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myfinancialjourney.com — An almost sure-fire way to get over a sore throat. Seems to actually work and lots of people have great things to say about it. This site is just one recent example and includes a recipe, but the site it links to has many more positive reviews.
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- bobonot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+43Voice teachers have for years recommended tincture capsicum to alleviate a sore throat and increase vocal range when congested so I have no doubt this remedy has some positive effect.
Here's a quick google on tincture capsicum in case you are interested: http://www.google.com/search?q=tincture+capsicum- Duclod, on 10/12/2007, -107/+30Well, ask any cheerleader what keeps her voice from getting sore and she will tell you its quarterback's splooge.
Who knows? - burkewendt, on 10/12/2007, -40/+6Hmm, I dont see how that title could be misconstrued at all
- TheWorkz, on 10/12/2007, -6/+20http://duggmirror.com/health/How_to_cure_a_sore_throat_almost_instantly/
- Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16Yes, the mirror works, but it's kind of ripped from here:
http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/sore_throat.html - MackDiesel2010, on 10/12/2007, -2/+261Summary: gargle warm water with cayenne pepper in it.
- LovingDigg, on 10/12/2007, -17/+6Thats it? Wow, thats simple. I'm gonna try it.... I just need someone to give me a virus....
- rlutterb, on 10/12/2007, -16/+4The real cure: mash (or chew) up a couple aspirin, gargle with a little water, and swallow. Tastes horrid, but works everytime.
- TheTap, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21I'll stick with Tussin-X.
Loaded with Hydrocodone. Two tablespoons later you're asking yourself "what sore throat?" - fhscomtech3, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3MSDS for tincture capsicum...
http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9923299 - ryodoan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42I wouldnt say ripped, he mentions about 4 times during the article that he cant take any credit for it, and that all his information came from earthclinic...
- MAJORstrasser, on 10/12/2007, -16/+4I just pray my girlfriend doesn't find this...
- sherwinn, on 10/12/2007, -142/+9White people are just finding out about this? This was a common home remedy in my family...
- sansdevin, on 10/12/2007, -17/+98@sherwinn
"White people"? What is that supposed to mean? Are you making a generalized racist statement that white people have never heard of a classic remedy such as this or are you making a generalized racist statement that everyone of your non-white race knows all about this? How do you even know if the author was white? Please spare us your ignorant racially loaded comments. Thank you. - Bleeblaow, on 10/12/2007, -40/+21Omg someone said "white people." What a racist!
- ness0013, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18I've been using hotwings to cure sorethroats for years. I dont see why this wouldnt wor as well.
- AtomB, on 10/12/2007, -15/+4I'm white and I have never heard of this.
- humperdeath, on 10/12/2007, -11/+4 sherwinn is making an ASSumption and makes an ASS of him-or her self.
- po43292, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16"The real cure: mash (or chew) up a couple aspirin, gargle with a little water, and swallow. Tastes horrid, but works everytime."
Also known as Alka-Seltzer: main ingredient = aspirin, and it dissolves in water and doesn't taste that bad. - djshinodalp, on 10/12/2007, -9/+7@sansdevin: I don't think Sherwinn was being racist. He meant people in the Indian subcontinent and other places have been doing similar things to cure sore throat for centuries. He should have said 'Americans' and not 'white people', but meh... everyones overly politically correct these days!
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Another solution is drinking a warm glass of milk with turmeric powder (1/4 teaspoon). =)
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Have a good day... or night. (just so I don't insult thee if you are a night kinda person) :S - over90, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Don't you just wish you had commenters like NI on digg.
- unlimitedorb, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2Or you could just kill yourself...
- P373Y, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1http://www.driftwood-dreams.co.uk/Anita/papier_mache_mirrors/papier-mache-mirror-jaipur.JPG
did someone ask for a mirror - DoodleMaster, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7All you have to do is gargle Listerine...it cures halitosis and kills the bacteria, that cause sore throat.
- signal15, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This will make it feel better... but you should still get a strep test. Untreated strep can migrate to your bloodstream and infect your heart, causing scarring on one of the valves which requires surgery to fix. You could actually die from it, even years later.
