Gargle with salt water!
Sounds simple enough, but shockingly this inexpensive, efficacious, easy to make & use home remedy often gets overlooked and undervalued when it should be the first line.
This capitalistic world pushes adverts that teach us to run to the pharmacy for everything (sprays, lozenges and syrups) but actually you don't have to.
Save yourself a trip. Be wise, a sore throat is usually a sign that the bacteria balance in your throat is offset. Streptococci are the common culprits. Sugar at this point is your worse enemy but salt is your best friend.
To bust these intruders, do not wait. Grab a tablespoon of salt and a cup of water. Stir together and gargle as frequently through out the day as possible. Even up to 10x.
Remember, bacteria grow quickly so if you gargle once in the morning (@ 8h), by lunch time (@ 13h) it's already too late. Especially if you've eaten or had sugar in between, make sure to set your phone on a 2 hourly or 3 hourly frequency to gargle through out. The first day is most critical. By the next, it either will have subsided and resolved or fully developed and proliferated into a full blown throat infection.
The convenient thing to do is to prepare a salt water bottle to take with you for the day. Whether at work or at school, take a 2 mins gargle trip to the bathroom every 2-3 hours.
It's safe for everyone, But Do not swallow. Gargle and spit. If you swallow, your ingesting an unhealthy amount of salt and bacteria dislodged from your throat are able to continue their trouble in your gut.
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