I've been voiceless (yes, I sounded like a toad!!!) for the last 2 days, since my flight from Hong Kong to Singapore. It's either a bug in the air, durians in Guangzhou 2 days prior to that (& forgetting to drink salt water thereafter, a must for durian eaters) or I'm allergic to Singapore (yes, I often get an allergic cough when I returned to Singapore, even while I was working in the office here for years)!
Whatever the reason, my first antidote to sore throat is not the physician or doctor. It is good old Diet Coke + a teaspoon of salt dissolved in it! It's my anti-sore throat medicine and I've been successful in clearing those bugs in the throat almost every single time. This time I'm back to my old remedy. However, due to the fact that it's a very serious sore-throat since I croaked (there was only once occasion in the past that I lost my voice & I had to go see the doctor that very time when my throat was totally inflamed as well as the first time I totally lost my voice, I panicked after a day of this coke cough medicine which didn't quite work) I thought I'd see the doctor later today if it's not working as well as it should.
Voila! As soon as I'm up this morning, the throat is 1/2 way back to normal! A lot quicker than I had thought considering how serious it was yesterday even as I was going to bed! Oh, I must qualify that instead of the 2 cans it usually take (in a day), this time it's 3 cans. Also, I had 2 dosage of Vitamin C and some tablets called Danzen which I picked up from the neighborhood pharmacy (for throat inflammation).
Hence, the idea to share this with all of you on Lunch.com. Diet Coke (or Coke if you prefer) does treat sore-throat. If you've no time to rush to the physician and if your sore throat is not that serious, try this formula. It works for me 99.99% of the time!
Another old remedy which is more troublesome as far as I'm concerned is to take a mixed syrup of lemon and honey. No water. Just use the squeezed lemon juice and add it to the honey. If you find that too thick a syrup to swallow (you need to drink a cup of it), you may add some water. It's best when it's in concentrated form though. That does mean you need lots of freshly squeezed lemon juice. For me, Coke is easier since I usually have tons of them in the fridge & any household will naturally have salt in their kitchen. You can even take this in any restaurant! Simply ask for some salt and that's it!
Now that it's been proven to work for me why don't you try it the next time you've one? It's a most economical and tasty way of curing irritating sore throat!!!
P.S. Well, Lunch.com certainly benefitted from my voiceless condition. I do believe I've put up some 12-14 reviews because of this condition. Now that I'm on the road to recovery, I'm going out shopping!!! Ciao! ;-)
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