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Everybody's been there: It's two days before the concert, and you're sick.

Well fear no more! Mizzer has some handy-dandy home remedies to help ease your ailments.

Note: Always consult a doctor if symptoms persist. Home remedies are not a substitute for Over-The-Counter, or perscription medicine.

Uses of Home Remedies:
-Help prevent illness
-delay symptoms
-alleve symptoms

Things to always have on hand:
Echinecea
Vitamin C (natural or pills)
Multi-vitamins
Salt
Reusable ice packs
Heat packs (Note: those buckwheat pillows you can microwave are wonderful. They can also be frozen)
Ginger candies (You can get them at most groceries)
Water (duh)

Get fresh as needed:
Lemon
Mint
Ginger root
Lavender

The Basics--

Combining home-made remedies with pharmeceuticals:
In general, home-made remedies will not affect OTC or perscription medicines. Home-made remedies are not a substitution for pharmeceuticals, and are mainly used to help prevent illness, delay symptoms, and alleve symptoms. If symptoms persist, or worsen, contact your doctor.

Infusions:
This is something like making a tea. You're going to score, bruise, or crush the ingredients, to taste. Bring to a light boil a sauce pan with a mug full of water. Add ingredient, and allow to simmer until the smell of the ingredients is very obvious. Remove from heat, and allow to cool. Most infusions can be drank hot or cold. Anticipate sickness, and prepare in bulk ahead of time. Store in the refrigerator up to 2 weeks.

Ailment--
Some remedies can be combined to accomidate multiple symptoms. Feel free to ask me.


Sore throat:
Most times sore throats are caused by phlegm dripping down the back of your throat.

Remedy(s):
Hot water and honey and/or mint infusion. No sugar. No teas.
Warm salt gargle. (Gargle three times a day)
Hot pack on throat.


That's it for now. Mizzer is sick (Boo) and going to bed.

Feel free to add your own remedies! Always remember that some things will work for some people, and not others. Keep food allergies in mind.

I've found that drinking milk helps the pain of a sore throat.... the problem is that you can't sing right after drinking it.

Which you probably shouldn't be doing anyway, but whatever. ._.

I remember friday I was sick..

My choir director stopped the class and pulled out a few sheets of paper.

"These are your vocal chords now"
He then ripped them to shreds
"These are your vocal chords if you keep singing on that sore throat"

He has a whole sheet of things for a quick-fix if you get sick.

i have a question about the suggestion of eating ginger roots, my mom makes these sugery ginger things 9baked sliced, sugered ginger)

im addicted to those things but my om says if i eat too much my throat will get soar and dry so is this type of ginger really helpful? neutral

-considering sticky-ing this.- This is very helpful. biggrin

:O Yes I do. But you did it for me.

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All these ideas seem pretty cool. I'll have to keep them in mind...

Well, there's the essentials-

1. Drink lots and lots and lots of fluids
2. Sing light until your concert
3. Always take throat... thingys

But my dad's director has this strange remedy that you take a glass of warm water and add salt and sugar to it. Then you swish it around for a minute or so and spit it out. The last time I tried it, it made me gag. xp