White Horehound is a favourite herb when it comes to sore throat treatment. Good examples of its use are when you are coughing blood, when there is an acute pain in the gullet and during acute bronchitis. White Horehound is a very bitter herb. It is probably not the one you would like to drink every day. If you have a chronic disease like asthma, sarcoidosis and chronic bronchitis it is recommended to use Devils Claw pills instead.

Sometimes you have pain in the gullet because you are catching a cold. When you have these early signs, it is more important to boost your immune system and you will relieve your problems with the disease. In this case White Horehound is not that important. More important are for example Ginger and Echinacea. But if you have a pain in the gullet without really catching a cold it is perfect with White Horehound for sore throat treatment. It is also perfect to use if you could not stop the cold and instead have to take care of its symptoms. White Horehound is anti-inflammatory and also little draining.

1/4 - 1 tsp is OK even if more is better. For many people a teaspoon is far too bitter. There have been good results with 1/4 tsp. In 1000-year-old books it is written about how herbalists have dealt with the problem of its bitterness. It has been boiled with butter and honey, to form a cake. It has been eaten together with tea of the same herb. Sore throat treatment lozenges have also been made.

Facts about White Horehound

• As its bitterness indicates, White Horehound is primarily anti-inflammatory.
• It is easy to grow the herb in a garden. It grows best in poor soil.
• Leaves are the used parts fore sore throat treatment.
• Latin name is Marribium Vulgare.
  
• Sore throat treatment lozenges have been made together with sugar and glucose.

Sore Throat Treatment At Home
Drink a lot of water for best sore throat treatment. Warm herbal teas are very good especially if you feel cold. Good if you have White Horehound in the tea. Avoid sugar and sweeteners. Real honey is very good to use, not the cheap ones.

The most important things for sore throat treatment are rest and a good night sleep. Sleeping time is recovering time for whole body. Eat food that is easy to digest. Then your body will have more energy for healing.

Sore Throat Treatment With Antibiotics
Due to the overuse of antibiotics the antibiotic-resistant bacteria has increased and the antibiotics don't work. Using antibiotics also weakens your body. It is recommended to not use antibiotics. But if your disease is critical you may have to use antibiotics for fast help. Antibiotics may be working for sore throat treatment, but antibiotics cause other problems and it is a risk that next disease will be more difficult.

Natural herbs and rest is the best choice for sore throat treatment in the long run.

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