Sore Throat
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The Healing Power of a Salt Water Gargle for Sore Throat Relief

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Salt Water Gargle
Posted by Paloomi (Odek, Uganda) on 07/04/2012
★★★★☆

It helped, but not 100%.


Salt Water Gargle
Posted by Adam (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada) on 06/24/2011
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I just recovered from an overnight flu and I am only 13 and got a really sore throat. I read some of the remedies on this site and I saw a bunce of combinations of salt and vinegar, since I had no vinegar, I took half a cup of warm water put a good amount of salt in it and gargled about 3 times.

Before I tried this remidee whenever I swalowed I felt an enormous amount of pain in the back of my throat, and after gargling my throat still hurts a bit, but still hurts way less than before, I will keep doing this about once an hr and maybe get some vinegar, just one question, do I swallow the substances or spit them out after gargling?

Thank You


Salt Water Gargle
Posted by Hisham (Isa Town, Bahrai) on 11/09/2009
★★★★☆

Woooh! The salt gurgle treatment is great. It has taken away most of the pain but i am goin to keep repeating the treatment until it has tottally gone.THANK U SALT!!!