Soothe Your Sore Throat Naturally with Cayenne Pepper

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Posted by Cassie (Chicago, Illinois) on 03/16/2008
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I have had an excruciating sore throat for about three days. I even went to the doctor to get antibiotics. They did no help, i tried everything from lozengers, tea, and pain medication. I came across this site and read the cayenne pepper remedy...at first i felt no relief, so i repeated the process of about a pinch of cayenne and hot water about 4 times before going to bed...i woke up in complete relief! I cannot believe the change in my throat. I will now skip the doctor and go straight to this remedy...THANK YOU!!!

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Posted by Andrea (Longmont, Colorado) on 03/14/2008
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I have had the WORST sore throat and nothing was helping. I know that it is good to drink tea and orange juice (so that you pee a lot and clean out your system and get the vitamin C) but not even Cephecal (the numbing cough drops) were helping to relieve the pain. Then, I put vasaline on my lips (as advised) and combined 1 CUP of OJ (without pulp) with 1/4 tablespoon of Cayanne Pepper. It wasn't that hot to me (but I can take hot) and after gargling and then drinking it immediately after, I feel relief. I think I will try this again with more cayanne. Thanks so much! I read my son his stories and wasn't in total pain with a throat losenge in my mouth!

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Posted by Adriana (Sunrise, Florida) on 03/03/2008
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Cayenne pepper cured my sore throat!!! Finally something that really works RIGHT AWAY!!! I love you guys soooo much!!!! I had had this terrible and annoying pain for a few days now and nothing had worked. I hate antibiotics, so trying to avoid a visit to the Dr tomorrow, i decided to google home remedies and i was directed to this site. After reading so many comments i figured it had to help some... So i tried it! OH MY GOD my mouth was on fire!!!! but it WORKED!!! I was amazed..... I recommend covering your mouth with a waschcloth to avoid splashing your face (eyes)...and also, RINSE with milk...do not swallow the milk!! And please don't brush your teeth afterwards.....it makes it worse!!! but who cares?? your sore throat isn't there.... bottom line: INCREDIBLE REMEDY,...

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Posted by Soon-to-be-mom (Riverside, California) on 02/28/2008
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I'm currently 23 weeks pregnant and don't have a whole lot of options when it comes to cures. I've had the worst sore throat for the last couple days. I haven't slept much due to the pain. I found this sight and decided "What the heck?" I figured the worst that could happen is it wouldn't work. So I mixed about 1/8 tsp. of cayenne with about 8oz. water and gargled until the glass was empty. My sore throat isn't gone yet but I'm sure that if I keep it up it will be soon. I've only done 1 glass and i am already able to swallow without cringing. In between I'm using salt water which helps with the slight burning on my tongue. Next time I might try the spray bottle idea.

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Posted by Mike (Los Angeles, California) on 02/15/2008
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Terrible sore throat past couple of day. Same symptoms as many others here: pain kept me awake all night, felt like I swallowed razor blades. Tried benzocaine/menthol throat lozenges (basically useless). Tea with honey and lemon(better). Then I thought I'd look up some home remedies and came across this site. I didn't have any cider vinegar on hand so I thought I'd give the cayenne mixed with warm water gargle remedy a try. I ended up mixing a 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne in a 1/2 cup of hot water, which I let cool to warm. The thought of gargling with red hot pepper tea to cure what felt like a throat full of razor blades seemed very scary, but it ended up not being as bad as it sounds. And it worked!

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Posted by kimberly (san marcos, california) on 02/11/2008
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I tried the cayenne pepper in tea remedy, and i've only drank one cup of tea so far, but it's a LOT easier to swallow! i can drink water again without wishing someone would take my throat away and give me a new one! i made a cup of lemon & ginger tea (my roommate has teabags of it), put a little less than 1/8 tsp of cayenne pepper in, and about one tsp of honey. i'm definitely going to be drinking that tea again today! (i think i'll wait a little bit, though, because it is kinda spicy)

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Posted by John (weare N.H) on 02/10/2008
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Cayenne/Tabasco, Wow who would thought... Thank you very much. Looks like we have nation wide health care after all.

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Posted by Courtney (Littleton, Colorado) on 01/30/2008
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What an amazing cure. Last night, i was ready to cut out my throat. It felt like i was swallowing razor blades. I came upon your site, and upped the cayenne quite a bit (i can handle the heat) with lots of honey, lemon juice, and hot water. It tasted horrible, (not enough honey i suspect) but right away my throat felt better.

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Posted by Abbie (Goldsboro, NC) on 01/22/2008
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OH MY GOODNESS. This remedy is CRAZY! it really does work! I looked up sore throat cures on google, and it took me here. I was very skeptic, and trust me, the Cayenne powder looks gross in water, but I made myself do it because my throat felt so awful. I started about 35 minutes ago, and it already feels better. Yes, it does sting - I put on lip balm before doing it, and it helped. But really, it even relieved my cough some!! seriously, just try it. what can you lose?

