The kidneys must back up and fail before you ever feel the first sign of ilness. The stomach must be acid and intestines slow to eliminate, long before the tonsils can give you a sore throat. The fastest way to eliminate the waste; is the fastest way to solve the sore throat.
Before I got into herbs, I suffered every winter with sever sore throat and mom would take me to the doctor and get penicilian shot and pills. Those days are long gone.