This herbal tea

When sore throats strike, father-of-three Jack Maypole, M.D., a pediatrician and educational advisory board member for The Goddard School, pours his kids a warm cup of herbal tea that contains slippery elm bark and licorice root, like Throat Coat by Traditional Medicinals (TraditionalMedicinals.com). “The tea creates a thick gellike coating on the throat that soothes inflammation and irritation to ease discomfort,” he says. “And it has a lovely, slightly spicy, cinnamony taste that my kids really like.” Dr. Maypole serves it as needed—up to three times a day. “The kids always feel better pretty much right away.”