In most cases, a sore throat is gone within ten days, but in the meantime it can be quite annoying.
Eating ice cream or drinking cold water will cool the throat and numb the pain. A cup of tea can also soothe your sore throat. Especially if you add honey to it. Preferably only add the honey when the tea has cooled down a bit. Take, for example, warm water with lemon juice, cinnamon and honey. Or add some ginger and honey to your cup of lemon tea. Chamomile tea also has a soothing effect.
Garlic has antibacterial properties. Add extra garlic to your food during the starting sore throat or make a garlic stock.
Or do you go for chocolate?
Early this year, research showed that cocoa would be a better ingredient to soothe your sore throat. We see a great combination here:cup of tea, piece of chocolate on the side…
