I don't do snot-rockets either. I have been known to use my buff in times of desperation! What ?? No worse than using the back of a glove

I get real throat and chest burn in cold weather, so I chew gum. Don't know why it works, but it does. Maybe because I can't gasp air in while I chew? I don't know, but I don't go anywhere on my bike without gum in winter. Hope you find something that works, it's a horrid thing to suffer.