That's what i was going to say. Whenever i get a sore throat I get a glass of warm water, a revolting amount of salt, stir until as good as dissolved and then gargle it a mouth full at a time, until there's none left. Makes you wanna puke sometimes, but i think it works. At least my throat feels better, but then would it have anyway i often wonder?
It's always worked for me aswell,my nan used to swear by it.It seems a lot of the old remedies are better than all this mass produced stuff that contain allsorts of additive's etc.