7 Ways To Treat Tonsils Naturally At Home

Tonsils infections is very common among kids these days. The tonsils are small, oval-shaped organs in the back of the throat made up of soft tissue. They serve as a defense mechanism, helping the immune system ward off bacteria and viruses. Unfortunately, their frequent contact with germs makes them susceptible to inflammation and infection. This can lead to tonsillitis.

Your tonsils are two little lymph nodes that are found on either side of the back of your throat. Considering that the tonsils are there solely to keep your body from getting infected, it is rather ironic that they themselves can get infected, which is what tonsillitis is. Luckily, there are many simple home remedies for tonsillitis.

# Stay Away

One easy way to not even chance contracting tonsillitis is to just not go near people that are suffering from it or that are ill. If you are unable to avoid ill people, then wash your hands often when working or talking with people that have a cough, sore throat, or sneeze. If you have tonsillitis, respect other people and distance yourself until the condition has passed.

# Gargle Salt Water

To make a rinse to gargle, you need to stir a half teaspoon of salt into four ounces of warm water until the salt is dissolved. Gargling with this for several seconds (making sure to spit) before rinsing out with normal water can help to calm inflammation, pain, and the sore throat that are all caused by tonsillitis.

# Tea and Honey

With this tea, you do not just want normal honey; you want raw honey. Raw honey is much better for you because it has antibacterial compounds that can help fight in infections. You should be careful however if you have seasonal allergies.

Stir the honey into fennel or ginger tea. Both teas lessen inflammation and pain. So between the antibacterial powers of the honey with the anti-inflammation compounds of the tea, you should be feeling less pain pretty soon.

# Licorice Lozenges

Lozenges are like a cough or throat drops and are made to help with sore throats. If you get a cough or throat drops with licorice in them, it can help to drastically calm swelling and inflammation, both of which should be able to lessen the pain you are suffering because of tonsillitis. It should be noted that these should not be given to younger children as it could be a choking hazard for them.

# Ice Chips

Cold anything is amazing for anything inflammation issue. The cold constricts the swelled blood vessels and lessens the pain. So when you have a sore throat, enjoy anything cold. Popsicles, ice chips, frozen or nearly frozen drinks with some ice in them, ice cream, sherbert, whatever you are in the mood for.

# Humidifiers

Dry air can make a sore throat even worse. So keep a humidifier going in your bedroom and the rooms that you spend the most amount of time in. The cool-mist ones work the best. If you do not yet have a humidifier, then taking a steaming shower or sitting in the bathroom to breathe in the steam from someone else’s shower can do you some good as well.

# Holy Basil

Holy Basil has anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties that should help to calm your sore throat while killing the infection and building up your immune system. You can get basil tea premade in the little bags or you can make it on your own.

To make your own basil tea, you will need ten to 12 basil leaves and a half cup of water. Boil the leaves in the water for ten minutes and strain out the leaves. Once the tea is down boiling, you can add some lemon that will also help to build up your immunity because of the vitamin C.

If the lemon juice made the tea too tart, you can add a teaspoon of honey (which has healing powers of its own it is raw) or two grams of black pepper for a spicier tea. You should drink this three times a day for two or three to get the best results.