I've had today at home with a nasty throat infection. The sort that feels as though burning razorblades and fingernails are cohabiting in your throat and makes you sound like Darren Lockyer.
I can be the masochistic kind when it comes to illness. Normally I'll try to ride out a headache without resorting to painkillers and when it comes to sore throats, I'm the same. I can't stand throat lozenges (they make my teeth feel furry) and will grin and bear it for a few days rather than gargling Dettol.
Tom has just arrived home from work. Bearing some sort of antiseptic throat gargle. He's told me I must either take the gargle or drink his homemade concoction of crushed garlic, fresh ginger, lemon and boiling water. He swears the latter kills all germs and it wouldn't surprise me if it did - if I were a germ, I'd up and run if I smelled that coming towards me, too.
So it comes to this. Tom knows I'll do the gargle over the feral tea and is guilting me into it by using the 'if you love me you will' argument. GRRR!
If you hear screams of agony coming from Prahran, don't be alarmed. It'll just be me, taking my medicine. With love.
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I don't think anything save time or antibiotics cures a throat infection, but dome cures do at least cheer you up a little. I use equal parts of water and scotch whisky, a squeeze of lemon, and a dab of honey all boiled up together; stand over the saucepan whilst stirring the mixture (thus enforcing inhalation of its fumes), then drink it as hot as the state of your throat will allow. Doesn't actually cure the throat, but helps you to sleep through it, and generally cheers you up a bit- does me, anyway.
Hope you soon feel better, Regards, MIke.
Swap the garlic for honey and it won't taste half bad ;-)
Make garlic soup, which also tastes good and if it doesn't keep away germs it keeps away people at least :-D
Garlic and onion soup...it'll either kill the germs or you, so you win which way you look at it :P
Hope you're feeling better soon :)
Mike, I like the way you think! Whisky sounds far more palatable than garlic. I think I'd drink this even when not sick...
Nicole, at least the garlic soup option would stop him from trying to get close enough to force feed me the ginger/garlic tea!
Jayne, I am strangely intrigued by the idea of garlic and onion soup. Does it taste any good? Hope you're getting some rest, too.
miss d - sorry to hear you're not feeling well in the throat. :(
to sooth a sore throat, try the following chinese remedy. you'll need:
a can of coke
one lemon
a small piece ginger (optional)
heat over stove: coke, a couple slices of lemon and a few little slices of ginger (depending on how much you like ginger). boil until hot.
drink.
very soothing. and you don't have to run the other way from the taste. :)
feel better.
x
Ling, that sounds yum! Told Tom about it and he approved, so it's on the menu.
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