Sore Throat

What do you do when your throat hurts so bad you can't sleep?

Take a pain killer like paracetamol. See the doctor first thing in the morning. Drink as much water as you can take. Or try these sore throat tablets.

What else?

Watermelon really soothes the painful sore throat.

I learnt this from my kid when he had a sore throat. He kept asking for barley water. He hardly ate that day, but he would eat the soft cooked barley grains.

When my throat hurt so bad I could not eat, I tried that too. Barley water did soothe my throat. Soft, cooked barley grains went down really well and left me feeling a little better.

To cook,

Pour a handful of barley grains into a medium sized to large sized pot.
Half fill it with water and bring to boil.
Let the water boil until the grains are soft.
Add yellow rock sugar to taste.
Drink the water and eat the grains throughout the day.

Another drink I found helpful was aloe vera drink. I bought a huge aloe vera leaf, cooked it in water and drank the water and ate the pulp throughout the day. It helped stave of hunger. I could hardly eat much else because of the pain.

To prepare the drink