Sadly, the ACV-cayenne throat potion experiment died a premature death. I gargled a mere three gulps yesterday afternoon before caving. With flames consuming my tongue, I did the only reasonable thing a girl in my situation could do. I ate some ice cream. It cooled the burn and numbed my throat. All better. Then I resorted to evil, chemical-full drugstore Ricola knockoffs to keep my throat numb.
Dr. R., with all due respect, you’re really great at relieving my back and carpal tunnel pain, but I’m passing on your cayenne pepper concoctions in the future.
Alison, I just popped by to catch up on what you’ve been doing lately - and my, I’ve missed a lot. I’m glad I came over, I love your blog. (Of course, I have to rush right back and change the name in my Blog Roll to reflect your current name)
I have a cure for sore throats (including Strep) which I have used for at least 30 years. And I used it with my two granddaughters whom I partially raised for ten years as well. No one likes it. Sounds terrible, but it works.
To begin with, a piece of bread of your choice (even a small square of it will do). Lather on some butter. ( make my own from a pound of unsalted butter plus 1/3 to 1/2 cup oil of choice, I generally used SaffFlower plus 1/2 cup pure water, and I use distilled which I distill at home) This produces a really wonderful ‘whipped butter’. Then use your garlic press to squeeze the entire contents of a clove of garlic onto the little square of bread. It looks innocent and rather pretty but lets remember, one has a sore throat
This is going to feel like fire in the throat as it literally kills off any germ or bacteria in its presence.
It is very important to nibble only small bites at a time, and slowly chew til the bite slowly runs down your throat of its own accord. - No gulping down to get rid of it. The whole point is to bathe the inflamed infected areas with the juice of the pure, fresh garlic. Powerful Stuff! I stand at the kitchen sink with the little piece of buttered bread in my hand, chewing slowly, asking for the courage to finish it properly, knowing that all will be well when I am done. My eyes are exuding tears and not from joy. It hurts. But it is all over in just a few minutes and the throat feels better immediately. Do not drink or ‘chase it down’ with anything. Let the garlic work.
I promise you, this will fix ANY sore throat. But it does hurt for those few minutes of effort. I won’t use anti-biotics in any form (maybe if I was truly dying and am unconscious, I guess, its Okay.) Those of us with immune problems know better than to resort to anti-biotics, the price is just too great. This may have to be repeated if the throat flares up again, but it will do the job. What is really hard is leading a child you love to pieces thru this procedure. If there is love and trust, its really no problem.
One last comment Alison, I am currently dealing with the acid/alkaline balance thing presently. No matter how one looks at all our problems, certain experts indicate that we mostly suffer from acidity. This of course, comes back to our food and the choices we make. Like all fields wherein there are “experts” - no two of them every totally agree on anything….so we are kinda thrown back onto our own resources. We can check our pH levels at home with either saliva or urine (first of the morning), using the test paper which comes in a continuous roll. Can be expensive depending on where you buy it. I found Swanson’s on line to be reasonably priced (less than 1/4th of what the only drug store I could find it at).
I did a post recently titled Cancer is a Fungus in which this Italian Oncologist discusses his treatment of cancers. It may have been the most highly read post I’ve ever done. He discusses many things, but to my point I was making, it is acidity which causes most of our problems - he speaks of this which dramatically illustrates the point. It is worth looking into with regard to candida and so many of our problems. If you like, I can round up my books and share them with you. (on the pH level thing) My best to you dear lady - keep up your ever so important work. Jan
Jan,
Thanks for checking in! I’ve been reading quite a bit about garlic lately, so I think I’ll try something like you’re describing next time around. I’ll have to find a gluten-free bread, but that’s not too hard. I’ve also seen recipes for garlic tea that have piqued my interest.
Yes, pH is an interesting concept. It makes a lot of sense. I even have the testing strips and such. My doctor went through a phase where he had me test every day. It was quite interesting!