My throat is sore!

Sorry life its time to put you on hold because god lord does my throat hurt!
It all started yesterday evening when I noticed that my throat had become 'itchy'. Went to bed...woke up around 6am and WHAM my throat was on fire and I felt uber congested...you know when it feels like you went sleep walking, but instead of sleep walking you actually went sleep bang your head against a brick wall over and overing?

So, Im not one of those people who let things 'run their course' no no, I want to stop feeling like shit and fast! So today I spent most of my day checking out some home remidies for a sore throat since I'm not really into medications for small things. I came across a few, most terrified me but some sounded more feesible than others...heres some of them:

• Just like mom used to say, gargle with salt water (½ tsp. mixed with 4 oz warm water) every few hours or as needed.

• Mix a cup of warm water, 2 tsp. honey and the juice of one lemon (or several teaspoons) and sip

• Mixing white vinegar, water, salt and crushed vitamin C together, gargle
  

• Others swear by gargling with chili pepper (yes, chili pepper!) Capsaicin, the ingredient in chili pepper that makes them hot, also numbs the throat. Mix ½ tsp. dried chili or cayenne pepper in a few ounces of water and gargle.

I tried the first one...mostly because it mentions moms and anything moms say is usually right...right? So...wish me luck everyone, hopefully I feel great tomorrow and can resume my life!