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A sore throat is basically an inflammation of the throat. It is usually caused by a bacterial or viral infection. The inflammation can also be caused by smoking, vitamin deficiencies, or food allergies.

A sore throat will usually be gone after a few days, but in the case of some serious diseases like scarlet fever, it may require medical treatment. Assuming you don’t have a serious disease, you may be able to use herbal remedies for a sore throat to get better without medicine.

There are a few home remedies you may have already heard of. One is to gargle with salt water. It can reduce your symptoms and reduce inflammation. Another home remedy you might want to try is gargling with honey water. This may promote healing. Vitamin C rounds out this trio of home remedies.

If you are looking for some herbal medicine, there are remedies from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda which is the traditional medicine in India. One Ayurveda remedy is made from crushed ginger root, honey and lime juice. This mixture is sipped. One Chinese herbal remedy recommends drinking honeysuckle tea.

Hopefully you have found this helpful. To get more information, check out The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Healing Remedies by C. Norman Shealy MD, PhD or another herbal guide.

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