Sore Throats are never fun. Feeling a sore throat coming on is a very daunting feeling. Being in the throws of a sore throat and not getting to enjoy anything tasty in your mouth let alone the feeling of it going down your throat is the worst.
So here is what we do when it comes to sore throats:
Tea Tree Lick Trick
The moment you feel the sore throat coming on place one drop of Tea Tree Essential Oil on the back of your hand lick it off swirl it around in your mouth and hold it at the back of your throat for a few seconds before swallowing. You repeat this method every minute for ten minutes. So by the time you are done you have licked ten drops of tea tree in all. Tea Tree kills anything virus.
And just for the record I am not a fan of this method, Tea Tree hits my gag reflex every time and I am usually only able to make it 3 licks. However I have seen others make it the full ten licks, with great success.
My preferred method when it comes to sore throats to place three drops of tea tree on my palm and rub it all over my neck making sure to include my mastoid process. When I am getting into bed this is when I do this method, and then I pull the covers up to my nose and inhale moist Tea Tree air. By morning the Sore throat is gone or very minute. If I wake during the night and my throat is feeling sore from nasal dripage that has happened during the night I quickly rub tea tree on and get under the covers.
During the day if I feel the sore throat coming on I quickly make up a batch of Traditional Medicinals Lemon Echinacea Throat Coat Tea. That tea works mircales. Evening if your throat is feeling the worst pain the tea helps to soothe your throat.
If your throat hurts from an abundant amount of cheering and screaming or reading out loud for 8 hours straight Lemon Honey Water is very soothing.
I'm so excited you're blogging! I'll have to catch up on what I've missed.
ReplyDeleteI learned something about echinacea at a recent doctor's appointment. He said not to take echinacea if I'm on an anti-biotic because they bind or something, so the anti-biotic doesn't work. I don't think you'd be on anti-biotics often anyway, but for me, who is half in the medical world and half in the natural world, that was helpful information! I LOVE that tea, and was sad to not use it last sinus infection.
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