If you suffer from allergies, perhaps you're seeking some natural remedies to treat your congested nose and scratchy throat.

In the Middle East, the dried pits of the fruit are used to treat sore throat and to relieve cough.

It is also added to water and used as a rinse or mouthwash to treat sore mouth and throat.

Comment: I was given this medication to treat itchy eye & itchy throat it worked wonders.

Antibiotics should not be used to treat a cold virus and sore throat.

"They say that properly treated strep throat can be cleared up in seven days, but left to itself it can hang around for a week."

Widespread use of antibiotics to treat strep throat has significantly reduced the numbers of outbreaks.

Antibiotics such as penicillin, cephalexin, or amoxicillin are used to treat strep throat.

But antibiotics are commonly used to treat strep throat because they:

Doctors usually treat strep throat with antibiotics even though they may not make you well faster.