Sore throat 'elixer'

[MaC]

One glass jar
One onion
Sharp knife or grater
Sugar

Peel and either grate or finely chop up onion.
Put it into the glass jar.
Cover the onion with sugar and shake gently.
Put the lid on and sit the jar someplace cool.

Within a few hours you'll see a brownish liquid at the bottom of the jar.
Leave for a few days and there'll be a lot more.
A teaspoonful of the liquid is a good sore throat and mouth ulcer gargle.
Swish it around your mouth and then swallow.

Simplest sort throat elixer I know and it's effective too.
I strain out the onion and the liquid will last for weeks in the fridge without going off.

M

 

[ElThomsono]

My whole household was stricken with a viral throat infection recently; first night I tried whisky, second bourbon, third brandy. The brandy seemed to be the cure, although the control group all recovered without it but perhaps not as fondly?

 

[E. By Gum]

Shouldn't it be elixir? He said pedantically.

 

[MaC]

Depends how old your Herbal (herbale / receipt ) book is

 

[noddy]

Gargling salt water seems to cure every buccal malaise - must try with an onion in it.

 

[GeoffW]

My mother used to make a sore throat "remedy" of equal parts of vinegar, butter and black treacle. Warmed together in a hot water bath.