(4) Apis. Look at your uvula, if watery oedema of same, swelling inside or out, plus stinging pains and cough.
(5) Hepar. Sharp splinter-like pains in throat indicates this remedy. Suppurative throat troubles, Quinsy, retropharyngeal abscess.
(6) Nux Vomica. An all-time high remedy for irritated throats of smokers, drinkers, and preachers (irritable humans).