When I was a kid, a sore throat, a cough, generally meant eucalyptus suppositories. These are a mixture of various extracts of eucalyptus, camphor etc. in grease; they supposedly help. Anyway, mom believed in them.
They have two problems. First, the bum stings when they melt - the camphor etc. are irritants for the rectum. So, they have a little laxative effect. Needless to say, mom made sure I had been poo-poo before inserting them, so as not to waste them.
The second problem is that any fart smells of eucalyptus and camphor, and the smell is likely to stay in your clothing.
I remember once my mom and I were at some friend of hers, I had a throat ache and had been given a suppo before leaving home, and I had this smell during the whole hour or so we stayed there. I thought it very embarrassing.
Also, I remember being at the pharmacist when mommy was picking up a prescription for me. By accident there also was a female classmate of mine, also towed by her mother. When you're a kid, adults somehow think you deserve no privacy or nearly so, and the pharmacy clerk processing our prescription began shouting to somebody at the back of the store something like "yeah, the kid suppositories, not the adults". I made a face, and the little girl laughed at my predicament. Needless to say, I got the first suppo when coming back from the pharmacy (after the traditional "first try going potty, darling").