Pharyngitis
SYN: Sore throat
HYD
from Hydrothermic Remedies...
If no better in 24 hours with treatment consult a doctor.
Treatment:
- Take a little salt and let it dissolve in your mouth. This is often enough to abort a sore throat in the early stages.
- Gargles - very hot salt water Alternated with cold charcoal water every 4 hours
- Alternate Compress to neck
- Alternate Shower
- Throat Compress at night.
- Steam Inhalation 5min every hour
GKA
from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...
Simple:
- large Fomentations to throat, coming up under jaw and back to ears and over upper chest
If fever: mild Diaphoretics
- Hot Foot Bath with Fomentations as above or
- Electric Light Bath
- both with Cooling Compress to head, to sweating followed by...
- Cold Mitten Friction or
- Alternate Douche (spray or jet) and a
- Throat Compress overnight
Next day:
- Hot Foot Bath with Scotch Compress to throat concluded with:
- Cold Mitten Friction 2-3x daily with...
- Throat Compress in interval and overnight (most important part of treatment)
For Pain:
- Steam Inhalation and
- Throat Irrigation or gargle with hot water and antiseptic
Strep throat or in Influenzal Pneumonia :
- Alternate Compress to throat BID with
- Fomentations and
- Cold Mitten Friction to upper chest