Home Remedy for

[kingfish 73]

Anybody know an effective home remedy for hoarseness? I left my voice at JH stadium.

[WarTim 3,456]

1 part honey. 1 part lemon juice. 1 part whiskey.

After two doses, if there is not vast improvement, cut back on the lemon juice and honey.

[Bottomfeeder 244]

http://altmedicine.about.com/od/healthcond...sore_throat.htm

Slippery Elm bark (Ulmus rubra) helps to soothe sore throats or cough. The tree grows in the eastern part of the United States and Canada. The inner bark of the tree contains mucilage, a gel-like substance that swells when it is mixed with water. Mucilage coats the throat and reduces irritation.

For sore throats, slippery elm bark can be taken as a tea. To make the tea, add 1 tablespoon of dried bark to a cup. Pour 1 cup of boiling water into the cup. Steep it covered for at least 10 minutes and then strain. Have up to 3 cups of slippery elm bark tea a day. Dried slippery elm bark can be found in bulk in some health food stores.

Another option: slippery elm lozenges. They can be found in health food stores or in the natural food section of some supermarkets. A popular brand of slippery elm lozenges is Thayer's. Suck on a slippery elm lozenge to help ease sore throat pain.

http://www.health911.com/remedies/rem_hoar.htm

Causes

Yelling, singing or speaking for a long time, or a cold are some of the causes of hoarseness and laryngitis. The end result is an inflammation of the larynx or the muscles in or around it, which interferes with proper functioning of the vocal cords. Yelling or speaking may cause a spasm of one of the vocal cords which will cause the voice to become deep and raspy. Hoarseness is the next step in the progression. Treating the parathyroid glands and any phosphorus/calcium imbalance will often correct this problem. The parathyroid glands produce a hormone that helps regulate the calcium levels in your blood. Without going into too much detail here, if there is too much phosphorus in your body, the parathyroid hormone causes a release of calcium from your bones in an attempt to balance the two minerals.

So eat some cheese?

Don't gargle. A good gargle may seem like an obvious remedy, but it will actually do more harm than good. "Gargling doesn't seem to reach down into the larynx where the irritated or inflamed tissue is," says Robert J. Feder, M.D., a Los Angeles otolaryngologist who teaches singing at the University of Southern California School of Music. "More important, if you make noise as you gargle, the vibration can actually harm inflamed vocal chords."

Stay completely quiet. And that means avoiding whispering, too. It's a given that talking should be avoided: It strains your vocal cords, prolonging or worsening laryngitis. But its a little-known fact that whispering can be just as bad, or even worse. "Whispering causes you to bang your vocal cords together as strongly as if you were shouting," explains George T. Simpson II, M.D., chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Lead your hoarse to water. Downing at least eight glasses of water a day--and preferably ten--ensures that your larynx stays moist, a key step in curing laryngitis. The water should be warm or room temperature--not overly hot or cold. And don't add salt or alcohol. (Forget about hot toddies: They're too drying.) If water isn't your favorite beverage, Dr. Feder says you can also drink juice and (warm) tea with honey. Note: Drink even more if you're flying, because the air you breathe in planes is very drying.

When to See the Doctor

If your voice loss is accompanied by pain so bad that you have trouble swallowing, you need to see a doctor immediately, says George T. Simpson II, M.D., chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. It may be the result of swelling in the upper part of your larynx that could be blocking an airway--a life-threatening situation that requires immediate medical care.

You should also see your doctor if you cough up blood or hear severe wheezing or other "noises" when you breathe. Also, if your laryngitis doesn't improve after five days of persistent voice rest (and you don't have a cold or another infection), you should see your doctor.

Avoid aspirin. If you've lost your voice because you were yelling too loudly, you've probably ruptured a capillary. So stay away from aspirin, advises Laurence Levine, D.D.S., M.D., associate clinical professor of otolaryngology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Aspirin increases clotting time, which can impede the healing process.

Choose cough drops wisely. Avoid mint and mentholated products, which are too drying, says Dr. Feder. Stick with honey--or fruit-flavored soft cough drops instead. But keep in mind that cough drops are basically just candy. They don't have any healing effect.

Get steamed. Hanging your head over a steaming bowl of water for five minutes two to four times a day can restore lost moisture in your throat and quicken healing time. If you have a cold-air humidifier, that also does the trick, adds Scott Kessler, M.D., an otolaryngologist in New York City who specializes in performing arts medicine and a physician for many of the performers at the Metropolitan Opera and the City Opera and on Broadway.

http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Booksh...ooks/48/131.cfm

[WarTim 3,456]

If you need some "whine" to go with that cheese, see a corndog.

[AUTaxMan 0]

3 shots of tequila should do the trick.

