5 Teas For Sore Throat
An excellent tea to soothe a sore throat and sore throat is pineapple tea, which is rich in vitamin C and helps strengthen the immune system and can be consumed up to 3 times per day. Plantain tea and ginger tea with honey, are also tea options that can be taken to improve the symptoms of inflamed throat.
During the period when the throat is irritated and with a feeling of roughness, in addition to drinking tea, it is important to keep it well hydrated, ingesting small sips of water during the day, which help in the recovery of the body and to combat this discomfort, reducing dry and irritating cough. See how to prepare herbal tea for sore throat.
1. Pineapple tea with honey
Pineapple is a fruit rich in vitamin C that strengthens the immune system, fighting various diseases, especially viral diseases, being excellent for treating sore throat caused by flus, colds or forcing the voice in a presentation, show or class, for example.
Ingredients
2 pineapple slices (with peel);
½ liter of water;
Honey to taste.
How to prepare
Place 500 ml of water in a pot and add 2 pineapple slices (with peel), let boil for 5 minutes. Then, remove the tea from the heat, cover the pot, let it cool and strain. This pineapple tea should be drunk several times a day, warm and sweetened with a little honey, to make the tea more viscous and help lubricate the throat.
2. Sage tea with salt
Another excellent home solution for sore throat is to gargle with warm sage tea with sea salt.
The sore throat quickly subsides, as the sage possesses astringent properties that temporarily relieve the pain and the sea salt possesses antiseptic properties that aid in the recovery of the inflamed tissue.
Ingredients
Method of preparation
Simply add the boiling water over the sage and cover the container, leaving the mixture to infuse for 10 minutes. After the established time, strain the tea and add the sea salt. The person with a sore throat should gargle with the warm solution at least 2 times a day.
3. Plantain tea with propolis
Plantain has antibiotic and anti-inflammatory action, and is useful to help fight the signs and symptoms of throat inflammation and when drunk warm its effects are greater, because it soothes throat irritation.
Ingredients:
30 g of greater plantain leaves;
1 liter of water;
10 drops of propolis.
How to prepare:
To prepare the tea, boil the water and add the greater plantain leaves, let it steep for 10 minutes. When lukewarm, strain and add 10 drops of propolis, gargle 3 to 5 times a day. Learn about other benefits of plantain tea.
4. Eucalyptus tea
Eucalyptus is a natural antiseptic that helps the body fight microorganisms that may be causing a sore throat.
Ingredients
10 eucalyptus leaves;
1 liter of water.
How to prepare
Boil the water and add the eucalyptus leaves. Let it cool a little and inhale the steam coming out of this tea at least 2 times a day for 15 minutes.
5. Ginger tea with honey
Ginger is a medicinal plant with anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, for this reason, it is widely used to soothe an inflamed throat. Similarly, honey is an anti-inflammatory product that helps fight microorganisms that can cause inflammation in the throat.
Ingredients
1cm of ginger;
1 cup of water;
1 tablespoon of honey.
How to prepare
Place the ginger in a pot with water and boil for 3 minutes. After boiling, cover the pot and let it cool. Then strain, add honey and drink 3 to 4 times a day. See how to prepare other ginger tea recipes.
Other tips to combat swollen throat
Another option to improve the swollen throat, is to eat a square of half bitter chocolate at the same time as 1 mint leaf, as this mixture helps lubricate the throat eliminating the discomfort.
Chocolate should have more than 70% cocoa because it contains more flavonoids that help fight the inflamed throat. You can also prepare a fruit smoothie by whisking 1 square of the 70% cocoa chocolate with 1/4 glass of milk and 1 banana, as this smoothie soothes a sore throat.
See in the video below more natural strategies for when you have a sore throat:
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