While you are following these home remedies it is very much important to follow a strict diet that will help you in curing.

The food item that should be compulsory eliminate out from your diet are as follows:

• Cut down the intake of tea, coffee and carbonated drink. Replace the energy drink with the lime juice sweeten with honey.
• Refrain yourself from fried and oily food items. They create more mess in throat.
• Do not consume chill or refrigerated products; they are going to ruin your throat. Food items like ice creams, candies and popsicles is complete no-no.
• Keep away the food that possesses properties of cold like cucumbers, bananas, watermelon, musk melon and papaya.
• Stay away from curd, yogurt and the sour food items. Even grapes should not be consumed.
• Bring down the intake of cheese and dairy products.
• Strictly stay away from smoking and hard drinks.

Well as you eliminate out some of the food products there are certain products that should consumed which are beneficial for health:

• Include as much as fresh green leafy vegetables in your diet. Steam your vegetables and consume it in the lunch. Grab on some hot veggie soup in night with a green salad.
• Season your soups, salads, vegetables with the herbs and spices like ginger, garlic, black pepper, basil leaves and cinnamon.
• Munch on fresh fruits instead of indulging yourself on the French fries. Grab a bowl of fresh fruits as fruits are flooded with vitamins, fiber, iron, calcium and minerals.
• Replace your grains with whole grain wheat and white rice with brown rice. They have high nutritional values.
• Grab some handful of unsalted nuts. Nuts are good source of energy but they should be consumed without salt and spice.
• Drink a glass of hot milk mixed with small amount of turmeric, sweeten with honey. Consume this drink every night before going to bed. You may also add some piece of ginger and then drain the mixture. Drink when it is hot. This will not only kill all the germs and bacteria but also helps in getting sound sleep.
• It is very difficult to swallow solid food when there is immense irritation in throat. Shift yourself to the liquid meals till you get relief from the irritation. Drink a lot of fruit juice, lime water, soups and herbal teas.

Few rather ways and some precautions that should be taken while you are suffering throat infection:

• Throw away your toothbrush once you recover from throat infection. There are huge chances of the infection striking back as the old toothbrush consists of the bacteria.
• Repeat the gargle as much as possible. Don’t drink the mixture while gargling.
• Wash your hands and legs as you come from outside. Even clean your hands while coughing, sneezing or yawning.
• Try and avoid sharing food and water while you are facing with throat infection.
• Do not bath from your head. Let your head remain dry for few days.
• Give an immense rest to your throat. Sleep properly without taking any kind of stress.
• Drink ample of fluids and keep you body hydrated.
• Stay away from chill weather or air conditioners. Even don’t expose yourself to sunrays which are harmful and sneak away energy form the body. Carry your own boiled water whenever you freak outside. Also cover your mouth while you are stuck in traffic. The polluted particles will cause more harm to the throat.

Follow these simple rules and in no time you will be recovered from the infection. Your voice reflects the state of your health. To enjoy some big laughs implement this in your routine so that you will be refrained fro m all the infections.

Usually sore throat is a soreness, pain and irritation in the throat. It is very much afflictive to swallow food and water during sore throat. You can also say sore throat is the inflammation of pharynx which is actually back of the throat. Mostly it affects an individual when they suffer from cold. This infection of pharynx is usually caused by group A streptococcus bacteria while; it is the attack of bacterial or viral infection that causes sore throat. Sore throat can happen even due to the polluted air, smoke and other allergies.

Many symptoms may indicate you about the infection like:

• Your throat hurts and turns red
• Enlarged tonsils
• Trouble in gulping down the food and water
• Fever
• Severe headaches
• Inflamed lymph gland
• Irritation in throat
• Hoarseness in voice
• Pain in ears

Usually it is caused because of cold weather but many other factors also lead to sore throat. High body temperature, coughing, morning cold, influenza, hay fever and allergies are some other factors that cause sore throat. Sore throat is such a bad situation that gulping down any pill is also a huge problem and thus, I have found some interesting remedies which are very easy to prepare at the same time very much effective like:

• The simplest way to get rid of the infection is to drink a glass of hot water mixed with lime juice and two teaspoonful of honey in the morning. It is gives immediate relief to the pain in throat.
• Boil water and add one teaspoonful of cumin seeds and few pieces of garlic to the boiling water. Let it boil for few minutes and then cool it down. Drink this mixture in small amount.
• Cinnamon has shown amazing results on cold and thus, it is helpful to cure sore throat. Mix a teaspoonful of black pepper with one teaspoonful of honey and cinnamon powder in a glass of lukewarm water. Consume this drink in little sips which will relieve you from pain.
• Even lemon is a good remedy for sore throat. Divide a lemon into two pieces. Spread some black pepper and salt on one piece. Warm the piece of lemon by heating it. Now lick this piece till it gets dry. They actually kill all the germs that create infection in the throat.
• One of the easiest ways is to chew few garlic pieces which give quick relief from irritation.
• Prepare a drink by boiling some amount of water with basil leaves. Gargle with this drink or consume this mixture it works in both the ways. Even just chewing some of the basil leaves helps to get rid of the irritation in throat.
• People usually run way from ginger but it is well known for its medicinal purposes. Ginger is a good remedy for common cold and cough. But at the same time it is has amazing effects even on sore throat. A tea prepared by adding some amount of ginger also creates wonders. Mix honey with the juice of ginger and consume this mixture twice in a day.
• A home remedy that has been effective since ancient times is Fenugreek. Boil some amount of fenugreek seeds in water. Boil this on low flame and drain the mixture after it is cooled down. You can consume this drink as well as it can be used for gargle.
• Crush some betel leaves and apply it on the throat. It reduces the swelling.
• Bishop’s weed is considered very beneficial in treating sore throat. Add a teaspoonful of bishop’s weeds and a dash of salt to a glass of lukewarm water. Gargle with this mixture at least twice in a day and continue this process till you are completely recovered.
• Boil some plain tea leaves in water and sweeten it with honey. Drain the concoction and sip it twice in a day. It gives amazing result on the infection.

These are some effective home remedies which are very much simple and easy to follow. But while you are following these remedies it is very important to consume a well balanced diet. It is always better to stay away form the food stuff that may cause more harm to the infection. Neglecting will worsen the matter. Thus, we will continue with the diet instruction in the next article.