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. Worse on right side, and with heat, cold weather and touch. Pain is worse on swallowing. If there is also a headache or pus on the tonsils, fever or other serious symptoms, a physician should be called. Recurring sore throats are another sign that there is something more seriously wrong, which requires professional attention.