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Leriejane (Seattle, Wa, Usa) on 07/17/2010
5 out of 5 stars

Ginger works really well for sore throats and coughs. My family uses the following ways:

-Boil a 1 inch piece or a few slices, then add honey and lemon.

-Drink 'ginger juice' or 'instant salabat'. (Salabat is a not a brand name, but what the drink is called in the Philippines. ) This is a powdered, hot drink mix that you can find in Asian stores and it gives your throat a nice 'heat'. It has sugar in it, so if you don't want that you could probably mimic the powder by mixing ground ginger with black pepper in hot water.

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Replied By Meela (Canada, Quebec) on 08/28/2015

This is like ginger tea. What I do is boil crushed, fresh ginger in water using low fire to come out with the tea. I drink it hot in small sips and it soothes irritated throat. Sometimes, I just peel off skin of raw ginger and pop a penny-size of the peeled ginger in my mouth to suck on like candy. It's very effective!
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