Colds are the diseases that can heal by itself (self-limiting disease).
Although it can heal itself, gargling with salt solution can overcome
the symptoms that accompany it, such as cough and sore throat.
But if you do not want to be too dependent on drugs,
there are ways to relieve cold symptoms (common cold),
such as coughing, sneezing and sore throat.
The material required is very simple, just use table salt only.
Quoted from the NY Times, Wednesday (09/29/2010),
a solution of table salt is withdrawing fluid so that it can remove excess fluid in the area who have strep throat.
Not only will reduce the inflammation, the salt will also relieve the pain it causes.
In addition, the salt solution will also thin the mucus or phlegm t
hat clogs the respiratory tract.
Watery mucus that will be easily removed, so that it can carry an allergy-causing
substances and even if there is fungus or bacteria infection.
Tips proved efficacious in random testing of 400 patients with colds in the United States.
In the observations during the winter which lasts 60 days,
participants who gargled with saline solution three times daily decreased symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections by 40 percent.
The study was never published in this issue
of The American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 2005.
For best results, experts from the Mayo Clinic suggested that half a teaspoon dissolved in a cup full of warm water.
Use to rinse for bebreapa seconds prior to release, do as much as 3 times a day.
If you do not like the taste too salty, salt may be substituted with lemon or honey.
Same properties and need not be removed, can be directly swallowed after gargling.