Natural Remedy for Sore Throat in Kids and Adults

Natural Remedy for Sore Throat in Kids and Adults: When you feel an itchiness and irritation in your throat accompanied by a pain, it is a symptom of sore throat. There are several cases of sore throats that prevents victims from sleeping and it may get worse when you eventually try to swallow solid food items. 

Most of the time when kids or even adults complain of itchiness in the throat, our first intention is to immediately rush down to the pharmacy or medicine store to get a drug or two. But some people are not that good with drugs, and since we have natural and reliable remedies for the sore throat condition, why not try it out as it has been tested and is a trusted process.

In some and most cases, medicine may help the person feel better, if it is a very serious sore throat. But if it’s not serious or at least before it gets to the serious point of sharp pains and inability to eat, you can use some of the natural sore throat remedies for kids and adult which is what we would tell you about in today’s article.
Before you proceed to apply any of the steps listed below, make sure the patient rests and gets plenty of water to drink. The extra fluid helps to drain and it can also ease sore throat. I would advise you try a variety of fluids like warm water, tea with lemon and honey or even chicken soup.

This fluids’ approach has helped me several times, and you may wonder what if it only works for me? Well sometimes ago, I recommended it for a friend who had a sore throat and couldn’t sleep, and guess what, it worked magic and he was absolutely fine after taking tea with lemon and honey.

That being said let’s now take you through the main remedy for sore throats if the method listed above does not work.


Methods to Naturally Cure Sore Throats

1. The Gargle Salty Warm Water Approach


The first method we will tell you about today is the warm salt water method, when using this method, you will only need half teaspoonful of salt in a cup of warm water. This can be given to kids around 5 to 6 years of age. Ensure that the salt is dissolved and have the kid or adult gargle and instantly spit out.

2. Use of Honey


I guess we all should be familiar with this, Honey is a very common remedy for several minor health issues including taming mid-night coughs, healing wounds etc. So for sore throats, all you need to do is mix honey and tea, the sore throat is a forgotten issue.

3. Baking Soda Gargle


An alternative approach to the saltwater gargle approach is the Baking soda Gargle, although salt water gargle is common, when you gargle baking soda mixed with salt water can also be effective, as it kills the bacteria and prevents the growth of fungi and yeast. To use this approach, mix ¼ teaspoonful of baking soda and 1/8 spoonful of salt and gargle this every five hours for at most 3 days.

With these approaches to naturally tackle sore throat listed above, I think you should be able to cure it before it gets to the complex stage of seeing a doctor. Kindly share this post with others.