Your trick and remedies for throat/voice health

Can you share some home remedy ideas on how you keep your voice/throat in good shape in order to prep for a show's run?
Especially when you have "scratchy voice" from being tired.
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OK, one more tip. If you're ever on tour, the tea ir hot water with honey thing is good, but the trick is to buy LOCAL honey. A new city means a unique new blend of mildew in your ensemble-rate hotel room and pollens and dust at the West Chemung Veteran's Center and Playhouse. I'm not a science guy, but the local honey will contain antioxidants and er, sciency stuff that will help combat some of these other local effects better than generic brand name stuff. I can't really explain why, but it just works. Trust me, I've played doctors on stage.

Actually, cold water is bad for your voice. You should drink room temperature water and lots of it. Fisherman's Friend lozenges are great as well.

1. Get plenty of sleep.

2. Don't physically abuse your voice to begin with -- that means no belting, shouting, etc.

3. Get great vocal training -- for speaking and singing -- that insists on diaphragmatic breathing rather than clavicular breathing. (I was a voice major in college, but in my early thirties had to go to speech therapy because my vocal chords were frozen when I spoke, but not when I sang. The therapist said that I obviously was never taught that breathing for speaking and breathing for singing are one in the same! After two sessions, I was fine!)

My voice teacher and I recently had a conversation on how belting can seriously ruin you're chords if you don't know what you're doing. If you want to learn how to belt, you need to know you're voice well enough and know the capabilities it can reach. If you put too much strain onto you're chords, not only will the song you're singing sound too forced; it can result in nod's or something even worse. Basically my point is, one can have a healthy belt, but you need to remember the consequences that can come along with it.

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Try Elm wood

ElphabaRose- I love how you show the links of those other threads as if to say that the topic has been done to death. You do realize that the most recent thread link you posted was from three years ago?

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I eat the frostings you get out of a can, they make my voice feel great, and they give me energy, and don't worry, there is no dairy products in there

wickedfan, I actually had them bookmarked from last spring when I was sick and going into hell week. I thought that they would help so I posted them. I know that there was another more recent one but I can't seem to find that link right now. Sorry for trying to help.

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