- DryvBy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2@sansdevin
I don't think that was racist, weirdo. Let me guess, I'm a nark for digging down your statement too? - datastorageguy, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5@sherwinn
Yeah we just caught on to the pepper gargle thing because we "white" people were too busy inventing computers, modern science, cars, airplanes, nuclear power, and other such things. Sorry we have been kind of busy. - ihatekevinrose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4oh *****. you were supposed to gargle it? I didn't read to that part. I just chugged a glass...
- dylanrush, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Gargling vodka or gin has always worked for me. But I will try this next time because I tend to get strep throat 3-4 times a year.
- m1ss1ontomars, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@po43292 et al:
Unfortunately, kids shouldn't be taking too much aspirin, as they can develop Reye's syndrome. - GodKiller, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I woke up with a sore throat today and I don't have any of that magic powder lying around :(
- Cwo655321, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1does this actually work? or is someone getting ready for April
- Duclod, on 10/12/2007, -107/+30Well, ask any cheerleader what keeps her voice from getting sore and she will tell you its quarterback's splooge.
- zizzybaloobah, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8And if the cayenne burns a little, try a couple sips of warm water in which a couple of spoonfuls of sugar have been dissolved. Plain water does nothing because of the way the capsicum binds with the receptors on the tongue.
- aurrea, on 10/12/2007, -7/+77Not sure if anyone will take to this idea but, I simply gargle with peroxide. I've been doing this since I was a teenager and it works every time.
- MudkipsULiekEm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+40"Not sure if anyone will take to this idea but, I simply gargle with peroxide. I've been doing this since I was a teenager and it works every time."
Not sure why you're getting dugg down. That actually works really well and takes out a lot of the infection. - HalFTW, on 10/12/2007, -86/+6Bleach works well to. Kills off all the crap back there.
- Humptydank, on 10/12/2007, -2/+134
In case it has to be said, don't gargle with bleach. And if you're taking medical advice from comments on Digg, it probably does. - Winters, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23Peroxide is a mutagen. It can alter/damage your DNA. Some say that a 1% solution is not enough to cause this problem, other say that it's still possible to end up with DNA damage and it is listed as a carcinogen on the MSDS.
Long story short: The jury is still out about it's health benefits. - vornan19, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Starch. If you're eating something spicy hot and it starts burning oh the burning then have some starch. A piece of bread, spoon of sugar, milk, potato, STARCH!
- CircleFusion, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@vornan19
Milk is not a starch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starch
Neither is a spoon full of sugar, although it does have the same effect as starch on spicy foods. Starch is a complex carbohydrate storing glucose. Table sugar is a simple sugar storing Sucrose. Either way, it's sugar.
The milk cure for spicy food is said to be due to the fat in the milk binding with the oil-based capsicum and lifting it away from the surface. That's what I've read. There is also lactose (milk sugar) that helps. - cbotwell, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Vanilla soy milk!
- ortichi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ circlefusion
All saccharides (including common sugar), are also carbohydrates. It is just another name for the same thing.
Common sugar aka sucrose is disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose, the two substances that our body actually uses. Therefore, common sugar = carbohydrate. - ImIce, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1No sugar! It's like superfood for bacteria.
- jeremychoi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1don't over do water+sugar. one of the reasons people gargle warm salt water is to offset the pH so that it is more acidic. viruses and bacteria have a harder time in an acidic environment.
sugars tend to make a pH environment where it is hospitable for viruses and bacteria in your mouth/throat.
that is why they say to avoid candy. - m1ss1ontomars, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@jeremychoi:
Warm salt water has a pH of approximately 7. That's assuming you used NaCl (table salt) or NaI (a salt included in iodized table salt) or KCl (salt substitute made with potassium rather than sodium). Sugar is also neutral (pH=7).
Your mouth is already acidic, because your spit is acidic.
- andycr512, on 10/12/2007, -3/+38Do they have a recipe that cures a sore server?
