http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss http://www.earthclinic.com/template_img/logo.jpg http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss Hundreds of Reader Feedback Posts about the Power of Cayenne Pepper to Cure A Sore Throat! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:29:25 EST en-us http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_35054 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss1 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:03:00 EST Kacy from Altoona, Pa writes: "I went to a natural food store and asked for some cayenne pepper powder and they said that its very hard to find in grocery stores and that it has to be special ordered so i would order it so it can be kept on hand. I don't know what I'm going to do now about my sore throat!" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_34745 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss2 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:17:25 EST Jellyphish from Arcata, Ca writes: "Cayenne and sore throat/flu I wanted to be yet another person who posts concerning their response to this remedy. What is interesting to me is that i have issues with nightshades and generally do not eat any in that family. However, cayenne plays a different game, or so it seems. I work in a health clinic and when bugs are flying about, they like to swarm around us. As a small business owner it is imperative that i be well, i just simply don't get paid otherwise! Thus i was ready, willing and gargled the cayenne with warm water (next time will add a bit honey as it is an excellent anti-bacterial), i did this once every two hours until the symptoms (ie. sore throat, general flu symptoms) subsided. The following day the symptoms significantly reduced, i then continued gargling about once every three hours for the next two days. It felt like the cayenne was chasing the flu, and of the two, the cayenne was the stronger! Needless to say i felt free of symptoms that third day and now when anyone has a similar presentation, the first recommendation is this protocol. " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_34018 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss3 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:28:39 EDT [YEA] Ken from Jupiter, Fl writes: "Visited grandchildren, one of whom came home from school with very sore throat. Flew home and woke up with very, very sore throat. Gargled twice with salt water until store opened; bought some cayenne pepper and gargled (1/4 tsp in 8 oz warm water) every two hours for 8 hours. Immediate relief after the first time. No problems with lip or tongue tingling from the pepper .... less severe than eating spicy wings." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_33578 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss4 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:18:49 EDT [YEA] Suzanne from Lancaster, Pa writes: "This is a godsend! I have had a viral infection for 5 days now with severe sore throat pain and went to the doctor two days ago and he gave me nothing.....I tried the Cayenne, Honey and lemon juice remedy above and I am in instant relief! thank you all!" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_33189 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss5 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] Mimic from New York, New York writes: "Sore Throat and colds For the last 15 years I have been treating my colds and sore throats with cayenne pepper. As soon as I feel the first symptoms, I take one table spoon of cayenne pepper, wait a couple of minutes before drinking a glass of room temperature water. This treatment always, always works and it takes a two or three hours for all the bad symptoms to disappear. " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_32701 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss6 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:17:32 EDT [YEA] Floridagal from Sebring, Florida writes: "Cayenne Pepper Cure for Sore Throat Cayenne Pepper delivered me from a toe-curlingly painful swallow to pain-free swallowing within about 4 hours yesterday. I dumped one capsule of CP into about 6 oz. of very warm water, and gargled every 15 to 30 minutes. I got better at the gargling with some practice! I found that rinsing my mouth with cool water would remove the pepper from the front of my mouth, but not the throat, so I began finishing up with rinsing, and had very little pepper burn on my mouth and lips afterwards. I will continue treatment until all my symptoms are gone, not just the sore throat. Thanks for this site! " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_32179 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss7 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:31:38 EDT [YEA] Kay from Pyongtaek, S Korea writes: "Cayenne Pepper and sore throat I am a 41yr old mom of 5 who cannot afford to get sick...I do not work but have an extremely hectic schedul as I am also a military wife. I took the Flu mist on a Thursday and was sick as a dog by Friday evening to include a nasty feeling throat that I kept waking up to not to mention other yucky symptons. I research EVERYTHING so googling "natural cures for a sore throat" was no different...I researched it coming up with this awesome site. However, besides the fact that I am a chicken I don't really do spicy foods so the cayenne pepper remedy danced in my mind for a couple of days. I was brave enough to add it to my dinner two nights in a row thinking well I will swallow it and that will work EVEN better. The second night I had soup with probably 1/2 a teaspoon in it but this does not work! YOU HAVE TO GARGLE! On the second night upon waking up and not being able to tolerate the sore throat much more, I stumbled to my kitchen and put 4 ozs. of almost hot water in a cup, 1 tsp. of cayenne pepper, about 5 shakes of black pepper for good measure, and a generous amount of salt (i think