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Bad throat. Tip to improve a sore throat.

Submitted by AJIT KUMAR, DELHI, INDIA

1. Look into your right palm, the thumb must face towards the sky.
2. Loosen the thumb-slightly and feel for a very small bone on the inner side of the thumb.
3. Rub this small bone 40-50 times (mildly).
4. Repeat the same with the left palm also.
5. Within 2 minutes, there will be a considerable improvement..

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Intersting Comments By: Sam Very interesting...i intend to try this...   Doesn't work! Comments By: Anon I tried this and it doesn't work! Surprise Surprise!   it kinda freaked me out! Comments By: Patrice But it did work ....for a minute anyway.   How does this.... Comments By: anon How does this cure a bad throat?   yeah...no Comments By: anon it didnt work for me!   I was stupid enough to try it!!!! Comments By: edwina Who made this one up? Didn't work. Try mixing cinnamon,ginger,honey,vinegar and sugar in very warm water......ya never know! We are trying it now.   weird Comments By: alice it kind of calms you down and as you start it gives the effect your throat is loosening slightly... shame it doesnt make the pain go away. dont try if you have a cough as well as a sore throat   great Comments By: akshay its great really good   HUH? Comments By: Nicki What small bone?? I think its power of suggestion!   kind off Comments By: sfdsff it worked a dit but stil no good   i guess soooooooo! Comments By: kannu i guess it works   Well I tried it.. Comments By: Ab I was actuall very sceptical but I think it worked, it has improved my throat a bit at least now I don't feel like I have a saw down my throat. Thanks..wonder how long this will last? I'm going to keep doing it and perhaps it will make it go away???!!!   does seem to work Comments By: wil not sure if it is power of suggestion or not, but it did work a bit. i was very skeptical but my throat is a bit better   It worked! Comments By: shawn but it worked only when my thumb was up   it works... Comments By: rashmi yeah it does, seems to be some accupressure point therre? we can also try warm water, ginger n lill' honey......   dose it or doe it Comments By: laura wakelam i dno if it works are not:S   dont work Comments By: never mind well i think its a load of **** coz it did not work for me   wtf lol that worked obv u other people havnt rubbed the right bone Comments By: ashlee my throat feels like thers no lump stickin out now a no its still ther but feels 10 x better wow amazed thanks!   bad throat ka ilaaj Comments By: Harpreet chautala 1 tbsp of water, 1 tabspn of milk, 2 pinch of sugar add elaachi/cinamon, add 10 grains of tea and boil it....your chai is ready, its effective when served hot....   Try This! Comments By: Fish It Works ..Trust me ..I Promise ..its so good! You Will Need;- - 2 Tablespoons of lemon Juice. - 6 Tablespoons of Ginger. - 1 Teaspoon of sugar. - 4 Teaspoons of Salt. - 1 Pint Of Boiling HOT water. First Get a Large Cup and Fill It with A pint of Boiling HOT water And Add Six Tablespoons of ginger and Two Tablespoons of Lemon Juice.Leave To settle for 1 Minute.After 1 minute Add 1 Teaspoon of Sugar and 4 Teaspoons of salt.Slowly Stir Until All Has Dissolved! There ,Try it .. 1.It ACTUALLY Works 2.It Tastes GOOD 3.Your Feeling Better I Tried It when i Had A sore throat,I Liked It Loads . It Not Only Helps Sore throats .It helps Headaches, Migranes, Period Pains,Toothaches ,Earaches and Also If you Poor It On cuts It helps Them Heal.=]   it didn't work for me Comments By: Rupali no releif, no improvement at all   AHHHHH! Comments By: Kurt Now my heads hurting!   wt?!?!?! Comments By: katter hahahahahhhaha!!! I was like what?!?!?! I thought I'd try it though then I read the comments and I was like "oh" stupid...but I'm rating with a 4 cuz it made my day by making me laugh! :]   Little Improvement Comments By: Marissa A tiny bit of improvement but not quite enough.   It did do something Comments By: Tony It worked very little but something is better then nothing I am dying here!   Thank You and Goodnight Comments By: Deena It is 2 am and I have tried apple cider vinegar, gargling with salt water and lemon and honey in hot water. I was still in pain. So glad I searched the internet and found this. I'm not 100% but at least I can fall asleep now!   codswallop Comments By: da n i dislocated my thumb so i couldnt get the top off my sore throat medicine...bah what a load of codswallop   It works Comments By: Trycepticla It worked for me! I think it was the right bone, but maybe not, but never the less it worked! I jsut think that people are not rubbing the right bone. it is the one at the base of your thumb, on the inner side, next to your pointer or, as some people say, index finger. Try it, it worked!   what?!?! Comments By: Rose I tried this, cause my throat is v.v. sore! But... it didn't work !!! To begin with I thought it was actually easing off, i was like WOW :):) Then... I think it was just in my head cause I still have a v.v. sore throat :( Anymore helpful sore throat remedies that actually work ????   