What's your favorite sore throat/cold remedy?

[Espy Vibe 4,380]

I use cough drops for mild irritation. For more severe or annoying irritation, a honey tea of some sort does well for me!

On 2019-08-25 at 9:16 PM, Tacodidra said:

Cough medicine with salty licorice flavor is my absolute favorite! Some of those taste so nice you almost forget they're supposed to be medicine. And the same applies to some cough drops. I use the former more, though!

@Tacodidra What is salty licorice flavor? 

[Iforgotmybrain 5,771]

Sleeping until it goes away. I’ve tried every sore throat medicine imaginable and none of them have ever worked for me. I simply have to live with the pain 

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,979]

I believe I use the Ricola cough drops.  

[Retro*Derpy 3,195]

I only rarely get sore throats but they come in full blast. If cough drops aren't enough I usually get hydrocodone syrup. 

[Evil Pink One 13,510]

A bottle of vinegar yes....

Not only will it kill parasites in your throat, but the host as well...

[Treeglow Flicker 13,873]

Pineapple and pineapple juice.

[Tacodidra 61,292]

On 2024-01-12 at 7:31 AM, Trot Shuffle said:

I use cough drops for mild irritation. For more severe or annoying irritation, a honey tea of some sort does well for me!

@Tacodidra What is salty licorice flavor? 

I believe it's only popular in the Nordic countries, as well as Germany and the Netherlands (and maybe a couple of other countries). I'd say the "salty" part describes it better – I've heard people who aren't familiar with it often find it disgusting, but the ones who tried it as a kid will always like it. In Finland, we've put it almost anywhere you can think of – candy, medicine, alcohol, meat...

Sadly many of the best-tasting cough medicines seem to have been discontinued (Expigen and Kvilla are two brands I've really liked)...

[Twitchy-Tremor 297]

Hunny, hot tea, hot chocolate, maybe ice cream and coke.

[ComanderZhabikKlavik 3,403]

Ginger tea and garlic.

[EpicEnergy 23,224]

Drinking something warm usually helps if I get a sore throat.

[ChloeCute 168]

Peppermints. Not only do they taste great, they really help when my throat is scratchy and/or hurts

[Crypty Scribbles 5,322]

Plum jam! More sour is better.

Also spicy ramen noodles make my throat feel better. 

[ToastedScone 397]

Lemsip is my miracle cure for everything!! I put tons of honey and/or sugar in it to make it palatable, of course, but it always makes me feel almost immediately better