Sore throat
After some time I go back to posting health and beauty recipes taken from To be beautiful ( Sonzogno, Milan , 1906 ), a manual from the early 1900s.
The following is a remedy to cure sore throat :
I quote verbatim:
"For hoarseness and phlegm, use alum solutions and a loch made of lightly infused poppy heads, with the addition of a good amount of honey.
Below are other recommendations:
The most used anointing against throat pains is this:sweet almond oil gr. 125; menthol gr.5.Boric acid gargles are harmless .