This CATARRH is driving me mad........remedies wanted pleeeeeeeeeassssssseee

[girlandboy]

I've had catarrh now for about 4 weeks, and I am sick and tired of the never ending slime in my throat.

It is making me feel really nauseous/sicky and I CANNOT GET RID OF THE BUBBLE/BLOB lurking in my pipework.

Is there anything anyone can suggest apart from steaming my head over a bowl, because I've tried that!

Can no-one think of anything??

Some olde-worlde remedy perchance???

Come on - I'm swallowing gloop here

i have it too it is driving me insane. like glue stuck on my ribcge. yeuch

Try drinking whiskey mixed with hot water, lemon juice and honey. Stay clear of dairy products as milk encourages the formation of phlegm.

If you haven't got any whiskey I would think most alcohols would work. It might not taste nice though.

So you're stuck with it too.

Ugh, don't like whisky!

Mind you, it can't be worse than what's already in my throat/chest.

Will have a rummage through pathetically small alcohol cupboard.

its really sickly sweet taasting ctarrh sowhrn i cough i want to vomit.

Neti pot?

Works for me...

www.netipot.co.uk/

snort salt water

tons of water helps shift it
As does physically busting a gut to cough it up
You can get foul medicine from
Pharmacy too for it. Tar of smells like!
Avoid fatty foods too

i do snort warm water in the shower - delightful to listen to! similar kind of thing?

i do snort warm water in the shower - delightful to listen to! similar kind of thing?

OMG

A Netipot!! It looks and sounds terrible. I'm afraid I hate anything going up my nose.[wimpy emoticon]

I can't even bear Vicks nasal spray up there

Ah it's a piece of cake! You soon get to used to it. As long as you measure the salt correctly and have the water at good temperature (just warm) you hardly feel it.

Trust me - it works a charm on stubborn catarrah!

Oh dear, why is it always the gruesome things that work.

Is there no tiny, chocolate covered pill that would cut through it?

Bloody typical

My DH had this badly recently and pharmacist recommended medicine called Meltus - did seem to help. Also elderflower tea v good for mucus-y problems.

Thanks for all the suggestions! I will now go and try them out.

Airwaves chewing gum helps me.

Homeopathic remedy called Pulsatilla, 30C version, might work.

Madonna and my husband both snort salt water for this.

I will try the other suggestions, but I repeat I WILL NOT SNORT SALT WATER FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA!

I find the Benylin chesty cough mix does wonders for me when I get this - the original can-cause-drowsiness version. I know cough mix in general has little effect, but I find that one works on my catarrh, I think it's the fumes...

Hot toddy before you go to bed.

Your nose will run like a train the next day but that will shift it!