To begin with, rinsing with soda generally has been gaining widespread recently. In fact, this procedure was successfully used by our grandmothers. In general, soda as a healing agent seems to be returning to its position. Today on the Internet there are even claims that cancer is being treated with its help.
Rinsing with soda and salt is not only used for colds. Thus, you can soothe a toothache, help yourself with a flux. Personally, I rinsed soda in the mouth with stomatitis and tonsillitis. Also, almost all members of our family thus whiten their teeth and strengthen the gums. The results are impressive.
Sore throat does not necessarily occur due to a cold. The expression "rip the throat from screaming" is known to many. In any case, we are interested not only in the pathology itself, but rather, effective methods of healing. Rinsing is one such repeatedly tested method. In pharmacies, of course, funds are offered for every occasion and taste. These are aerosols, sprays, and even lollipops. You suck yourself such a lollipop, continue to work and cure your throat at the same time.
But alternative methods of treatment are assigned not the last role, but sometimes the first one. Traditional medicine also uses a gargle of soda and salt to combat sore throat. Therapy for tonsillitis, both traditional and folk medicine, generally assigns an important role to gargling.
What gives a gargle with soda and salt? First of all, of course, disinfection occurs. This rinse promotes healing. There is a cleansing of the mucous membrane of the throat and oral cavity from accumulated mucous formations. A solution of soda for rinsing the throat is prepared as follows. One teaspoon of soda is dissolved in a glass of warm water.
With such a solution, you need to gargle your throat several times (up to five) per day. Gargling with soda and salt is carried out using such a solution: salt and soda in a glass of water are dissolved in equal amounts - a teaspoon. Three to five drops of iodine tincture can be added to this solution.
Keep in mind that water should be warm. Excellent results can be obtained by dissolving these ingredients in hot milk. In addition to soda and salt, add a tablespoon of honey and the same amount of butter to the milk. The resulting suspension should be drunk at a time. Sometimes the inflammatory process in the throat goes through literally several receptions.
It is very unpleasant when the inflammatory process in the throat catches on a sea vacation. In this case, it is a sin not to use rinsing with sea water. This can be done for preventive purposes. Sea water, of course, should be taken clean, away from places of mass bathing. If this procedure is carried out more often during a vacation at sea, then an excellent and long-lasting protection of the throat from sore throat is provided.
At home, you can also easily prepare a similar solution. You need to take sea salt and dissolve one teaspoon in a glass of water. Previously, gargling with soda and salt was called “rinsing with baby sea water”. The rinse procedure to obtain the greatest effect should be carried out more often, with a duration of at least five minutes.
Also, the throat can be rinsed with solutions prepared from other ingredients.
Freshly squeezed lemon juice
If gargling with soda and salt did not help you, and pain continues to impede food intake, they prevent you from talking, try the following recipe. In a glass or cup with warm water, squeeze the juice from the lemon. After stirring, gargle. Simple but effective.
Well, let's not forget about medications. Despite the wide spread of folk methods, at the early stage, furacilin tablets diluted in warm water are excellent. One or two crushed tablets are enough for a glass of water. Be healthy!