| Adults may use washes, gargles, or sprays of solutions of sodium borate or of sodium bicarbonate. |
| Heating throat compresses in combination with salt-water gargles are two effective hydrotherapies indicated for pharyngitis and lymphadenopathy. |
| As a rule the gargles do not aid in the cure of the disease, though they contribute to the comfort of the patient. |
| I give them general advice on how to manage it, you know painkillers and gargles, and then I'll explain it'll cure itself. |
| Antibiotics are useless and proprietary antiseptic gargles and lozenges if used in excess are likely to further aggravate the throat. |
| Some remedies may be applied directly to the throat by gargles, and to the nose and throat by sprays. |
