Sore Throat/Strep Throat and Tonsillitis
Sore throats are one of the most common health complaints, probably due to the tonsils filtering out toxins, viruses and bacteria. They manifest as raw, burning, itchy, or just soreness at the back of the throat. Most sore throats are caused by viral or bacterial infections but other factors could be irritants and allergies.
When treating any illness in the body I always follow the cold and flu care remedies and then add to it specifics for the condition being treated. If dealing with a viral or bacterial infection you could incorporate herbs from Lesson 5 Immune System.
When treating any illness in the body I always follow the cold and flu care remedies and then add to it specifics for the condition being treated. If dealing with a viral or bacterial infection you could incorporate herbs from Lesson 5 Immune System.
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Soothing Throat Coat
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Raw Honey - Take a spoonful every hour and do not drink for 30 minutes to allow the healing properties to take place.
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Peppermint Sore Throat Spray
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Cinnamon Ginger Honey
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Decongestant Salve - massage along the throat, lymph glands and down into the chest.
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Heal All Herb Mix made into an herbal tea or tincture and used an herbal bath.
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Bone broth with a few cloves of minced garlic and whatever else you want to throw in.
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Gargle with Four Thieves Blend
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- Wrap and alternate warm and cold towels around the neck; 3 minutes hot/30 seconds cold, alternate 3 or 4 times.
- Lymphatic massage before bed using Garlic oil, Glandular Oil, Decongestant Salve or an essential oil listed below. In a gentle circular motion, start behind the ear, down the neck and towards the chest and heart.
- Cayenne Tincture and Lobelia Tincture, massaged gently down the throat and along lymph glands (caution: cayenne tincture is hot use with a carrier oil if irritation occurs).
Strep Throat
Signs of strep throat include fever, swollen, tender lymph nodes on the side of neck, white patches on tonsils and back of throat. Other symptoms could include; sore throat, headache, painful swallowing and less often nausea and vomiting. When treating strep throat you want to add an antibiotic along with the sore throat remedies. Garlic is a powerful herbal antibiotic and 4 cloves is the equivalent of 1 dose of antibiotics. Here are some ways I have included garlic as part of my strep throat treatment and these will also work for a throat abscess (which I have also had):
Signs of strep throat include fever, swollen, tender lymph nodes on the side of neck, white patches on tonsils and back of throat. Other symptoms could include; sore throat, headache, painful swallowing and less often nausea and vomiting. When treating strep throat you want to add an antibiotic along with the sore throat remedies. Garlic is a powerful herbal antibiotic and 4 cloves is the equivalent of 1 dose of antibiotics. Here are some ways I have included garlic as part of my strep throat treatment and these will also work for a throat abscess (which I have also had):
- Add 4 cloves of minced garlic to the Throat Coat above. This is very potent and effective and I have healed a case of strep throat in one day with it, but I had to gag it down because the texture was too much for me.
- Take 4 cloves of pickled garlic a day. You could mince it and add it to fresh dishes (don't cook) or just eat them whole.
- Use garlic oil as the massage for your neck and lymph, apply to the bottoms of the feet and to the wrists.
- In his book Herbal Antibiotics, Stephen Buhner lists the following herbs as specific for streptococcus: berbine plants, cryptoloepis, juniper, usnea, lomatium, honey, echinacea, licorice, ginger and red root.
These are best made into a tea and then gargle before swallowing for best results. Making an herbal honey with them is also very effective and of course you can use a tincture or syrup.
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- Fenugreek
- Goldenseal
- Nettle
- Slippery Elm
See all essential oils on the Respiratory Conditions page
