So, I have just a slight tickle in the back of my throat, but I want to kill it before it becomes legitimately sore. What is a quick and easy way to alleviate this?
Also, post just about any home remedies for absolutely whatever, as to make this thread worthwhile.
Why, yes, I do open a lot of threads!
Well you can gargle with some cayenne pepper and water once ever couple hours. It really works to ward off a sore throat. You can also just add it to your food if you cant handle gargling with it.
I make tea using Echinacea, honey and lemon during cold season to ward off colds.
I little more complicated but I make a tincture using Rum, honey echinacea, marsh-mellow root, ginger, rosemary and mint for sore throats and colds.
A hot toddy will make you feel better. I may help a little with warding off a cold or sore throat.
Go to the supermarket and get some tea bags. Use the herbal ones any brand you like.
Fill mug with boiling water, seep the tea bag, add honey lemon and a shot of rum or brandy.
Tisha
Get some colloidial silver and use that. It kept me from getting strep throat. I use the 250ppm from Drug Imporium (sp?). Put 1-2 drops in about 1/4 cup of water and gargle for 30 seconds. Silver kills everything that’s bad and it’s perfectly safe.
It’s safe… until you start looking like Papa Smurf. I wouldn’t ingest that stuff on a normal basis.
I went with some cayenne pepper and some hot teat with honey 
If you end up at the store be sure to grab some vitamin D
I thought C was the one?
Also, yeah tea and spices are only a temporary fix, I’ll just try to intake more vitamins and fluids and get proper sleep and what not.
Does anybody know if Mint Tea is good for anything?
hot teat eh? your Freudian slip is showing.
Any hot tea , drink it scalding (as hot as you can stand it.)
Up your intake of Vitamin C to at least a gram a day (you won’t come close to Od-ing)
If you don’t take a multivitamin get some E and A as well.
Some people swear by zinc lozenges. . . oh and Airborne is the Sh*t!
The only time Smurf Syndrome kicks in, is when idiots drink the stuff by the glass full on a continuing basis. I used colloidal silver and copper for years in the recommended doses only, the only side effect being good health. Silver is antibacterial on contact and silver nitrate cream is still the only quality soothing burn creams around. Don’t believe everything you read. Even idiots know how to post a blog.
A hot teat slathered with honey. Never thought of that one before. I will have to try it next time my hubby is sick. This could be fun
Tisha
PS I love typos. 
A nice cuppa…
ROFL!
Sounds like the perfect remedy!
To shorten the duration of a cold and ease a sore throat you might try sucking on some zinc lozenges, just don’t over do. A few a day should do the trick.
You can find > Cold Ease < in any drug store. Just remember to do it after you eat because zinc taken orally effects your taste buds and deadens them for a couple of hours. Not a problem with the other “remedy”, lol. 
Bella
Well, after all, I am seeing the girl tomorrow, so…
Are we talking about physical temperature or ‘hot’ as in phat? I’m not sure how that would impact a sore throat, tho’ 
I follow Linus Pauling and do 5 grams of C a day.