryngitis. !! I am back continually sipping the cayenne now and my voice isn't back (I suspect the cayenne cannot get into the larynx unless you drown in it) but my throat is SO much better. Maybe my cayenne is cheap and old (at least a year) so is less spicy than what some others have, but I found 1/4- 1/2 tsp in 1 large mug hot water to be so pleasant I am going to keep drinking it instead of other herbal teas. mmm. Kind of like clamato juice or chili con carne. Apparently it is good for migraines and digestion too, lots of Vitamin a, C and complete B. thanks!!
Tried gargling with cayenne pepper for my miserable sore throat. I have been up all night. My throat is still very sore and I still can't swallow, so I can't say much for the cayenne pepper theory. It DID clear out a lot of mucous though and my sinuses are quite clear! I'll keep trying it for a while longer, but it did nothing for the pain except add a burny feeling to it! Going to try one readers suggestion of ginger next. Bet this would be awesome next time I have a normal head cold though (aside from the taste, yuck!)
I am 36 weeks prego and there aren't many choices of medications I can take or feel comfortable taking.I just came down with a sore throat and I feel as if a cold is coming on. I went to google and found this site. Thank god! I did my usual lemon juice and salt but that didn't work. Now I just used the cayanne pepper with water and instant relief. No pain and I will be doing it in the next 15 minutes.
Never in my life have I experienced instant results from any sort of home remedies. The cayenne and water remedy took effect instantly and knocked my sore throat out like clockwork.
Ahhh! finally I can eat something without feeling like crying from pain. I have had a really bad sore throat for 3 days now. The back of my throat was red, raw, and looked like it was bleeding. Tried cough drops, otc throat spray, advil, etc and nothing touched the pain. So googled sore throat cure and thankfully this site came up. I alternated gargling the water and cayenne with drinking the ACV, lemon, cayenne, honey, hot water. It is now about an hour after i found this site, my sore throat is much better, not gone yet but tolerable. Thanks
So I'm sitting here with I think the worst sore throat I have had in my life, reading everyone's comments about the cayenne pepper remedy So I pull out a glass with warm/hot water, dumped some C pepper and started gargling. I'm not going to lie it burned my lips and tongue like no tomorrow. I gargled about 15 mins ago and i can tell a slight relief already. Ill try again shortly. I also had some really bad nasal congestion but that Cayenne pepper is clearing that up too! God I hope this works cause I feel like I'm falling apart!
I started getting a sore throat yesterday evening around 5:30. I normally chew Zinc or Vitamin C tablets.....but that didn't work this time. I woke up this morning with an incredibly sore throat finding it hard to breathe/talk/eat. I saw this Cayenne pepper & water "cure" and was very skeptical. To my surprise, I've done it five times today, 15 minutes apart, and my sore throat is pretty much GONE. Hopefully it stays away!! Note: I thought the Cayenne pepper and water would be horrible....but it really doesn't taste like anything....just has a little bite to it for an aftertaste. Off to do another round. Take care!
I just want to say that this warm water and cayenne pepper remedy really does work. This is really true. Yesterday I couldn't swallow worth a damn but today i feel much much much better. Its a gross taste though and it made me throw up 1 time lol but I'm fine today. Still sore just a lil bit but it'll be gone before the weekend is over.
THANK YOU! I have never felt so sick as I have for the past 48 hrs. I have had a fever, coughing, aches in my entire body and finally a very raw bleeding sore throat. Its 4:30am and I woke up unable to to sleep due to the pain. I mixed some in a cup of cold water and even though I cannot barely tolerate spicy foods, I tried it out. It is working so far! I have gargled 3 times over the past 45 mins and now I am able to breath and swallow without feeling like crying. I will continue this treatment throughout the night and during the day tomorrow This is for real. This is amazing!
I am so glad I stumbled on this site.. About a week ago I found this site searching for a home remedy for dry and cracked hands and was really taken buy it. In any event, two days ago I went to work and felt really drained and with the onset on a sore throat. I didn't think much of it at the time, but buy the end of my shift I felt really drained and the sore throat was kicking. I had a particular soreness to one side. I came home went to sleep and woke up at the symptoms were worse. By the afternoon I was exhausted and figured some sleep would be good for repair. I woke up aching and still with the sore throat. So, I went on this site and found the cayenne pepper cure and decided to give it a shot. It works, It works, It works... Cast aside your doubts, and fears about home remedies and in particular this one. I started off gargling a full teaspoon mixed with 12 ounces of water repeatedly for 15 minutes. (I mistook the original recipe which said every 15 minutes and did it for 15 minutes straight) It burned and was not fun, but having a sore throat is worse. After that I read it said to gargle every 15 minutes with a 1/4 tea spoon of cayenne in 4oz of water. I did this until I went to bed. In addition I had a few glasses of tea with a little Apple Cider Vinegar (2 table spoons). I woke up this morning and I have no, I mean no sore throat. No fever, no body aches, no headaches.. Nothing.. Absolutely wonderful. My deepest thanks.
It is chinese New Year for me this week . The worst thing is we Chinese are very superstitious .Being sick is the worst that can happen . My throat is killing me . I cant even swallow my own saliva. Opening my month is giving me a hard time. I tried everything . My neighbor told me to buy Cayenne Pepper i truly thought he was sick until i researched it on this site . I went out to buy this pepper gargle with it for 5 -6 times , Then i notice my pain went away. It like a wonder. Everyone should have this at home .......
Love your site but wanted to let you know that the reason you are supposed to stop taking cayenne pepper before surgery has nothing whatsoever to do with inflammation (which in most cases it doesn't cause anyhow). The reason is that Cayenne Pepper is a very effective blood thinner and so, like aspirin, you don't take it prior to surgery, to ensure minimal blood loss.
well I started out with the flu and after that got cured a migraine headache and a sore throat came along so I just started using aspirin the it got way worse so badly I could swallow or eat or talk for 2 days so I went on line and found this remedy so I bought some cayenne red pepper and it only took 7 hours to work then I was able to talk and swallow now 12 hours later I feel great. thanks
I woke up with a terrible throat and cough this morning and it even hurt when i breathed in and spoke. So, i was just looking on the internet to see what cures came up. Then, i came across this website! Soon i was off to the shops to buy some cayenne powder! When i had got some i gargled with it every 15 minutes. after the first try it didn't help much but i carried on. About 1/2 hours later my throat is better! i am still gargling though just to make sure it stays that way because it said to use the full glass before you stop. i am so grateful for this website and now i can talk as much as i want! Thank you again so much, Georgia xxxxx
It has only been an hour since I started the treatment of cayenne and water, but for years I've suffered from this and today I found this website with a cure. I already feel so much better, I was having trouble even swallowing saliva and now my pain is almost gone and I am having water. AMAZING! Thank you for this.
I just tried the cayenne pepper remedy (put it in some chicken bouillon to hide taste) and had the same problem with keeping it stirred up. So, then I tried using salsa instead of the c.b. and it worked great. Probably has some additives but tasted better and stayed stirred up better! For what that's worth..... Thanks, I enjoy your site very much.
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