5 Ultimate Teas to Soothe a Sore Throat.

Posted by Vahdam Teas on December 9th, 2019

You are going about your day and suddenly you feel a strange itchy feeling in your throat?!

Your throat starts hurting and then your voice gets croaky. It’s the worst feeling in the world. One doesn’t go to the doctor immediately and most of us reach for something warm and soothing, like a healing cup of tea that can soothe the irritation of the cough or ease the scratchiness! And why not?!

Tea, like the time-honored beverage that it is, truly has a lot of potent antioxidants, antibacterial, and antifungal properties that help to soothe your throat during a bad cough or the flu. Be it a cup of turmeric tea or a cup of sprightly ginger lemon tea, teas can do wonders by reducing inflammation, expelling mucus, or in clearing your nasal passages.

With more innovative brands entering the marketplace, one can find more dedicated superfood blends liketurmeric green teathat offer you effective relief from cold symptoms like inflammation, beneficial antioxidants which help in boosting the immune system. What’s better than a 100% herbal antidote for that throat?

So if you are looking for the 5 Best Teas to turn to the next time you are feeling down in the dumps with a bad cough and a sore throat, here’s a list that you can turn to! 

GREEN TEAS

The whole world knows today that Green Teais one of the healthiest ingredients on earth and has powerful antioxidants with a variety of essential nutrients that help in boosting your body’s innate defense. Green Teas have a special class of antioxidants, known as, EGCG (Epigallocatechin gallate) with incredible antiviral and antibacterial properties that help in curbing the resident infection and also help in clearing the throat. You can also do some green tea gargles to help fasten the healing.

There is a wide variety of blended green teas where you get the added benefit of spices, herbs or other botanicals like peppermint, chamomile, lemon which also bring an array of flavors to the tea. One of our top recommendations in this category would be the superfood turmeric green tea, a blend of Himalayan green tea mixed with authentic Japanese matcha that help build up your immunity and also helps reduce inflammation during a cough.

GINGER TEAS

Possibly one of the most common go-to brews for soothing an itchy throat and to get some relief from bouts of violent cough, a luscious cup of ginger tea does wonder for a sore throat. For centuries, ginger has been an important ingredient in healing potions meant for providing relief from carminative issues. But modern research has proven that ginger’s active ingredients, ‘gingerol’ and also ‘shogaol’ also have tremendous antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties that help curb throat infections by attacking the germs and reducing resident inflammation.

There are several possible combinations for ginger tea, wherein you can use honey, lemon, mint, etc. But we recommend a unique superfood blend of Turmeric ginger tea, wherein you can also gain the incredible benefits of turmeric like reduced anxiety, improved brain, and heart functions, etc. Delectable in taste and incredible in healing, a cup of spiced turmeric ginger tea will do the trick for you.

TURMERIC TEAS

One of the most powerful superfoods of the modern world, several clinical studies have proven turmeric tea incredible medicinal value, be it in any aspect of your health. With an active bio compound, known as ‘curcumin’, turmeric can benefit your heart, brain, liver functions, improve metabolism, while also being very beneficial for a sore throat. You can also add a dash of honey to ease your scratchy sensation.

With abundant antioxidants, turmeric also has robust antiviral, antibacterial, and antiseptic properties that can help ease the pain of sore throat and also in neutralizing germs of a resident infection. Explore this Oprah’s recommend Turmeric tea collection here.

BLACK TEAS

Black teashold a special place of reverence in the world of teas, especially for its nuanced flavors, complex characters, and also for being a healthier caffeine alternative which is full of beneficial antioxidants and also rich in ‘tannins’. Both of these have been proven to help boost the production of T-cells which form the most significant line of the body’s defense. This helps in healing your cold or flu faster and also soothe your throat.

If you don’t want to go for conventional black teas, there are far many flavored black teas blends like Earl Grey Citrus Black Tea which packs in the sprightly twist of bergamot extracts and also offers you a gift of essential vitamin C. Alternatively you can add some lemon and honey to your black teas for a soothing cup of flavorful goodness.

CHAMOMILE TEA

The perfect cup of tea for settling in for the night, a calming cup of Chamomile Tea can also help you sleep better when you are being kept up by a violent cough and a scratchy, painful throat. A time-honored herbal solution, Chamomile tea helps in lubricating a sore throat which prevents bad coughing bouts. Rich in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties, Chamomile tea also helps in reducing throat swelling and in building up the body’s immunity. Chamomile is known to be antispasmodic and can help lessen the cough.

For a painful and swollen throat, we would recommend that you sip on some specialized Chamomile blends like Chamomile Mint Citrus Green Tea, that can give you the added benefit of green tea’s healing and fortifying properties and the goodness of essential vitamins.

With such an impressive collection of healthy teas, each of which serves specific purposes to soothe, heal, and help cure a bad sore throat or cough; You know what to reach for the next time a sore throat comes knocking on your door. Simply cozy up and sip on a cup of turmeric tea or some soothing ginger teas and let them do the work!