I distinctly remember any time I had a sore throat while staying with my Grandma she'd send me and my sister to the bathroom to
gargle with salt water.
I also
gargle with salt water and go to bed as soon as I feel a cold coming on.
How this helps:
Gargling with salt water is a time - honored way to soothe a sore throat.
According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, people who
gargled with salt water had a 40 percent decrease in upper respiratory infections.
Gargling with salt water is one of the best home remedies to ease post-nasal drip.
For example,
gargling with salt water is a much touted sore throat remedy.
At the first sign of a sore throat, I begin
gargling with salt water or apple cider vinegar, just about every hour until the sore throat is gone.
Not exact matches
Gargling sea
salt with warm
water.
you can also add it to
salt water to
gargle with.
I like to mix 1 teaspoon of sea
salt with 8 ounces of warm
water and
gargle for at least 30 seconds.
If you have these small, shallow sores, try
gargling with warm
salt water and avoiding greasy foods in favor of soft and cold picks like yogurt.
Several studies have found that
gargling several times a day
with warm
salt water can reduce swelling in the throat and loosen mucus, helping to flush out irritants or bacteria.