- 0crabby0, on 10/12/2007, -2/+36Open BSD
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -17/+1Doesn't Apple have a server? Or does their emphasis on selling the sizzle not translate to rackmounted gear in a closet?
- superpotential, on 10/12/2007, -18/+10are you kidding, you want an apple server? you want a server that makes a "ding!" noise when it starts up, and then if it crashes, displays a nice monochrome bomb on the screen and doesn't even let you Ctrl-Alt-F1 to a virtual console or hit esc at startup and boot into single user mode? you want a server that doesn't let you launch two separate copies of an application under different processes? you want a server that wastes its processing power on fancy graphics? you want a server that can't eject a floppy disk by pressing a button on the case?
- P373Y, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4@superpotential
actually apple does have a server
http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/WebObjects/BizCustom.woa/6944008/wa/PSLID?mco=97B5FDB3&nclm=Xserve&wosid=ly1eFNFsQ1L73x1MX622AGcuU0U - ThreeDee912, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@superpotential
Not wanting to feed the trolls, but OS X is based on BSD. You can open a terminal session (or 2 or 3 or 100), and boot into single user mode by holding S at startup. Go to /dev/null. Your mind is stuck back in 1997. - rodgerdodger5, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Officer can I borrow your pepper spray?
Hot Pepper flavored Binanca?
- oOLiquidNightOo, on 10/12/2007, -6/+175that's not the remedy that i try to sell my wife on.
- diggfinity, on 10/12/2007, -1/+40She falls for it every time.
- blackicepro, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1Over CPU Quota. That's why you don't use bluehost.com or hostmoster.com
- patik, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1They're waiting for you to post your referral link.
- exodii, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2digg. effect.
- laterallateral, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Awwww thanks grandma...
- kneecarrot, on 10/12/2007, -29/+10I always turn on a burner on the stove and set my "***** and balls" on there. I find that I hardly even notice that my throat was sore at all. Works every time.
- diggfinity, on 10/12/2007, -14/+8...or maybe you could play with your ***** and balls for momma?
- Rocketbird, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19Why is "***** and balls" in quotes?
- nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2@Rocketbird:
Because without them there wasn't enough context to give away the reference. digginfinity cleared it up but apparently there aren't tons of sandler fans around these parts. - maruamx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1its from a comedy sketch where a grandma keeps saying "***** and balls"
- nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Adam Sandler - Do it for your mama
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/a/adam+sandler/do+it+for+your+mama_20003929.html
- TehJlo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+37Exceeding a CPU's quota helps cure a sore throat? Intriguing...
- thefreshbeats, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1///
- ICSU, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3"How to suspend a website almost instantly"
- ernieoporto, on 10/12/2007, -15/+6Please follow my prescription...
http://www.duggmirror.com/health/How_to_cure_a_sore_throat_almost_instantly/ - holydope, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3wow, dead already
- satanatnmtedu, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2I live in New Mexico where the common question in a restaurant is "red or green". So, I eat chile (typically green Anaheim chiles) of one form or another almost daily. I still get bad sore throats. So, I call ***** here.
- IamTheProfessor, on 10/12/2007, -10/+5Stop talking. The best cure out there. For many things.
- MrSidnet, on 10/12/2007, -5/+32I find it such a pain that the recipe is so simple, yet the submitter didnt bother putting it in the description. He didnt even put in the main ingredient. So then I had to click the link , only to find out it's broken already. So then I had to find the original digg link again, click to the comments section, wait for comments to load, and click on a mirror. Maybe I complain too much, but it's just as easy to put the word "capsicum" in the title...
- haelios, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14All you need to do is this:
1. Right click on comments link and chose to copy link address
2. Paste said address into address bar
3. replace the 'digg.com' bit with 'duggmirror.com'
4. Hit enter. - MasteRR, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Easier: Install Duggmirror Firefox extension. Adds a duggmirror link next to every article on the homepage for easy clicking.
- socokoolaid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1He/she probably realized the whole article could be summarized in one sentence and put into the description. Then he wouldn't have got the 30 views before exceeding his/her bandwidth quota.
