Soothe Your Sore Throat Naturally with Cayenne Pepper

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Posted by Julie (Mesick, Michigan) on 06/24/2007
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This morning I awoke to the worst sore throat I've ever had. I tried your Cayenne pepper recipe and I can already swallow. It's only been fifteen minutes. My throat is still a little sore so I will do another rinse soon but I can't believe how much better it feels already. I always drink a glass of water in the morning and it hurt to much to do it earlier but I am doing it now (there is only a little burning in my mouth from the pepper but it is not bad) Thank you for your help and I truly appreciate this site.

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Posted by Duncan (London, UK) on 05/27/2007
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Cayenne Pepper (remedy): This remedy is incredible and works a treat. I didn't believe it would work but it does. I had killer man flu (the worst kind) with a sore throat that felt like swallowing broken glass. I tried all remedies from the pharmacy but none of them worked longer than a couple of minutes at most. The cayenne pepper worked almost immediately however. Try it - it works!!

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Posted by Cherilyn (Macon, GA) on 05/23/2007
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I could feel the tingling in my throat this morning and knew it was the beginning stages for a full-on sore throat. Well I wanted to nip it in the bud as soon as I could so I came across this site. On my lunch break I went home and gargled with cayenne pepper in warm water (5 shakes!) and also painted iodine on my inner wrists. I thought both would never work. Well its now 2 hours later and I feel 90 percent better. I won't say 100% because that would be a lie... but it most certainly did help!!! I will always do these remedies from now on. Thanks much.

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Posted by enrisel (los angeles, california) on 05/21/2007
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i had some hard time swallowing for about two days now. specially in the morning as i wake up and try to swallow it always feel like there's something stuck in my throat and it would hurt really bad. some times its gone sometimes its there. i try to eat some candies that suppose to ease up the pain in your throat, it would work for a while, then gone as soon as you finish your candy. so i looked for help here on your website and saw cayenne pepper with H2O and just gargle it for as long as you can stand it. so i heated about a 2 cups of water and added about half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper powder. gargled it till i can stand it. the first time it was ok till i spat out. then i felt the burning sensation inside my mouth and it made my nose run. then i did it again and it would just really burn. but it just feels like i accidently ate one of those mexican food. right away i took some ice and just sip and bite and ate that ice like candy and washed my whole mouth with cold water. as soon as i finished i tried to swallow and it didnt hurt anymore. i was just left with the burning. but after 5 mins the burning was gone and the throat didnt hurt anymore. thank you for everyones feedback.

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Posted by Mel (New York, New YorK) on 05/20/2007
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Thanks for the cayenne pepper tip for healing a sore throat. Mom told me salt water-- i found your information, tried the cayenne cause it seemed fitting... and in about an hour of doing it, and repeating, it soothed my throat, and I starting coughing up the bacteria... this is a good one, really. Folks need to go beyond salt on this. Last night I did chew whole garlic cloves which was really harsh on my throat. But the red pepper seems to be doing the trick. Thanks.

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Posted by Joy (Hudson, MA) on 05/18/2007
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How is it that this is the first I'm hearing of this? I thought this might be a cruel joke, but out of desperation, I tried the Cayenne Pepper remedy for my sore throat and it is working! I tried it 20 minutes ago - and it totally took about 80% of the pain. I was about to break into my pain killer stash, but knew that won't be a good idea while taking care of my 3 month old son... so I came across this site, gave it a shot, and wow... I think it's actually working. I'm going to try the ACV/Cayenne recipe below now. Thank you!

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Posted by Irene (North Bergen,New Jersey) on 05/16/2007
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I have been on antibiotics for my sore throat since March (2 Z-packs) and 10 days of Antibiotics 875 mgs of Penicillin for the past 10 days. After my last pill this past Saturday my Throat started to tingle and one of my glands started to feel a little swollen and I would feel it when I would swallow. I went to CVS and brought a 99 cent bottle of cayenne pepper yesterday afternoo. I gargled last night and this morning and added some pepper in my salsa for lunch today. This is a miracle cure and I feel 95% better than I did yesterday!

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Posted by D (Honolulu, Hawaii) on 05/15/2007
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It is 6:00am in the morning and I awoke at 4:30am with a severe sore throat. Every time I swallowed I thought my ears were tearing inside. I couldnt even swallow to take tylenol. Desperate to find some thing to remedy this pain I started to google and came across this website. I kept reading the testimonies of cayenne pepper and decided to give it a try. I was reluctant only because I do not like or can handle spicy foods. I gargled with 1/2 tsp of pepper to 10oz warm H20... beware your mouth and lips will go on fire after about two or three gargles.Have a glass of milk handy to rinse with and relieve fiery sensation esp if you cant handle spicy foods like me. But I SWEAR its amazing. Its been about 30 minutes and my throat not only feels 80% better but it makes you cough up so much phlegm. I'm off to gargle again!