WOW!!!! Comments By: Anon Very strange remedy but it rilly did work. I feel relief.... I hope it lasts for a long time though   wow Comments By: MisS pOLLY it actually works, thanks. i can swallow now   You all are stupid Comments By: Manhatten I cant even find my small bone. I mean what happened to taking medicine. Take Ibuprofen, doctors recommend it as the best pain reliever. It helps a lot just make sure ur taking as many as you need to and not less so it will work but it is amazing i can a ctually open my mouth ans swallow now. So now i can drink cold drinks to soothe it. Medicine is your best bet   that's gotta be some mind trick Comments By: Jordan because I've never had something so unrelated to my symptoms work so well. I had tea this morning and that did absolutely nothing, but this treatment has almost dissiapted my sore throat. thank you. it's been a couple of minutes and it doesn't seem to be getting as worse as it was. thank you so much   Got it!! Comments By: Tango I was swallowing through mouth continuously because of bad throat when I did this I stopped for a while. I think that made me feel better.   Bloody hell it works Comments By: harri 5 mins though ish, but i worked   Haha, noooooooo! Comments By: Ihaveasorethroatdamnit It's a complete waste of time my sore throat got worse when I did that!! Don't bother with it, it's a waste of time guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Worked like a miracle Comments By: Bonnie Helped me very much. Try it   KrazyKomments Comments By: Ice What is worse than how many people have posted that this worked for them is how many comments this thread has generated period. If you feel this helped your throat, you may have experienced brain damage during the rubbing of that bone. Oh and that bone is pretty interesting. You should google a picture of it so you know the name of it and exactly where it is, or isn't.... :-)   yeah and then.. Comments By: Seth rub your left ear lobe on the third sunday of the month of the full moon whilst holding a goldfish between your right big toe and right little toe while abba plays gimme gimme gimme, at five to twelve, then breakdance to dirty dancings time of my life, eat a cucumber through your nose and wave your underewear at the vicar! what kind of tool would suggest this and what kind of tool would try it??!!   bone Comments By: ali what bone?   Very relaxing Comments By: Shouldnt have snogged that girl I think it has helped although I was laughing at the other comments on here while I tried it hehe I feel more relaxed now and ready for sleep   exactly Comments By: gorm I can't find the bone for the life of me either! I've tried 'til i'm blue in the face but no joy...Think i'll stick to the good old hot ribena and manuka honey. Hope you all get better soon x   It does work...as a temporary measure Comments By: Sindy72 I tried it, thought it couldn't possibly work. But within a minute or so my throat felt better. It didn't cure it, but it certainly helped me to swallow for a while without feeling like I was eating broken glass! Very impressed!   Hi, I don't know that it's a bone per se.. Comments By: melissa If you put your thumb up against your pointer finger you should see a fold of flesh form in the middle, where the fold meets and there is a raised peak is a good place to press/massage for sore throat pain as well as headache pain. Hope this helps someone out there.. I've also been told to massage an area just under the clavical to relieve cough, if the area is sore at first, keep massaging it.   brill Comments By: steve i tried this and it did work the sore throat did sooth for about 30 minutes but i kept doing it, this is amazing   Wow. Comments By: Josh That's really impressive. It actually worked and now I'm not choking on snot. Thank you!   work for me Comments By: ginger I tried it and it worked. It did easi the pain. I will keep doing it to see if makes it go away for good   rubbish Comments By: pinky only reason ppl think this works is cos its takin there mind off it for a bit. Its useless   OMG that is weird!! Comments By: Georgia It's strange, but it did improve my sore throat!   there's something in this Comments By: makar It seems to work a little for helping the symptons. When your throat is sore, you can really feel the bone in you thumb because it seems to be more tender, so there must be some kind of connection   WTH Comments By: Abbey What the hell?? Who came up with this rubbish seriously.   can't hurt Comments By: Anon This is a well known acupressure point used for migraines and such. It doesn't surprise me that it would also help other pains. BTW the name of the bone is the trapezium.   Very salty Comments By: G Byrne made up 'sore throat ' recpie ie Ginger.lemon.sugar(used honey)and salt It proved very salty...so put more honey in ..better...think I will leave out the salt..unless its an essential part of cure !!!!!   nope! Comments By: rete its just a placebo effect, it has no help it just takes your mind off what hurts or wwaht you cant stop thinking about, i mean come on im 15 and i know that.   Well... Ermm... kinda Comments By: Elizabeth It worked whilst I was doing it but then i stared coughing again like 2 mins laters. I like the idea though. :)   typical Comments By: josh the world has moved on.. Indians still think that touching your ear will relieve back pain..(its a lie). how about you go to the shop/supermarket and buy a packet of locketsor some Beechams throat syrup.   THIS IS TOTAL RUBBISH!!! Comments By: hayley This doesn't work at all. It made my thorat worse. Please don't waste your time on this stupid trick.   Psychological Comments By: StP Its completely psychological which is partially good. Like most medicines, their effect is psychological rather than physical. It does work if you rub your thumb but this is only because the mind is taken away from the pain.. I would bet if you were to do something you really enjoy now like playing football or basketball or whatever.. it would have the same effect.   Ooo Comments By: Sore throat girl It does seem to work! Very interesting!   It worked! Comments By: Diana There is a considerable improvement. However, the tricky part is to find the 'bone'.   haha it kinda works! Comments By: LukeT try it