ear and throat help

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Can anyone suggest good remedies for sore throat and clogged ears?

I am in day 10 of this strange illness, which involves completely

clogged up ears, sore throat, bronchial cough, and lots of phlegm. I

have no fever and no nasal congestion. I finally have got some

reduction of the phlegm with a long acupuncture treatment and some

chinese herbs, but it's

not gone by any means, just reduced. And the ears are still just as

clogged, throat still sore, and still coughing.

This does not respond to antiviral or antibacterial treatment. OTC

cold remedies help a little, especially guaifenesin, but they don't do

all I need. I can't hear properly and my ears are ringing and I just

can't get them to unclog no matter what I do. My throat is still sore

and the only things that help are stress dosing of HC (which mutes the

soreness for awhile, but then I get a rebound effect in the evening

after the last HC dose wears off) and chicken soup (which only helps

while I'm eating it, and I can really only eat so much chicken soup

Any suggestions?

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