Quinsy

What you need to know:

This common childhood illness is painful and distressing, and when it becomes recurrent it interferes with schooling and is a drain on the child’s health and exuberance. Herbs, supplements and natural therapies can all help.

The most useful Herbs:

Use as gargle are:
 Use 2 tspns of fresh, chopped herb - 1 tspsn of dried - per cup of boiling water, cover, stand for 10 mins, strain and use as hot as comfortable. Repeat every hour.

Essential oils used externally or in a fragrancer:

Dietary changes that may be beneficial:

Nutritional changes can also help, but like many common ailments, you should first turn to kitchen medicine. Make a drink of hot water, a dessert spoon of honey and the juice of half a lemon and sip slowly. Take it 4 times a day.

Fresh pineapple and pineapple juice contain healing enzymes and other tropical fruit like mangoes, paw-paws and guavas are particularly beneficial. One of the most soothing and healing remedies is iced lollies made from a 50/50 mixture of water and pure pineapple juice.

If you have repeated bouts of tonsillitis, see a naturopath for long-term nutritional advice, but also use Echinacea , probiotics and live yoghurt to boost the immune system.

Homoeopathy

Homoeopathic remedies include:
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