soothing sore throat?

A humidifier for the house. It's the dry air you are inhaling that is the
primary cause of the problem.

In news:[email hidden],
Skinny <[email hidden]> stated
| Cough syrups, cough drops, 'cold cure teas' are all too sweet, or too
| burning....
|
| I get dry sore throat that often develops into painful infection. The
| nurse practitioner said to keep the saliva flowing, told me if I ran
| out of cough drops or hard candies, to suck on a button or something.
|
| Teas like Sleepytime (chamomile and mint etc) help, and hot chocolate
| (unsweetened); so do hot oily soups like chicken broth. What helps
| more is solids in hot oily liquid, like canned corn with butter; the
| solids sort of clean off the throat, spend longer there, so there's
| more contact with the throat before the stomach fills up.
|
| Citrus, orange juice, tomato juice, etc irritate my throat, make me
| feel sneezy; even the 'chewable' acerola-type vitamin C lozenges.
|
| One odd thing that helps me a little is chewing fragments of stevia
| leaf. That makes saliva flow but it isn't a cloying sweet in the
| stomach.
|
| Other ideas, please???
|
|
|
| Skinny
| --
| LCing for BG, not weight

chrysanthemum tea made without any sugar, just the tea.

<posing as a chinese med doctor> I think the fire element is going a bit too
wild in your body. Have you been staying up till late recently? Working long
hours? Haven't had enough sleep? Let me check your tongue - ahhh... the tip is
a bit too pink, surely you're lack of sleep. Now get some dried chrysanthemum
and make tea with it...

now seriously - chrysanthemum tea should work quite well, and don't drink too
much mint tea, esp. just before you go to bed, as I read it somewhere that it
tends to cause heart burns and quite a few asdlc-ers used to get heart burns.

since you say chewing leaves help, may be chewing gum would also help?

Skinny said:

Cough syrups, cough drops, 'cold cure teas' are all too sweet, or too
burning....

I get dry sore throat that often develops into painful infection. The nurse
practitioner said to keep the saliva flowing, told me if I ran out of cough
drops or hard candies, to suck on a button or something.

Teas like Sleepytime (chamomile and mint etc) help, and hot chocolate
(unsweetened); so do hot oily soups like chicken broth. What helps more is
solids in hot oily liquid, like canned corn with butter; the solids sort of
clean off the throat, spend longer there, so there's more contact with the
throat before the stomach fills up.

Citrus, orange juice, tomato juice, etc irritate my throat, make me feel
sneezy; even the 'chewable' acerola-type vitamin C lozenges.

One odd thing that helps me a little is chewing fragments of stevia leaf.
That makes saliva flow but it isn't a cloying sweet in the stomach.

Other ideas, please???

Skinny

There is a tea called Throat Cote that is made just for this purpose.

I find it at the supermarket and health food stores.

Jennifer

Skinny said:

Cough syrups, cough drops, 'cold cure teas' are all too sweet, or too
burning....

I get dry sore throat that often develops into painful infection. The nurse
practitioner said to keep the saliva flowing, told me if I ran out of cough
drops or hard candies, to suck on a button or something.

Teas like Sleepytime (chamomile and mint etc) help, and hot chocolate
(unsweetened); so do hot oily soups like chicken broth. What helps more is
solids in hot oily liquid, like canned corn with butter; the solids sort of
clean off the throat, spend longer there, so there's more contact with the
throat before the stomach fills up.

Citrus, orange juice, tomato juice, etc irritate my throat, make me feel
sneezy; even the 'chewable' acerola-type vitamin C lozenges.

One odd thing that helps me a little is chewing fragments of stevia leaf.
That makes saliva flow but it isn't a cloying sweet in the stomach.

Other ideas, please???

Skinny

Jennifer said:

There is a tea called Throat Cote that is made just for this purpose.

I find it at the supermarket and health food stores.

Jennifer

Yes, Throat Coat (Traditional Medicinals) is wonderful as is Throat
Comfort (Yogi Tea). Neither affected my weight loss.

Jennifer said:

There is a tea called Throat Cote that is made just for this purpose.

I find it at the supermarket and health food stores.

Jennifer

Throat Coat is awesome!

Ada Ma said:

chrysanthemum tea made without any sugar, just the tea.

The local health food store doesn't have this. If I can find a chrisanthemum
plant, do I use the flowers or leaves?

Quoted message said:

<posing as a chinese med doctor>

<bowing>

Quoted message said:

I think the fire element is going a bit too
wild in your body. Have you been staying up till late recently? Working

long

Quoted message said:

hours? Haven't had enough sleep? Let me check your tongue - ahhh... the

tip is

Quoted message said:

a bit too pink, surely you're lack of sleep.

Ah so, bingo! And just before this started, I had a lot of very hot curry,
and then some Alfredo sauce with garlic.

If the honorable chinese doctor would kindly tell more...?

