What is the best way to cure throat infection?

@nishar (66)
India
May 4, 2007 12:29pm CST
I have throat infection for past one week, how can I cure it?
3 responses
@wdiong (1815)
• Singapore
21 May 07
How about taking some of these Herbal Throat Lozenges? These homemade lozenges are simple, easy, and quite effective at treating a sore throat. Try them : 3 tablespoons licorice, powdered 3 tablespoons marshmallow or slippery elm, powdered 3 tablespoons red raspberry leaves, powdered 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 10 drops scented geranium, sage, or rosemary essential oil Honey Cornstarch Mix herbal powders together with just enough honey to make a thick goo. Add essential oil and mix well with fork or fingers. Pinch off small pieces, roll into balls, and flatten slightly to form a lozenge. Toss lightly in a bowl with a little cornstarch. Set to dry for 12 hours. Store in an airtight container.
6 Aug 08
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@Manoj_s (939)
• India
5 May 07
i guess your infection may be due to wrong intake of wrong foods,digestion may be not correct ,you may be eating lot of eggs and meat ,meat and egg ,fish in increasign content causes increases in lot of waste in your body and this will lead to constipation acidity,gas problems,and this toxins will affect the throat also .i strongly beleive change in the diet is solution.include raw veg along with your diet ,avoid junk food eat fresh cooked food ,took foods before three hours after cooking .eat fruits at night .not only throat over all health will be improved.
@PsychoDude (2013)
• Netherlands
4 May 07
Best way? Give it time, a doctor in many countries is pretty useless because for a throat infection they simply tend to give you antibiotics not bothering testing whether it is viral or bacterial, so when it is viral you would simply be killing the natural bacteria being there allowing opportunists to grow there as well infecting you with both a viral and bacterial infection now. If you go to a doctor it would be best to make sure it gets checked out on whether to be viral or not, but here doctors simply tend to advise you to just make sure you drink a lot first since that sort of eases the symptoms and then after 10 days if it's still present come back. Exception goes for little children where there are chances of more serious stuff to be present.