Sore Throat Compress

Especially for children a sore throat compress is often very useful. Usually after one or two treatments the sore throat has gone.


If your child can not bear the throat compress, I suggest giving homeopathic remedies.
You may use compresses beside other home remedies.

sore throat eskimos


Hot Lemon Compress:

cures mild sore throat.

  • Take a lemon and squeeze the juice
  • Dilute with equal amount of hot water
  • Soak a linen or cotton cloth (in the size of a neck) in the hot lemon solution
  • Wring out the cloth strongly
  • Place the cloth as hot as bearable around the neck
  • Fasten with a woolen scarf
  • Leave it on for 10 minutes
  • After removing the compress keep you throat warm
sore throat whole lemon


Cold Lemon Compress:

helps for the beginning of a serious sore throat, strep throat with high fever.

sore throat compress
  • Take a lemon (organic if possible) and squeeze the juice
  • Dilute with equal amount of cold water
  • Soak a linen or cotton cloth (neck size) in the cold lemon solution
  • Wring out the cloth
  • Grease your skin with olive oil on the neck
  • Apply the cold lemon cloth around the neck, but leave the spine area free (as shown on the picture above)
  • Fasten with a woolen scarf tightly
  • Leave it on for 1 hour
  • Remove if your skin gets itchy
  • After removing keep your throat warm

sore throat cottage cheese

May be the most effective throat compress is the:

cottage-cheese poultice

helps for very acute, severe, painful swollen sore throat:

  • Take a thin, larger cotton cloth and 200-300g cottage-cheese
  • Spread the cottage-cheese on the middle of the cloth and make a small bag as shown on the picture below
  • Warm the cottage-cheese bag with a hair drier or on the radiator
  • Apply it to the neck and leave the spine area free
  • Fasten first with a cotton scarf and with a thick woolen scarf afterwards
  • Leave it on for 3-4 hours until the cottage-cheese dries up
  • After removing keep your throat warm
sore throat compress drawing

Can be repeated daily if it helps.

Do not use cottage-cheese poultice, if you are allergic to cow's milk.


Compresses can be used as a complementary treatment beside any kind of other medication or home remedy.

 

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