There are several mouthwashes on the market that can really help with dry mouth, Biotene being one of the better ones. You swish for about a minute, spit and wait for 20 to 30 minute before eating or drinking anything. Dry mouth impacts your oral hygene, causing plaque and tartar build up very quickly so be sure to mention this to your dentist.

Feel better!

The only thing I've ever found that helps dry mouth or dry throat is hard candy or cough drops, unfortunately. I do like peppermint tea for sore throats and upset stomachs, so it does double duty for me.

Annie

Honey is hydrating - lots of fluids should help, I think: teas, broths, water. I usually make a garlicky, oniony chicken soup w/ greens & carrots when I'm sick, but if your stomach's bad, stick to the BRAT(bananas, rice, applesauce, tea) diet until it improves

Here's hoping you recover soon!

There are several different "cough mixtures"...some contain only a cough supressant, some a cough supressant and guyafenacin to promote mucous production to stop the dry cough....and some contain a cough supressant and an antihistamine tod ry up any secretions.
I suggest you try taking only a cough supressant and not one with antihistamine....that's what makes you have the dry mouth.
Talk to your pharmacist.

Pssstt?? the t in brat is toast

Sorry you're not well. Carbonated drinks quench one's thirst better. And when I'm not eating due to illness and upset tummy, I find nondiet ginger ale very soothing...the sugar helps replace the calories I'm not eating. Plain seltzer or seltzer with a squeeze of lemon juice would be good too. Take cold-eeze or other lozenge with zinc in it as it is an immune system booster and will help you get better faster. Girlfriend's mom always said gargle with warm water laced with cider vinegar and honey.

Eat bland, dry toast with tea, cooked pasta without sauce or butter, maybe applesauce.

Hard peppermints for the stomach and sipping very hot water for the cough. No caffeine (tea?) because caffeine is a diuretic. If the cough is really bad, taking anything that has codeine (Tylenol with codeine, etc.) will suppress the cough short term, (i.e., it doesn't have to be cough syrup.) Except codeine is really rough on the stomach so prolly a no-go.

A very odd one is going around NYC and has hit hard the past few months. Sounds similar. Those that have been hit cannot get rid of it.

Sip what sounds good to you. Lots of fluids. I prefer warm rich broth diluted. With a bit of sweet potato diced very tiny. Kept in the fridge and heating up a small 1/2 cup at a time. For throat discomfort i like the AC vinegar, lemon, ginger, maple syrup blend and sip full strength.

Definitely find comfort foods that are more broth and easily digested but have good 'whole food' value. Gives your body a chance to fight and not working on foods that use energy digesting.

Hope you are on a recovering path. And do seek a doctors care if this continues. We have sent a handful to the hospital from work. One spent the night being so dehydrated.

I find nondiet ginger ale very soothing...the sugar helps replace the calories I'm not eating.

Yes, when I was a kid our pediatrician recommended flat ginger ale when we had stomach bugs.

Thank you all. Some combination of a strong licorice/ginger tea last night, sleeping with a humidifier and probably catching up rehydrating yesterday has helped. Woke up with a much moister mouth. My appetite and taste buds are still off kilter but also much improved.

When my belly was beginning to feel uneasy I made a simple miso soup which I found uhm extremely unappealing. So no soup which is my normal cold/flu food. Last night I had celery, winter squash and an overpoached egg. Also some strong gingerale.

Odd cold. Maybe some spring allergies piling onto the remnants of a cold. Mud season is beginning - my road is awful. But I was able to sit outside with my dog and dream of gardens yesterday.

I have a hunch what you have is going around...

Dreaming of gardens is the best remedy.

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look, someone updated the brat acronym to bratty?

How awful. Nothing makes you feel more miserable than a cold.

Like Annie, i also drink carbonated drinks along with tea. The bubbles seem to clean away that cottonmouth feeling. And the hot tea soothes.

i hope you are using a humidifier, that helps too, blowing close to your face especially at night. Keeps your throat from drying out.

i still like good old chicken soup. And there are some pretty good ones in cans, at the market, with broad noodles,, veggies, and actual chicken.

I hope you'll be feeling better soon.

Whatever you fancy is the best thing.

Chicken soup, ginger ale. Avoid dairy if you're congested.

I used to be sick a lot when I lived on the East Coast. A friend back then recommended a room vaporizer or humidifier. Said that's how his family broke the cycle of being sick a lot.