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Posted by Penny (Redondo Beach, CA) on 05/14/2007
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I just tried this remedy and it works! I didn't have any red pepper in my cabinet, but I did have some tabasco sauce. I poured a few shakes of the sauce in a cup and added some warm water to mix. I gargled with the mixture and then I sipped some of it like tea. It was actually kind of good once the initial burning subsided :) Anyway, it works! My sore throat has diminished considerably and my sinuses are so clear they're whistling (okay, that part isn't true, but thay are clear! :) Thanks to all who posted. This remedy is a winner!

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Posted by Keith (Cape Breton, Canada) on 05/12/2007
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i had a nagging sore throat since monday, (its now saterday), i found that it was getting worse. i googled sore throat remedies and found this, laughed when i first read it (im not putting hot peppers down my throat), but after asking a friend he said he heard the same thing, so i tried it, i just gargled once 10 minutes ago, i have no pain, no discomfort, burns like hell though for a few minutes. i feel pretty good but im gonna do it a few more times this hour just to make sure. (cause its party night). pretty quick acting, don't know if it "cures" it or just numbs it, i will post again just to tell you how it works a few hours later. thanks

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Posted by Faye (Vernon, Alabama) on 05/11/2007
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I was up all night with a terrible sore throat. I looked online for "sore throat remedies" and found the cayenne pepper cure... I went to get some and tried it... it worked right away. now I am telling all my family and friends about this wonderful find... Thanks!! I did add a little salt just for taste. and I coated my lips with Carmex to help the burn.

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Posted by Cole (Bethel, Ohio) on 05/11/2007
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My sore throat started yesterday. I'm in a musical production in which I have a solo that requires me to sing with all of the power I can muster in my voice. Opening night is tonight and at last night's dressed rehearsal, my song (which had been fairly easy for me to sing) was very difficult because of my throat. Starting to freak out when it had worsened this morning, I searched online and found this site. I was leery at first, but decided to try it. The cayenne pepper gargle helped immediately (though it did burn a bit, it was worth it) and I plan to take tea with cayenne to my show tonight.

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Posted by Preston (Little Rock, Arkansas) on 05/11/2007
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I am not the home remedy type I am the go to the Dr and he fixes it guy. But I have been to the Dr and still have this nagging sore throat the Dr put me on a Z-Pak and now I am almost done with my second one all of my other symptoms (fever, aching, general crap like feeling) are gone except for this pesky sore throat. It is horrible in the mornings. I go up this morning and started searching the net for a way to get rid of or ease the pain. I stumbled onto here thought yet right but I tried it anyway. To Leslie in Floride I think it was thank you I had no cayenne powder but I did have those little pizza red pepper flakes. I put about half a packet of those in a about 8 oz water let it sit for a minute and started gargling. Afterwards I could swallow for the first time with no pain in weeks. And I started coughing up rather easily the crude that takes me an hour to get up (sorry that is gross but it you have a sore throat you know what I mean). I will continue this for a few more days but the instant relief is worth the first try. Thanks so much!

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Posted by Brandon (Chicago, IL) on 05/10/2007
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I had this sore throat for the last 6 days. The first two days were miserable aggravating soreness in the front of the throat. I was on Vick's 44 Sorethroat oral spray for two days (which relief and numb the sored spot but didn't cure it), two days of taking Tylenol SoreThroat medicine to the max (12 pills total), and a remedy of half cup of warm water with tumeric powder and lemon; but soreness were still there. I was thinking perhaps I might have to go to the doctor and get antibiotic, but then I stumbled into this website while googling decided to give the devil another round of challenge. I put 1 tsp of cheyenne pepper in a half cup warm water, gurgle a mouthful of it for a 30 seconds, and then swallow. Lo and Behold, I slowly felt the devilish sore spot gradually dissipated, and the knot in my throat clear! I didn't have problem with the spiciness of the cayenne since I love spicy food, so I continued gurgle and swallowing the how remedy. It's been 2 hours now, and my throat is about 80% clear; with a slight knot in my throat. I will continue this remedy for several times to see if it completely cures it. So far so good.

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Posted by Alfonzo (Seattle, WA) on 05/08/2007
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When an egnostic claims "Hallelujah!" It must work! My wife's sore throat was so painful I'm sure she would have licked a poisonous frog if someone claimed it worked. Then we stumbled upon the "cayenne pepper remedy"! We used another user's recipe of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper in 12oz of water. After 5 gargles of this red concoction, she exclaimed in excited disbelief that it was working!! A by-product of gargling this brew was lips and tongue of fire! She quelled the burn with a cool glass of milk after she had gargled as much as she could stand. I'm soo glad that it worked because now my baby can get to sleep! Yahoo!!