Dr told mom when my sister and I was just little kids to take methiolate ( spelling?) on a qtip and hold our tongues down with a spoon handle, take the qtip and mop the back of our throats with the methiolate real good, when we had a sore throat and coughing.. it would sure enough cure that cough and sore throat.. tasted horrible but it really worked.. we couldn’t afford to go to dr every time one of use got sick.. I sure do miss them old time family dr’s