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Originally Posted by CinnamonGirl
One of my favorite remedies, especially for sore throats, is pouring boiling, or near-boiling water over some lemon slices and letting them marinate for about five minutes or so. It doesn't taste wonderful, so I'll add sugar or honey to sweeten it a bit. Kind of a poor version of Theraflu, but I like it. Very soothing.
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My glee club director gave me a similar remedy for a sore throat. Unsweetened grapefruit juice, heated to boiling, then drank just after it drops under the scalding point. I used this to get through two performances when I had lost my voice; each dose gives about 15 minutes of singing time. Unfortunately, I couldn't talk for about a week afterwards, due to the damage I had done, but it did what it needed to do.