- haelios, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14All you need to do is this:
- Yusami, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3I'm partial to cough drops and salt water myself.
- exodii, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Aw, *****. the server's dead.
*cough* - creep303, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22I'm going to try this now. My throat feels like a truck ran it over with razor-wire tires.
- nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I barely have a sore throat... just enough to be annoying though so I'm trying it as well. Even if it doesn't work at least I ate some yummy cayenne pepper. :-)
- cosulliv755, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Gargle with luke warm salt water. (one or two spoons per glass) Just DON'T drink it or you will be sick. It works every time.
- creep303, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4What, getting sick from swallowing the solution or the sore throat thing? :p
- socokoolaid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The salty water is is an antiseptic, just like throat sprays, just without the extra unpronounceable chemicals and artificial color/flavoring.
- DeskFlyer, on 10/12/2007, -21/+2Solution depends on the nature of the sore throat. There's not a cure all.
For instance(s)...you have a sore throat because...
1) You were screaming your ass off at a sports event. Solution? Stop screaming at sports events.
2) You were screaming your ass off as your b/f rocked you in bed. Solution? Well, there is one, which is to stop screaming, but hey, at least it's for a damn good reason. Stop complaining.
3) You had a ***** jammed down your throat. Solution? Stop going to bed with Will Smith.
4) You have a cold. Solution? Stop having colds.
5) You just inhaled mustard gas. Solution? Well...there is none. You're *****.
6) Cancer. Solution. Again, none. Enjoy death. - laterallateral, on 10/12/2007, -28/+3I love how he refers to this ***** as an "elixir". sounded overly sophisticated to me, so I looked it up.
Wikipedia tells us that this would actually qualify as an elixir. LOL!
Pardon my full of piss formula.- Cglass, on 10/12/2007, -3/+37My brother had this one girlfriend who I will never forget; in the middle of the movie Twister, among a group of friends, interrupts to say:
"I don't understand why she has to use big words like 'metaphor' to sound smart"
You sir have just joined the ranks of Twister-girlfriend, I dub thee Sir Elixir, too elaborate for the common man. - laterallateral, on 10/12/2007, -10/+20That's fair.
You realize that makes you the Pathetic Anecdotal Insult-Man though, right? - Cglass, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You win some you lose some :D
- Cglass, on 10/12/2007, -3/+37My brother had this one girlfriend who I will never forget; in the middle of the movie Twister, among a group of friends, interrupts to say:
- porcelainduck, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Cough drops are just candy...something to keep your throat moist, so you might as well just get some good tasting candy if you choose that route. Ask any doctor or pharmacist. I always pump up the spicy food if i get sick. Garlic and cayenne or Tabasco sauce. Clears a runny nose or sinus congestion almost instantly as well.
- Cglass, on 10/12/2007, -11/+10"Cough drops are just candy"
Let me guess, the air we breathe is just magic, and the earth is flat too :D
If you ever took the time to perhaps read what's in the 1000s of different cough drops available, you might read some of the medicinal ingredients, but no, that would be too logical and realistic. Say hi to Peter Pan for me :D - superpotential, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6no, cough drops usually contain menthol, which is an contact anaesthetic and mildly antibacterial. so don't use regular candy (you just feed the bacteria without anything to kill them) and don't use cough drops as regular candy (who knows what the long term effects of too much menthol can be).
- Cglass, on 10/12/2007, -11/+10"Cough drops are just candy"
- dime, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1...
- Arlss, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1donent work with strep throat though =[
- CaseyUCF, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24"As a kid I had tonsillitis and strep throat probably on average 5-6 times a year"
Holy *****... what did your parents feed you??- tehloki, on 10/12/2007, -2/+52Spark plugs.
- travitherabbi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Very small rocks!
- cruzlee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6A half cup of frozen poison. And after we drank it he used to kill us. Twice.