it just makes it easy to gargle. This WORKED almost INSTANTANEOUSLY! My few coughs are producing the yuck that needs to get from inside of me and the stuff is just jumping out. You will have to repeat this. I promise 1 DROP of the cayenne concoction produces HUGE results. IMPORTANT: take a dropper or spoon and put the concoction on the back of the tongue. MIRACLE SORE THROAT CURE! DOn't be afraid as the burn on the tongue does not last long due to "capsaician" which is a natural pain killer that is found in the cayenne and other peppers. ***Have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis due to an old injury (my doctor prescribed something that she said really is a miracle topical cream-CAPSAICIAN cream so I knew this remedy would work; do the research on natural uses for cayenne pepper and it is right there! Thanks and I pray this saves someone alot of pain " http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_31717 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss8 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:15:35 EDT [YEA] Jw from Flintville, Tn writes: "i put in 1/2 teaspoon to a cup of water and gargled that ceyenne pepper as a last resort. it has really helped this is the second day and after 2 times using it with some salt water at lunch today i can eat without it hurting too bad." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_30059 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss9 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:04:50 EDT [YEA] Latoya from Greenville, North Carolina writes: "On Friday night, I came home sneezing and with the beginnings of a sore throat. Through the night, my sinuses drained into my throat as I slept and I woke up with a burning raw throat. I got on the internet looking for anything that would allow me to get back to sleep when I found this site. I was skeptical about the cayenne pepper and I could only imagine how it would burn. To my suprise it wasnt that bad. I started with a gargle (1/4 teaspoon in 8 oz of warm water. I gargled for about 5 minutes and had almost instant relief (this was about 7:45 am). I followed the suggestions of another user about putting vaseline on your lips prior to gargling and I think that helped with the burning sensation a lot. I also ate yogurt afterwards to increase the cooling. Later that day I ate chili from Wendy's (12:00 noon) with about 5 nice dashes of cayenne (it was great) and I had chicken noodle soup (5 pm) with about 6-7 dashes of cayenne and the spiciness was almost similar to how it tastes when I add black pepper. It was very spicy towards the end of the soup (cayenne settles at the bottom) but I bravely drank the remaining broth. I will always be greatful to this site and cayenne pepper lol" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_29888 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss10 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:24:52 EDT [YEA] Kilihunebabe from Steilacoom, WA writes: "i did the cayenne pepper gargle once every 15 minutes for two hours, then drank the cayenne pepper, honey and lemon tea for about four hours following, doing the cayenne pepper gargle once an hour. the gargle definitely stung but the almost instantaneous relief was worth the moderate discomfort of the sting. over the course of 6 hours, my throat went from "streppy" to nearly pain free. i'd lay odds that if i had kept up the cayenne remedies for the remainder of the day, the entire cold would have been knocked out of the park!" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_29639 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss11 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:17:33 EDT [YEA] Sarah from Fort Collins, CO writes: "Cayenne pepper worked for my sore throat! I have a cold with really bad nasal congestion and a terrible sore throat. I made a "tea" with hot water, 2 T ACV and 1/4 t cayenne. I'm not sure if I would have been able to drink it if I wasn't completely congested because my husband said it smelled terrible, but to me it just tasted like hot water. I drank two cups of this tea and my sore throat is much better. I was hoping the cayenne would help with the congestion too, but hasn't so far." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_29469 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss12 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:01:19 EDT [YEA] Miguel from Carson City, Nevada writes: "I was really skeptical to use cayenne pepper. Since May I have had a horrible cough and I've been coughing up mucus for about two months. I've also had strep throat 3 times this year. Right now it's the third time. I didn't even think I had cayenne pepper and I eventually decided to look for it and to my surprise I did have it. I was originally going to try gargling cayenne pepper and peroxide. I decided to try this instead. It honestly worked for me and I am very surprised. Even drinking cold water was incredibly painful. It was swallowing that hurt the most, though. My throat is still a little sore but it doesn't sting nearly as much as it did before. I'm still drinking my tea and I also made ramen with some cayenne pepper so I'm sure by the time I finish them both I'll feel a lot better." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_29364 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss13 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:00:33 EDT [YEA] Emily from Vancouver, BC writes: "I've had a wicked sore throat for the past 2 days. In a desperate move I tried the 1/2 t of cayenne pepper mixed with a mug full of warm water, gargling for 10 seconds every 15 minutes... it was so disgusting and my mouth was on fire after each attempt... but 2 hours later and I can swallow without the stabbing pain at the back of my throat. Thanks for the tip" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_29076 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss14 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:53:27 EDT [YEA] Klaeber from Newton, Kansas writes: "Yesterday I began developing a cold: Congestion, Sore Throat, Chills. The chills have subsided and the congestion continues, but I believe I have purchased relief from the sore throat through cayenne. In the middle of the night, I tried the ACV, but it only relieved the symptoms temporarily. This morning, I tried 1/8 t. of cayenne to 1 T. honey in a mug of hot water. I've been sipping off and on this morning with MUCH relief from the throat issues. Thank you!" