Monthly Archives: August 2011

I used to have sore throat every other month when I first came to KL many years ago. I hated having to pop antibiotics so often. One of the after-effects of taking oral antibiotics is that I was very vulnerable to getting vaginal yeast infection. I hated what I had to go through every other month – throat infection, visit to the company’s GP to get a course of antibiotics which made my body weak and vulnerable to other disorders and treating the other disorder. Then one day, I went to this GP who advised me to gargle my throat with salt water every night, regardless of whether I had throat infection or not. It worked. I hardly got throat infection again. Even if I did, the frequent salt water gargling helped to heal the throat infection. I followed this doctor’s advice for many, many years and stopped this practice when I was very confident that I would not get a sore throat anymore. I have not gone to the doctor’s office for many years now. I now know how to prevent and treat a sore throat naturally, both for myself and for my girls. My girls have not stepped foot into the doctor’s office to treat a throat infection for a long time too.

I now ensure that my girls gargle their throat with sea salt water every night before going to bed. However, sometimes I will forget to fix them the cup of sea salt water. But if the girls have had a meal of ‘heaty’ deep fried food, I will ensure that they gargle their throat with salt water before they hit the sack. On several occasions, I noticed that Alycia and Sherilyn were loosing their voice as a result of eating spicy food. But after gargling their throat with salt water, they got their voice back and were spared from getting a throat infection. I also give them Esberitox whenever I notice that a flu that is about to attack them. So far, my pre-emptive measures of arresting a cold and throat infection with these 2 methods have been very effective. Along with getting enough sleep, plain water, fruits, veggie and a healthy diet, I am sure anyone can avoid stepping into the doctor’s office.

My daughters’ daily dose of sore-throat preventive weapon – gargling sea salt water before going to bed! Even Baby who is 3 years old knows how to gargle her throat with salt water.  When I forget, she will remind me for the salt water!

If your kids are very susceptible to sore throat, do try this very inexpensive, safe and easy method. And please let me know if it works on your kid. I’d love to know!