- slapded, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3when i get a bad sore throat i just have a screaming contest with a friend. it doesnt fix the sore throat, but sometimes i just like to scream
- Jorlwind, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5I discovered this remedy first when I was working at a restaurant and had almost unlimited access to the stuff. It doesn't just work for sorethroats, taken over time this can cure of a cold in about three days by sweating it out. It also loosen's chest congestion and nasal congestion.
My recipe is different from this one and tastes a lot better, if it doesn't kill you.
Toss out the teaspoon, your making a pot full. Get a saucepan of water and chicken bouillon or use chicken broth, since you'll be boiling it make it taste slightly thin. Get it to boiling. add lots cayenne pepper(as much as you can stand), and then throw in as much of your favorite hotsauce as you can stand. when its all mixed and done drink it as fast as possible. drink a cup three times a day for three days, good luck with this. Its a brutal routine.
I gave it once to a waitress who couldn't take normal cold medication. It cured her perfectly in three days. But she never took it again. - milk93rd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31Dr. McGillicutty's FAMOUS Elixir! It'll cure all that ails you! Sore throat? Gone in a flash! No hair on your chest? This'll put it there! You sir, yes you, you appear a bit under the weather yourself, come up here and give it a shot ABSOLUTELY free of charge! Look at him now, folks, right as rain! Only twenty dollars a bottle! Step right up, step right up!
- fingerdigg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Avoid getting sick all together. I've been drinking a gallon of water everyday since I had a kidney stone surgically removed 3 years ago. The doc told me to drink this amount to avoid another stone and believe me, I would eat pieces of ***** for breakfast to avoid the pain I went through. Since then I have yet to contract any type of cold or flu virus.
- jakatak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13My doctor told me to take 2 tablespoons of concentrated Lemon Juice every morning. The acetate will loosen and remove any build up in your kidneys preventing a stone from forming. Thank God, because I almost had to give up drinking coffee. The caffeine was giving me two stones a year and they were the size of marbles.
- Kyle660, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19"The caffeine was giving me two stones a year and they were the size of marbles."
Forgive me, but you sound like the Jewish pharmacist from Family Guy.
- knutslie, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Yeah we asked the hizbollah how they would go about curing a sore throat... they sent us a video.
- aptiva, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I prefer, cayenne+honey+lemon juice+hot water
tastes really good too :) - jpbro, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I use the following remedy whenever I feel like I'm about to get a cold...it has a pretty good record so far:
1 clove of garlic, crushed
Equal amount of onion, crushed
1/8 - 1/4 tsp Cayenne powder
1/2 tsp Ginger powder
1 tsp Apple cider vinegar
To get the garlic and onion crushed you can use a garlic press, but I use a microplane rasp to get them into a really fine juicy pulp.
Mix it all up and eat it. Not fun, but better than a cold. Try not to eat on an empty stomach, cause it can cause stomach pains. I usually try to do this once in the morning and once before I go to bed for a day or two. Your mileage may vary, I am not a doctor, etc...
Another thing that helps with a sore throat - resist ALL urges to "click" or rub the back of the roof of your mouth with your tongue, and spit out your saliva instead of swallowing it (as much as possible). Again, kind of disgusting, but I've found that the soreness goes away very quickly. Zinc lozenges can be your friend here too. - immolation, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2"(note: cayenne pepper in the eye burns)"
You have to be ***** kidding... LOL- Azuroth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16He is.
No really, go try it. Then come back and let us know how it felt. - Tanath, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Habanero in the eye is worse. *Winces at the memory*
I even washed my hands first. Twice.
- Azuroth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16He is.
- bigdoug, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Oregano Oil will also help a sore throat
- PremiumBitter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So am I to assume that habanero pepper would work even better?
- ccanni1028, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Well it does have capsicum in it, so habañeros should work too.
- W0lfcake, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0If this works... You're a genius!
- banastas, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Irish Cure (for anything really):
1) Find a bottle a Jameson from St. Patty's lying around your house or car that has at least a shot left in it.
2) Drink.
3) Sore throat pain goes away.
4) If pain comes back repeat 1-3 - lensman00, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Curing a sore throat is kind of like curing a pain in your chest. A sore throat is a symptom, not a condition.
