I seriously recommend you (possibly with the assistance of someone else cause it's hard solo) tilt the head back, and direct a couple drops directly onto the sore part and just let it hang out. It might feel pretty bad for a while, but let it sit as long as possible (i've never tried doing this with the water soluble stuff, just the regular OO, so who knows how the water soluble feels). It can instantly get rid of your sore throat. I woke up this morning (been real rundown recently, and when I get real rundown I can get sick) with the right side of my throat in pain, that of so precursor to a bad sore/strep throat. I did my normal OO morning aresol and it took away about 50% of the pain and swallowing discomfort, but then for the coup de grace I had her place two drops of the stuff directly onto the spot, and it was literally instantly better.
You can also add 3-4 drops of the stuff to a salt water solution and gargle like crazy with that for 5 mins with head tilted way back and to just let it sit there for a while for an effective, but slower treatment for sore/strep throats (i've done this in the past also). Not only does the stuff instantly numb the pain, but it's antimicrobial properties totally whoop the a*s of whatever you got brewing there. I have woken up with two very bad strep/sore throats in the past, and this recent one wasn't fairly mild. All three times applying the OO just immediately made 95% of the soreness/inflamation go away. I only had one bad sore throat where I had to apply it twice to get it to go away.
Just thought I would pass this on if some people who use the OO don't put 1 and 1 together to figure out to use it in this way. Sore/Strep throats for Cystics is a big precursor to getting possibly extremely sick real soon (with nasal drip going into the chest, and the throat infection spreading), so even if you don't use the OO in a neb, you can use it in this way to really help yourself instantly get rid of the sore/strep/nappy throat action. BTW This has also helped many members of my family in the same situation, so it's not just me.
You can also add 3-4 drops of the stuff to a salt water solution and gargle like crazy with that for 5 mins with head tilted way back and to just let it sit there for a while for an effective, but slower treatment for sore/strep throats (i've done this in the past also). Not only does the stuff instantly numb the pain, but it's antimicrobial properties totally whoop the a*s of whatever you got brewing there. I have woken up with two very bad strep/sore throats in the past, and this recent one wasn't fairly mild. All three times applying the OO just immediately made 95% of the soreness/inflamation go away. I only had one bad sore throat where I had to apply it twice to get it to go away.
Just thought I would pass this on if some people who use the OO don't put 1 and 1 together to figure out to use it in this way. Sore/Strep throats for Cystics is a big precursor to getting possibly extremely sick real soon (with nasal drip going into the chest, and the throat infection spreading), so even if you don't use the OO in a neb, you can use it in this way to really help yourself instantly get rid of the sore/strep/nappy throat action. BTW This has also helped many members of my family in the same situation, so it's not just me.