"I also drink hot ginger tea with lemon, honey, and a bit of rum, so it soothes and numbs my throat."
http://www.style.com/slideshows/sli...stay-healthy-immunity-boosting-tips/slides/10
I can vouch for this, every time I feel and incoming cold or itchy throat, I prepare one of those fresh ginger-lemon-honey concoctions (without the rum, though!) and it works like magic to avoid getting sick! I haven't have a proper cold in ages, now that I think about it...