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_27856 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss15 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:06:23 EDT [YEA] Eveline from Candian living in Spain writes: "I was having problems a couple of weeks ago with a very mild sore throat. One of those that hurt in the morning but would go away during the course of the day but for me that usually is a warning that something is coming. I started gargling with salt water (my previous favourite rememdy). I also read about the honey and ACV so I mixed that up and would have tsps of that every so often throughout the day. However, morning after morning my throat would still be sore. I was anxious to get rid of it because I was packing up and starting to travel around Spain. Then I added cayenne pepper (maybe 1/4 tsp.). Wow. What a great thing. The very next morning I had no more sore throat. Now, as I travel I have half a lemon in water with cayenne every morning and sometimes at night as well. With traveling on trains and planes and changing climates lately from very hot to quite cool and wet I want to make sure I keep any illnesses at bay. Yay, cayenne pepper!" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_27564 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss16 Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT [NAY] Norman from Spokane, Washington writes: "i recently read this Cayanne pepper article after having a TERRIBLE sore throat for several days which made it hard to breath at times and made me short on breath constantly. i had been taking meds which are suppose to help... but didnt. i found this and tried it, and after only about two hours or so i could breath well and my throat didnt hurt at all. It did get worse to start, but after about the third gargle, i coughed something up and was alot better. PS This will most likly make you sweat, but way worth it." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_27609 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss17 Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] Rachel from Concord, CA writes: "When i first read the remidie I was not so sure, but I had a bad sore troat and I was desperate, I have finals! So, since I was a little frightened to use it, i did about 1/2 cup of water, a coupple sprikles of cayenne pepper and put a genrous amount of honey. I feel a lot better! But after reading the Nays, i would not suggest sipping it, unless in OJ." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_27392 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss18 Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] NM from Norcross, GA writes: "I had a sore throat for a couple of days and as it seem to get worse I came back to this site and I read what others had done and I tried it, I just put some cayanne pepper in 8 oz of water and I just held it in my mouth and I held my head back so that it could go to my throat. Then I spit it out and I could not believe, it but my throat was fine. I put the rest in the fridge just in case it came back the next day, but it didn't. It has been 5 days and I am still fine. Thanks for this site." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_26948 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss19 Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] Celena from Morgantown, WV writes: "I used a little less then 1/8 teaspoon in my mixture, I also added 1/2 juice of a lemon, and 1 teaspoon honey, which made the "tea" taste better. I've used this remedy before, but only after I had went to the Doctor, I needed relief before the antibiotics kicked in. I have recommended this to friends and family because it truly works. I had a horrible sore throat last night before bed, I went to sleep thinking I'll call the doctor in the morning, but when I woke up at 5am with my throat hurting so bad I couldn't sleep, I remembered this remedy, so at 5 in the morning here I am gargling with the mixture. This gave me enough relief that I was able to go back to sleep, and when I woke up 2 hours later I went right back to the gargle. My throat feels so much better!! I'm not completely cured, but I'm sure that I will be by the days end." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_26699 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss20 Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] Elena from Honolulu, Hawaii writes: "I recently had a sore throat that was plaguing me for over 3 weeks. Not only was the pain affecting what I ate, but it was affecting my sleeping, and I was just too tired for everything. Nothing over-the-counter worked. My doctor couldn't prescribe anything except to say to continue with the warm salt gargle and to continue with over-the-counter meds. The salt garble wasn't really working until I added a couple of dashes of cayanne pepper. In about 8 ounces of warm salted water, I started with one dash and finally built up to 4 dashes. It's important to continue to stir the water so that the pepper doesn't settle. I garbled every morning, when I came home from work, and before bed for 3 days. Because I couldn't gargle the water deep enough down my throat without gagging, I resorted to drinking ramen broth with as much cayanne pepper as I could handle. I sipped a little of the broth with pepper at each meal. I found that the hotter the liquid, the more pepper I could tolerate. And the more pepper I consumed, the better my throat felt. I also found that a couple of dashes in hot cocoa is great. I used a popular hot cocoa brand that had milk in the powered mix that only required water. To that I added two dashes of cayanne pepper. I was able to tolerate up to about 7 dashes of pepper. In about 3 days I was pretty much cured. I continued to drink my cocoa mix with cayanne pepper once a day for about a week just in case, and well, because I aquired a taste for it." