Nasty Sore Throat...Any Remedies?

I've had a nasy post nasal drip sore throat for 3 months now. Wish I could help, but nothing has worked for me... hopefully someone will have some good ideas!

My ND once gave me a tincture called "hemp tincture"... tastes like paint thinner but works like a charm. You gargle it and try not to barf

I was just remembering lately... I think my mom used to tell me to gargle with a combo of salt and baking soda? ...or was it peroxide and baking soda?...
Cuz I get nasty infections on my tonsils from this, and one just settled in.

Anyone know?

I'm pretty sure peroxide and bakingsoda would be very bad together.... I think it might explode but... chemistry was 10 years ago in college so I could be wrong.

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It reallly helped for me to keep my throat moist. lots of hot tea w/ honey and lemon, ricola honey lemon throat lozenges, and the gargling does work!

oh and I don't know if you want to take any medicines, but Chloraseptic spray is approved for pregnancy...

I saw my naturopath/mw Wednesday and she suggested the salt water gargle and a neti pot. I'm sure staying away from sugar would also make a huge difference on the mucus factor, but I'm ashamed to say several times I've resorted to hot chocolate ... it just feels sooooooo good!

Ahh yes, the neti pot. I actually have one and have used it before when sick. Unfortunately, my nose is so stuffed up now that when I try and drain the water into one nostril, it doesn't come out the other side! I'll keep trying because it worked well before...oh well

I'm really sick too and I've been taking hot water, lemon and honey concoctions for two days. I've tried these two things, but not sure if I should be taking them :

Boericke & Tafel cough and brocnchial syrup and Sambucol

I guess I should have consulted my OB, but I was sick over the weekend. Any thoughts?

Hey All,

So after a continuous week of super runny/congested nose I decided to go get acupuncture to see if it would help any. I went on Friday (was already starting to feel a little better Thursday night) and got acupuncture and cupping. She also gave me Bi Yan Pian to help with sinus congestion as well. There were a couple acupuncture points on the top of my head that were very sensitive and she said they were connected to the sinuses. The cupping was an interesting experience...pretty cool. Anyway, feeling much better now! I can breath through my nose again, thank god! Thanks again for all your advice!

What is cupping? I haven't heard of it.
Glad to hear you're feeling better! I had acupuncture done once and it was a really bad experience for me I'm still interested in it though.