- feebie, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Before I read the article, I was thinking "hmm, gargling with hot salt water always worked for me.."
I was surprised to see that is exactly what it was.
I thought everyone knew about this remedy! It's been something I've used since childhood; I've always thought of it as a commonplace thing.
The only difference is, I've never used cayenne pepper and don't really think it's neccessary.
Another thing that works for me to help keep the throat from feeling dry:
Pour boiling water into a large bowl, place your face over it with a towel surrounding your head (to create a "sauna" for your face") and just breathe the steam in. It's really refreshing, and moisturizes your sinuses and throat. I usually do it after the gargling.- drafhk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Put your face over boiling water? There's probably a lot of people who can't be trusted to do that without incurring 3rd degree burns.
- socokoolaid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Crocodile Dundee does cocaine that way...
- catullus, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1That's not what I tell my girlfriend...
- yahkouh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Anyone have the cure for a bad cough?
- socokoolaid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Robitusin DM
- whutwhut, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0"I had been sucking on cough drops and other common things.." don't know if somebody already pointed this out, but i thought it was pretty haha.
- Narkinbarf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0This would be great if I had some peppers....... but I don't
- howdareyou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8He was worried he had strep throat (Streptococcal pharyngitis). So he turns to the internet for solutions. That seems like a wise choice?
I usually go to the doctor first. I guess I'm a big believer in "the mans" medicine.- aelias, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The internet, with all of it's free medical advice, is a double-edged sword.
I almost called the paramedics when my girlfriend had a panic attack. Almost every symptom she had said "possibly life threatening, call paramedic ASAP." Of course, she's fine.
I think I'll stick to my original "symptom flowchart". Standing/Breathing/Talking?-No Hospitol Passed out/Unresponsive/Bleeding profusely?- Hospitol.
- aelias, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The internet, with all of it's free medical advice, is a double-edged sword.
- Red_Eye, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3It works so good someone patented it!
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6159473.html
Or at least a formula including it.
For sale on Amazon too
http://www.amazon.com/Sore-Throat-Spray-4-oz/dp/B0001TR1PW - niczar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5There was an article about capsicine 10 years ago in SciAm. Basically the author said that one of the main beneficial effects was that its chronic use saturated pain receptors and neurotransmitters, kind of the opposite of how pain-killers tend to make one more sensitive to pain over time, thus creating dependence. The cool thing is that it uses the mechanisms of addiction in reverse. Bonus: there doesn't seem to be any negative side-effect -- apart from the pain it induces, that is (as long as you're not allergic, obviously).
- hugahb8, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1yep, this works! i googled it about 5 months ago when i had a horrible sore throat that nothing worked for, and Cayenne worked. i was surprised at the literal non existent amount of burning sensation! It's super!
- Woolfy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0By Adding a half tea spoon of cayenne pepper to a glass of tomato juice your body's metabolism shoots up and the calories fall off.
Quite tasty Too !!! - celotil, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I like the Cayenne Pepper gargle, never thought of it before.
On a related note, I had a real bad throat infection a couple of years ago, probably in my left tonsil but I'm not sure since I didn't see a doctor about it. After a week (I thought I'd see if it just went away) it got to the point where I could just see a slight bulge under the left side of my jaw and it hurt to swallow or talk.
My solution was to chop fine a whole bulb of garlic, a lemon (skin and all), an onion, a capsicum (a few seeds added accidentally but apparently they're good too), a small red chili. I sweated that mush in a pot on low heat with a generous helping of honey.
Drained the juice into a cup, used the solid mush as a sauce base, cooked myself a steak lunch, and ate the lunch and drank the juice.
Throat infection gone in two hours. - littlebylittle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Cool.
- wildcelt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yeah, I tried this "remedy" this winter when I had a bad sore throat. It really didn't burn as much as I thought it would. It also didn't help. I also tried mixed the cayenne with cider vinegar (another "remedy'). It was like drinking douche, but it did help. I only did it a few times though, because swallowing it became too nasty.
- intense321, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Drinking douche? You've actually done that? That's sick, dude.
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