Historical remedies
The following claims come from the historical source; they are not verified treatment recommendations.
- A sore throat can be cured by gargling with vinegar. [12]
- Gargling with water with honey cures mouth sores and sore throat. [12]
- If you have a sore throat by drinking some turmeric mixed with warm milk, it is cured. [12]
- Swelling of the throat is cured by keeping a little roasted clove in the mouth and sucking it. [12]
- Rubbing garlic a lot, making it like an ointment, applying it on a cloth, making a bandage and applying it on the sore throat like angina cures the sore throat. [12]
- Eating a salad of onion, cumin and rock salt keeps the throat clear. [13]
Made for Gujarati life in the UK.