Take a daily supplement of vitamin C. Avoid overeating. Do not smoke. Make sure you have sufficient rest, relaxation and sleep. Take 10-20 g vitamin C per day for a few days combined with bioflavonoids. Massage the essential oils of lemon, geranium, hyssop, sage or thyme, individually or mixed, onto the outside of the throat, or inhale them by putting a few drops of the oils in a bowl of boiling water and breathing in the vapour.
Glands are swollen and there is pain on swallowing.
Worse on the right side. Patient has to get up in the night to drink. Feels like sand in the throat. Throat feels hot. Tonsils swollen and inflamed with a tendency to suppurate.