[autiger518 1]

http://altmedicine.about.com/od/healthcond...sore_throat.htm

Slippery Elm bark (Ulmus rubra) helps to soothe sore throats or cough. The tree grows in the eastern part of the United States and Canada. The inner bark of the tree contains mucilage, a gel-like substance that swells when it is mixed with water. Mucilage coats the throat and reduces irritation.

For sore throats, slippery elm bark can be taken as a tea. To make the tea, add 1 tablespoon of dried bark to a cup. Pour 1 cup of boiling water into the cup. Steep it covered for at least 10 minutes and then strain. Have up to 3 cups of slippery elm bark tea a day. Dried slippery elm bark can be found in bulk in some health food stores.

Another option: slippery elm lozenges. They can be found in health food stores or in the natural food section of some supermarkets. A popular brand of slippery elm lozenges is Thayer's. Suck on a slippery elm lozenge to help ease sore throat pain.

http://www.health911.com/remedies/rem_hoar.htm

Causes

Yelling, singing or speaking for a long time, or a cold are some of the causes of hoarseness and laryngitis. The end result is an inflammation of the larynx or the muscles in or around it, which interferes with proper functioning of the vocal cords. Yelling or speaking may cause a spasm of one of the vocal cords which will cause the voice to become deep and raspy. Hoarseness is the next step in the progression. Treating the parathyroid glands and any phosphorus/calcium imbalance will often correct this problem. The parathyroid glands produce a hormone that helps regulate the calcium levels in your blood. Without going into too much detail here, if there is too much phosphorus in your body, the parathyroid hormone causes a release of calcium from your bones in an attempt to balance the two minerals.

So eat some cheese?

Don't gargle. A good gargle may seem like an obvious remedy, but it will actually do more harm than good. "Gargling doesn't seem to reach down into the larynx where the irritated or inflamed tissue is," says Robert J. Feder, M.D., a Los Angeles otolaryngologist who teaches singing at the University of Southern California School of Music. "More important, if you make noise as you gargle, the vibration can actually harm inflamed vocal chords."

Stay completely quiet. And that means avoiding whispering, too. It's a given that talking should be avoided: It strains your vocal cords, prolonging or worsening laryngitis. But its a little-known fact that whispering can be just as bad, or even worse. "Whispering causes you to bang your vocal cords together as strongly as if you were shouting," explains George T. Simpson II, M.D., chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Lead your hoarse to water. Downing at least eight glasses of water a day--and preferably ten--ensures that your larynx stays moist, a key step in curing laryngitis. The water should be warm or room temperature--not overly hot or cold. And don't add salt or alcohol. (Forget about hot toddies: They're too drying.) If water isn't your favorite beverage, Dr. Feder says you can also drink juice and (warm) tea with honey. Note: Drink even more if you're flying, because the air you breathe in planes is very drying.

When to See the Doctor

If your voice loss is accompanied by pain so bad that you have trouble swallowing, you need to see a doctor immediately, says George T. Simpson II, M.D., chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. It may be the result of swelling in the upper part of your larynx that could be blocking an airway--a life-threatening situation that requires immediate medical care.

You should also see your doctor if you cough up blood or hear severe wheezing or other "noises" when you breathe. Also, if your laryngitis doesn't improve after five days of persistent voice rest (and you don't have a cold or another infection), you should see your doctor.

Avoid aspirin. If you've lost your voice because you were yelling too loudly, you've probably ruptured a capillary. So stay away from aspirin, advises Laurence Levine, D.D.S., M.D., associate clinical professor of otolaryngology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Aspirin increases clotting time, which can impede the healing process.

Choose cough drops wisely. Avoid mint and mentholated products, which are too drying, says Dr. Feder. Stick with honey--or fruit-flavored soft cough drops instead. But keep in mind that cough drops are basically just candy. They don't have any healing effect.

Get steamed. Hanging your head over a steaming bowl of water for five minutes two to four times a day can restore lost moisture in your throat and quicken healing time. If you have a cold-air humidifier, that also does the trick, adds Scott Kessler, M.D., an otolaryngologist in New York City who specializes in performing arts medicine and a physician for many of the performers at the Metropolitan Opera and the City Opera and on Broadway.

http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Booksh...ooks/48/131.cfm

Holy Crap BF...you have waaaaay to much time on your hands!

[aumd03 2]

Time. You have ticked off your vocal cords. THe honey/whiskey may help it feel better if its sore, but it will just take some time for those sore cords to heal. Some singers actually scar their cords from belting out those high notes too much. There's an ENT surgeon in Nashville who is famous for working on vocal cords of music stars.

[TitanTiger 20,506]

Anybody know an effective home remedy for hoarseness? I left my voice at JH stadium.

Winning usually does it for me.