A sore throat is usually caused by a bacterial or viral infection of the throat, or in Chinese medicine, a fire. Sometimes it is also caused by trauma. The common treatment to get rid of sore throat consists of the following: medication, home care, and personal care. 1, medication: If the symptoms of sore throat are relatively light, you can go to the pharmacy to buy some throat lozenges, tablets, mouthwash, which have a good effect on reducing the sore throat; if the condition is serious, you can take fire-clearing herbs, and pain-relieving ibuprofen and other drugs. But if it is more obvious that the sore throat is caused by bacterial infection, medical treatment should be carried out in time. 2, home care: usually can be carried out in the following ways: (1) reasonable use of humidifiers, appropriate to increase the humidity in the room, conducive to maintaining the smooth flow of the respiratory tract. (2) You can use wet hot towel for local throat hot compress, for the relief of pain also has a very good effect. (3) To keep the room ventilation, for relieving sore throat, keep breathing smoothly, has a very good effect. 3, personal care: (1) to pay more attention to rest, to maintain adequate sleep, can improve the body’s resistance to disease. (2) To do diligent hand washing, because hands are a major way to spread germs, once the bacteria on the hands reach the organism, it will increase the symptoms of sore throat. (3) Avoid spicy and irritating food, as irritating food can cause great harm to the throat and is not good for the recovery of the disease. Usually, the treatment of sore throat can be carried out from the above three methods, but the condition is serious, it is necessary to go to the hospital in time.