cloves,

For a bad sore throat I find this really works.

Take about 3/4 cup of hot water* and add a tablespoon of salt to it. Stir until the salt is dissolved. Gargle with the mixture as long as you can then spit it out. Then gargle with mouthwash. It tastes terrible but it really works.

Cheers


Panache

* WARNING! Please note Hot (not boiling or scalding) enough to help dissolve the salt but not so hot that you can't gargle with it.