This
simple home remedy has worked 100% of the time for anyone that has tried it.
Instead of suffering with a sore throat for a week or more, you can drive
it away immediately, sometimes in less than a day. However, this remedy is
not medical advice; it is a shared experience that really works! This site
is not for profit; it's aim is simply to help people cure their sore throats.
The most common sore throat remedies for sore throat are usually over-the-counter sprays, lozenges and pastilles that are ineffective and smelly. The most common doctor-prescribed remedies are antibiotics, which take time to obtain, cost money and can have many negative side effects.
Most often, people waste time waiting while trying to figure out whether
or not they really have a sore throat. By the time they realize they do
have a sore throat, it's usually to the point that they are already suffering
from serious sore
throat pain, can barely speak, swallow or even eat.
This remedy is salt, and not just about gargling saltwater, it is actually about using common table salt as it is.
What you have to do is: tilt your head backwards and shake a little bit
of salt straight into the back of your throat. Make sure you shake it straight
into your throat, onto the base of your tongue and not over the middle or
the tip your tongue (this way you will not suffer from any unpleasant taste).
After that, do not swallow your saliva, just let the salt dissolve right
there on the back of your throat, letting the salt stay there for as long
as you possibly can. If you're using a salt shaker, shake 2 to 6 times depending
how bad your sore throat is. If you're using a fast food style paper saltshaker,
you should shake about 1/4 of the packet directly into your throat.
Also highly suggested, is to shake an even larger amount of salt into your throat right before you go to sleep for the night. During your sleep, without food or drink, bacteria thrive without any interruption to incubation and growth. Therefore, using salt while you are asleep can be extremely effective. Keep a salt shaker near your bed. If you wake up in the middle of the night feeling sore, you can shake some more salt into your throat.
Salt is a very old remedy that kills bacteria. In the old days they traditionally
used salt to preserve
meat and fish. Why? Because salt attracts water and attacks the bacteria
cell walls, causing the bacteria to dehydrate and self-destruct in the process.
If your sore throat is really severe you can use salt as often as every 30 minutes. Use it as soon as you feel the first symptoms of a sore throat and the earlier you use it, the faster you’ll get rid of that sore throat.
Salt is available nearly everywhere. You can stop in to any fast food
place on any street and grab some. Don’t wait around trying to figure
out whether or not your sore throat is serious. Instead you can use this
quick sore throat
cure. As soon as you feel the first signs of a sore throat, use the
salt immediately. Gargling salt water is not nearly as effective since the
concentration of salt is not high enough to take care of the problem. Also,
gargling water requires a cup of water and the time to dissolve the salt
in it, yet more inconvenience that makes you wait for relief.
Not all sore throats are the result of a bacteria infection. Sometimes the cause is a virus, commonly known as influenza virus. Many times your sore throat starts as a viral infection which develops into a bacterial infection. Salt is intended to fight only the bacteria, not the virus. Therefore salt might not be totally effective if you are suffering from a viral throat infection. Nevertheless, you really have nothing to lose by using salt. According to experience, salt can be extremely effective in most all cases, depending on the cause of your sore throat.
A sore throat is also often the first stage of a common cold, also known as the Flu. First to arrive is the sore throat, followed by nasal congestion and coughing. If you can take care of it fast, you won't wear down your immune system fighting the sore throat and your immune system has more energy to fight the other cold symptoms. Therefore, using salt could also shorten the total duration of suffering from the common cold.
Everybody suffers from a sore throat every year. If you find this advice to be useful - feel free to share it with your friends - and send them a link to this site.
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