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_26473 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss21 Sun, 10 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] UA Student from Tucson, AZ writes: "I woke up this morning with a sore throat and have to go to work today where I am constantly talking to patrons. I decided to warm a coffee mug with warm water and about 1/2 a teaspoon full of cayenne pepper and gargled. It feels remarkably better! The only side effect I would say I felt is that my lips are kind of burning like I just ate some spicy salsa. But definitely worth it!" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_26079 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss22 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] Tricia from Sanford, Florida writes: "Yesterday morning I woke up with a sore throat, and it wasn't the dry, itchy kind, either. It was mildly painful, and I knew if I didn't do something fast, it would only get worse. I gargled a small amount of hydrogen peroxide, and it relieved the symptoms, and I felt fine until mid-afternoon. The pain in my throat started creeping back in, I started to develope a runny nose, had a very mild fever, and my body started to to ache a little. When I arrived home, I could barely swallow, it hurt so much! Then, bypassing the hydrogen peroxide, I approx. 1/8 of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper and approx. a tablespoon of honey to a cup of hot water. I took my time, sipping the concoction over a period of about hour while I browsed the web. Well, I went from a pain level that was between 8-9 on a scale of 10 to a pain level between 4-5. I mixed another cup of the mixture and sipped at that for another half hour. By the time I went to bed, the pain level was between 1-2. I slept through the night and when I woke the pain was almost completely gone. I'm sipping on some more right now, and to be honest, my throat feels back to normal. My nose is still a bit runny, and I'm extremely tired and a little weak, but that's about it. I'm going to add apple cider vinegar to my routine today. I've been rather lax about taking the ACV lately, but that won't happen again, believe me! Bottom line---I'm convinced that the cayenne pepper cured my sore throat!" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_25998 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss23 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] Katelynn from Indianapolis, Indiana writes: "i recently started having a very sore throat that felt a little congested and so i looked up any type of remedy to try because i was desperate i tried the cayenne pepper with warm water and hot sauce (a certain name hotsauce starting with an F) i gargled and then swallowed like 3 mouth fulls and it instantly started feeling better...plus the more you use the better it feels for the measurements i just filled a coffee cup 1/2 full with warm water and then poured in the cayenne pepper until it was really red and then put in like 4 drops of hot sauce. it worked for the throat and cleared out my nose but some congestion is still there" http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_25376 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss24 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] Cathy from Atlanta, GA writes: "I want to thank everyone who provided information about the cayenne pepper treatment for a severe sore throat. I've got an acute bacterial infection, which has spread to my eye and my throat. As I'm on antibiotics, I did not want to use any pharmaceutical cold rememdies, but my throat has literally felt as if hot coals were stacked inside it. I could not sleep, could not eat, and was having more & more trouble swallowing. I found the earth clinic site; carefully read all the "sore throat" posts, and decided to try the cayenne pepper mixed with pulpy orange juice. I put 1/8 teaspoon into a 10 ounce glass; mixed it up well, and drank the whole glass. I'm not sure what the healing properties of cayenne pepper are, but I can tell you I already feel some relief. The pulpy orange juice apparently dilutes the cayenne pepper, and I had no pain or burning while drinking it. I plan to drink some more later on today, and am keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks so much." http://www.earthclinic.com/Redirect.php?pageLink=/CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.html&name=CAYENNEPEPPERREADER_25256 /CURES/sore_throat_cayenne.rss25 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT [YEA] Alex from Chico, CA writes: "Like Magic! I did two (light) shakes of cayenne in a cup and a half of water with either a tablespoon to two tablespoons of lemon juice or tangerine juice and a tablespoon of honey mixed in warm water. (important to mix because the cayenne will float to the top and give you extra spicy gargle if you don't mix) Gargled every 15 minutes for about a four hour period. A couple times I alternated with 1/2 Hydrogen Peroxide 1/2 water gargle or just straight water when the heat from the cayenne was too much. Put four shakes of cayenne in the chili I had for dinner. Got up in the middle of the night and gargled once with the hydrogen peroxide and water mix and took a ibuprofen because I was still having pain. When I woke up three hours later -- the lump in my throat had disappeared and I was spitting up junk. Have been feeling great ever since! I am a cayenne fan thanks to your posting!! Thanks for saving me! I got to enjoy the last day of my vacation(finally!)."