Skinny Grasshopper

Now get some dried chrysanthemum

Quoted message said:

and make tea with it...

now seriously - chrysanthemum tea should work quite well, and don't drink

too

Quoted message said:

much mint tea, esp. just before you go to bed, as I read it somewhere that

it

Quoted message said:

tends to cause heart burns and quite a few asdlc-ers used to get heart

burns.

Quoted message said:

since you say chewing leaves help, may be chewing gum would also help?

Skinny said:

Cough syrups, cough drops, 'cold cure teas' are all too sweet, or too
burning....

I get dry sore throat that often develops into painful infection. The

nurse

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

practitioner said to keep the saliva flowing, told me if I ran out of

cough

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

drops or hard candies, to suck on a button or something.

Teas like Sleepytime (chamomile and mint etc) help, and hot chocolate
(unsweetened); so do hot oily soups like chicken broth. What helps more

is

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

solids in hot oily liquid, like canned corn with butter; the solids sort

of

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

clean off the throat, spend longer there, so there's more contact with

the

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

throat before the stomach fills up.

Citrus, orange juice, tomato juice, etc irritate my throat, make me feel
sneezy; even the 'chewable' acerola-type vitamin C lozenges.

One odd thing that helps me a little is chewing fragments of stevia

leaf.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

That makes saliva flow but it isn't a cloying sweet in the stomach.

Other ideas, please???

Skinny

Butch up.

--
Most people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. -- MFW

"Skinny" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Cough syrups, cough drops, 'cold cure teas' are all too sweet, or too
burning....

I get dry sore throat that often develops into painful infection. The
nurse
practitioner said to keep the saliva flowing, told me if I ran out of
cough
drops or hard candies, to suck on a button or something.

Teas like Sleepytime (chamomile and mint etc) help, and hot chocolate
(unsweetened); so do hot oily soups like chicken broth. What helps more is
solids in hot oily liquid, like canned corn with butter; the solids sort
of
clean off the throat, spend longer there, so there's more contact with the
throat before the stomach fills up.

Citrus, orange juice, tomato juice, etc irritate my throat, make me feel
sneezy; even the 'chewable' acerola-type vitamin C lozenges.

One odd thing that helps me a little is chewing fragments of stevia leaf.
That makes saliva flow but it isn't a cloying sweet in the stomach.

Other ideas, please???

Skinny
--
LCing for BG, not weight

It's just the flower. If you go to a local chinese supermarket, you might find
some? I don't know v much about which variety of chrysanthemums are expected to
work, but I have drank chrysanthemum tea made with big chrysanthemums (diameter
of a closed cup mushroom) as well as tiny ones (like a haricot bean). It's
dried, and it looks like a dried flower.

Hope it helps. :-)

Skinny said:

Ada Ma said:

chrysanthemum tea made without any sugar, just the tea.

The local health food store doesn't have this. If I can find a chrisanthemum
plant, do I use the flowers or leaves?

Quoted message said:

<posing as a chinese med doctor>

<bowing>

Quoted message said:

I think the fire element is going a bit too
wild in your body. Have you been staying up till late recently? Working

long

Quoted message said:

hours? Haven't had enough sleep? Let me check your tongue - ahhh... the

tip is

Quoted message said:

a bit too pink, surely you're lack of sleep.

Ah so, bingo! And just before this started, I had a lot of very hot curry,
and then some Alfredo sauce with garlic.

If the honorable chinese doctor would kindly tell more...?

Skinny Grasshopper

Now get some dried chrysanthemum

Quoted message said:

and make tea with it...

now seriously - chrysanthemum tea should work quite well, and don't drink

too

Quoted message said:

much mint tea, esp. just before you go to bed, as I read it somewhere that

it

Quoted message said:

tends to cause heart burns and quite a few asdlc-ers used to get heart

burns.

Quoted message said:

since you say chewing leaves help, may be chewing gum would also help?

Skinny said:

Cough syrups, cough drops, 'cold cure teas' are all too sweet, or too
burning....

I get dry sore throat that often develops into painful infection. The

nurse

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

practitioner said to keep the saliva flowing, told me if I ran out of

cough

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

drops or hard candies, to suck on a button or something.

Teas like Sleepytime (chamomile and mint etc) help, and hot chocolate
(unsweetened); so do hot oily soups like chicken broth. What helps more

is

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

solids in hot oily liquid, like canned corn with butter; the solids sort

of

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

clean off the throat, spend longer there, so there's more contact with

the

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

throat before the stomach fills up.

Citrus, orange juice, tomato juice, etc irritate my throat, make me feel
sneezy; even the 'chewable' acerola-type vitamin C lozenges.

One odd thing that helps me a little is chewing fragments of stevia

leaf.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

That makes saliva flow but it isn't a cloying sweet in the stomach.

Other ideas, please???

Skinny