I woke up and I can't seen to get the mucus in my throat to go away. Help! What is the best remedy that isn't a herb?\nThank y'all!
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I have a really good recipe to get rid of the cold in just one night. Boil one cup of milk with cinnamon, after break a egg into that (don't let that the egg cooked) mix it with a 1/2 a cup of rum. Drink it as ot as it is. Stay on bed all night. For next morning you will feel better. That's a gram's recipe.
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Warm salt water gargle.\n\nListerine mouth wash gargle( it works the best coz it's an antiseptic germ killer!) I had it bad the other day and couldn't hardly swallow mashed up banana and this is the only thing that got rid of it.\n\nI've heard of people gargling with hydrogen peroxide. You might want to dilute it though, coz it's too foamy if you don't.
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I had that exact thing this past weekend, my friend squeezed real lemons, honey and water in a mug and warmed it up.  I draqnk it a few different times and it made me feel so much better!!!!  Worked so much better than just medications.
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OK this is TRUE...  My mother, wanting to get alittle healthier as she ages, decided to take some "wheat grass" for its nutrients.  It comes in a green, rather powdery form that you should mix with some water and drink it down.  Well she didn't mix it with water and instead took a tablespoon and tried swallowing it plain.\n\nShe must of taken a little breath and then began to choke but didnt want to waste this expensive nutrient so she tried to hold it in and get it down.  Well she ended up coughing while still trying to hold the wheat grass in, she shot out puffs of green numerous times.  She looked like a dragon trying to use its power for the first time.  We almost died laughing at this sight!  Wish you could of been there!!  Her new nickname is "Puff the magic dragon" or just "Puff" for short!
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try running a bowl of warm water and adding mint or lavender to it.put your head over the bowl and place a towel over your head and stay like that for ten minutes.alternately you could go and see the doctor or just rest,stay indoors if you can help it. ♥b♥
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Gargle with salt water!?  I've always heard that it takes an antibiotic to get rid of strep throat.  I have also heard you can catch it back from your own toothbrush!  OR you could have caught the flu because your resistance was down.  If so, you'll have to hang in there for a week or so.  Good Luck!
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If you want a natural solution...\n\nPeppermint tea settles upset tummies, as does ginger (you can still find some 'ginger ale' that's not artificially flavored -- but it's not easy). Candied ginger and fresh ginger root shredded and boiled into a tea also work.\n\nMake sure you stay hydrated and get some rest.\n\nHope you feel better soon!
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Get some Thyme and make Thyme Tea. Best thing ever for throat infections/sore throats.\nIf you can't find any, then try a sugar/butter ball (basically just roll a bit of butter/marg into some sugar)
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I am sorry for your situation :(\nI have read that swallowing gobs of unchewed rice or bread helps. I have not tried that personally though. \n\nDo a google search on the subject, and you should surely come across lots of viewpoints and information related to this.\n\nI would suggest you see a doc soon. I wouldn't wanna take chances. \n\nHope it comes out soon!
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i think you are coming down with something fairly wicked.  Do you have any vitamins/herbs in the house?  Don't eat sugar, not even orange juice.\n\nI would take these things if you have them:\na multivitamin\n5,000 IU vitamin C, one horsepill every few hours\nzinc (suck on a zinc tab - disgusting but great)\nraw garlic or garlic pills\n(echinacea/goldenseal, Airborne cold remedy (it's probably not a cold though), zicam cold remedy, ginseng, astragalus)\n\nyou'll need food to take any of those.  my pick would be yogurt, or Kefir probiotic yogurt drink.  otherwise, go with some fruit, or just whatever you got.  That's assuming you have some vitamins to take.  Otherwise, try not to eat unless you really need to.\n\nthen take hot shower, and once warm enough, turn to full cold for 60 seconds, or as close to full cold as you can go.  cycle back and forth, cold and hot, a few more times\n\nalright, then you want to make some warm saltwater, about as salty as seawater or blood.  (use sea salt if you have that)  Put it in a shotglass or something, and pour it into a nostril, drawing it in gently.  once you have some in there, pinch off the nostril and squeeze it... the idea is to rinse out that whole area as much as possible... now blow your nose and do the other nostril.  there is a learning curve on that one, but it's worth it... that drainage is just irritating your throat and stomach.. you gotta give your body any edge you can find.\n\nyou need to do some neck stretches, particularly backwards... stand up and lean your whole body backwards in a backbend, with your throat stretched backwards as far as possible.  I remember I used to lay on the edge of a bed with my head hanging off to get a nice easy stretch.  you want circulation in that area, not just of blood but of other bodily systems.. same reason you gotta take a cold shower\n\ndrink water.   hot or hot/salty liquids are good.  sugar bad.\n\nas for it being an allergy... I think allergies can open doors for infections to take hold... consider your diet... maybe it's time to start cleaning it up if you haven't already.  every time you get ill, you risk doing some part of your body some kind of permanent harm... viral damage to glands or other organs, a suppressed immune system.  Fresh whole foods, plenty of nutrients, that kind of thing.
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use hot water real lemon and a dash of fresh grated ginger every couple of hours.if you a temp also take paracetamol every four hours. suck a good throat lozeger IE strepils. rest your voice no talking etc. good luck.
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yeah, you need to give your larynx a rest.  Keep talking at a minimum.  Drink lots of fluids, I heard gargling salt water might help, but I don't know.  Hot lemonade works for sore throats, I don't know about laryngitis.  Did you go to the M.D.?
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HMM try wheat grass juice. Just one shot and whoa!!! You can get it at any health food store.
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*  Increase your liquid intake. (Warm tea with honey is a favorite home remedy).\n    * Use a steamer or humidifier in your bedroom.\n    * Gargle with warm salt water several times daily:  ¼ tsp. salt to 1/2 cup water.\n    * Take mild pain relievers such as acetaminophen (Tylenol®, Datril®, Tempra®), ibuprofen (Advil®), etc.\n    * Take non-prescription throat lozenges.
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that fast...try lemon juice without the tea as others have said. we would use that for cheerleading! and, i've never heard of throat yogurt, wow.
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Chamomile tea with honey is always good (and delicious!), but gargling with salt water ( a cup of warm water, a half teaspoon of salt) works best.  Tastes gross, but such is life.  \n\nMy housemate swears by chewing whole cloves of garlic, like six a day, when she's sick.  Makes you brush your teeth a lot, but helps your immune system.
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Have a rennie, or a strong tasting cough sweet (or something aniseed).\nSip some water\nlearn to do some breathing exercises.\nRead the Allen Carr Easyway book it works.