Last week I took Amtrak from Penn Station NYC to 30th Street Station Philadelphia, and somewhere along the line, I realized I had a sore throat. Uh-oh, I thought. And as I walked along the Schuylkill River rolling my suitcase to my apartment I wondered what was in my bag of tricks for curing a sore throat – fast.
The first book I saw on a table in my apartment was SECRET FOOD CURES & Doctor-Approved Folk Remedies by Joan Wilen and Lydia Wilen. It was within easy reach because it’s a pleasant and different kind of book to check out every so often. There were two pages of possible cures for sore throats – plenty of choices. I decided on two, and I’ll tell you what they are just in case you might need to know.
One choice is to warm a cup of water and then add 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar. “Gargle a mouthful, spit it out, and then swallow a mouthful until it’s all gone. An hour later, start all over.”
The second choice of possible cures for sore throats is an exercise: “Stick out your tongue to the count of 30. Then relax and do it again, five times in all. It will increase blood circulation, help the healing process and make you the center of attention at the next board meeting.”
It’s easy to forget about having a sore throat when standing in front of a bathroom mirror doing this exercise.
In the book, Louise L. Hay HEAL YOUR BODY, THE MENTAL CAUSES FOR PHYSICAL ILLNESS AND THE METAPHYSICAL WAY TO OVERCOME THEM, writes this about a sore throat: “Holding in angry words. Feeling unable to express the self.” Good to know, and important to ponder.
Here’s to all of us, may we stay happy and healthy.