PrincessBandit
14th September 2008, 14:06
Suffering from the usual assortment of nasty symptoms of colds/flu etc at the moment? My mum reminded me of a really good reliever for sore throats just this morning. (Daughter's throat so sore she could hardly swallow - rang good old mum for advice and this is it):
Warm the juice from one lemon, gradually stir in as much sugar as you can till it gets so thick you can hardly stir any more. Take as needed. I warmed the lemon juice in a small dish over the top of a small pot of water on the stove.
Within a short space of time her throat, while still having a slight niggle in the back, was considerably better. She had gone from not being able to hardly swallow at all to being relatively comfortable. I used two lemons and it did take quite a bit of sugar, then only gave her a few teaspoons of the thick syrup. Left the rest in the container over the pot on the stove for later. As it cools it becomes really thick and granulated but I assume you can heat it again (like honey) to liquify it for further doses.
My old Scottish neighbour also used to swear by this remedy:
Cut the top off an onion and scoop the centre out. Pack firmly with brown sugar and then drink the syrup which is formed from the sugar and onion juice. Haven't tried that one for years but seem to recall it working well for the kids when they were little. (Think that might have been for persistent cough).
Personally I find the assortment of sore throat remedies on the market so foul tasting (strepsils included) that i'd almost rather suffer from the sore throat than the taste of what soothes it, but the lemon syrup goop mentioned above is really nice (all that sugar......mmmmmmmmm).
Hope it might be of help to others out there.
Dawn
Warm the juice from one lemon, gradually stir in as much sugar as you can till it gets so thick you can hardly stir any more. Take as needed. I warmed the lemon juice in a small dish over the top of a small pot of water on the stove.
Within a short space of time her throat, while still having a slight niggle in the back, was considerably better. She had gone from not being able to hardly swallow at all to being relatively comfortable. I used two lemons and it did take quite a bit of sugar, then only gave her a few teaspoons of the thick syrup. Left the rest in the container over the pot on the stove for later. As it cools it becomes really thick and granulated but I assume you can heat it again (like honey) to liquify it for further doses.
My old Scottish neighbour also used to swear by this remedy:
Cut the top off an onion and scoop the centre out. Pack firmly with brown sugar and then drink the syrup which is formed from the sugar and onion juice. Haven't tried that one for years but seem to recall it working well for the kids when they were little. (Think that might have been for persistent cough).
Personally I find the assortment of sore throat remedies on the market so foul tasting (strepsils included) that i'd almost rather suffer from the sore throat than the taste of what soothes it, but the lemon syrup goop mentioned above is really nice (all that sugar......mmmmmmmmm).
Hope it might be of help to others out there.
Dawn