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Posted by Joanie (Geneva, USA) on 01/08/2008
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wow... I grew up in Louisiana, always got cayenne in the house, and have never tried this remedy. Tonight, I felt a sore throat coming on, and have no access to antibiotics right now... so I figured I would try it. Not a stranger to things spicy, I diluted 1/8 teaspoon in cambells tomato soup. and had a small bowl... my throat feels better, and it is a wonderful taste!! try this if you cant manage to kill your tea with it... cause I like my tea sweet. my soup, spicy!!

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Posted by Robert (Aurora, Colorado) on 01/02/2008
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cayenne powder. This was the most incredible cure for sore throat I was amazed. I just wanted to say thanks and just to let you know I made a 20sec video about it and posted it on the internet spreading the news. I got my best results at 1/4 tsp but I mention in the video to start at 1/8 tsp. This is the link below: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1015957/sore_throat_cure/ Thanks again! Robert

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Posted by Carol (Roanoke, VA) on 01/01/2008
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I am NOT a lover of "spicy" anything. I was scared to try the cayenne cure. I had a sore throat and was on day 4 when I decided to do a search online. Thank God for this website. With encouragement from my husband (who loves spicy foods) I decided to try it. I made the tea and only used half the amount called for of the cayenne. IT WORKED! But not right away...it took gargling with the same amount in warm water for a few hours to help the soreness go away. Here I am just the next morning and feeling worlds better. My sore throat is basically gone! This is one wonderful cure. Give it a try. Well worth it.

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Posted by Lynda Brewer (Princeton, ky) on 01/01/2008
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I have felt like garbage for several days, with sore throat, swollen tonsils, and general aches and pains. Yesterday I couldn't take it anymore and decided to fight this thing. I have used jalapenos in the past, so I opened a fresh jar, dumped some in my blender, and after processing, just warmed some tortilla chips in the oven and started dipping. That gave me some more energy, where I was able to move around and didn't want to sleep all of the time, but it didn't help the sore throat.

This morning while I had more energy, I could barely swallow, my tonsils were so swollen! Looking inside my mouth I could see sores on the back of my throat. It's New Year's, so everything but emergency rooms are closed, so I hopped on the Web and found this site, and tried the cayenne gargle.

I heated the water to boiling in my kettle, mixed in the pepper powder, and let it cool to temperature, hoping it would help to extract the properties better. Then I gargled. It was rather warm in my mouth, and I could really tell when it hit one of the sores, but I didn't rinse my mouth afterward, instead taking a drink of tea with a drop of tabasco sauce in it, hoping to get some of the benefits further down my throat. After piddling around my house for a few minutes, I stopped in shock: my tonsil swelling had diminished! I am not kidding! It doesn't hurt to swallow as bad, and the tonsils are no longer swelled to the point where it is obvious on my neck! It is still early in the treatment, and of course the sores are still in my throat, and my tonsils still have a bit of swelling, but I am amazed at the sudden initial drop! I am going to continue to use this gargle a couple of times an hour for a couple days, but at least now I feel better to where I can run to the store and grab some more chips and jalapenos. Perhaps between the two I'll knock this thing without paying a stupid quack...

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Posted by Milind (Mumbai ( Bombay ), India) on 12/29/2007
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After suffering for almost 8 days and not eating for three 'cos of badly hurting sore throat I came across this sit, saw this remedy. I was not ready to believe it, how something like hot chilly powder can cure a throat. I was apprehensive but desperate and I decided to give it a try knowing it will worsen my condition, not telling anyone for the fear of people calling me an idiot. First time reaction 'am I really feeling a bit different. Still I kept at it for a few more times ( I am bit on the adventures side, like experimenting with myself and off-course desperate in need of relief ).Next morning I was positive I was feeling a bit better. It didn't go away took almost three days to finally cure me. It worked, why, how I still don't know a coincidence may be but how it can be that it gradually worked after every treatment. It is still very hard to believe but thank god I tried it and IT WORKED.

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Posted by Delia (Mooloolah Valley, Australia) on 12/07/2007
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After 2 weeks of the worse sore throat I made a Dr appointment but could not get in till the next afternoon. So in desperation I searched the net and found this site. Off to the shop and brought the cayenne pepper and mixed 1/2 tsp in a glass of water and within 20 minutes I had some relief. I did this a few time till I was able to go to sleep. I started to gargle with 1/8 tsp the next day every 30 minutes. By the time I arrived at the doctors it was so much better I told her I did not need the medication. Thank you Delia in Australia