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[nonickname96]

Gargling with Salt Water Actually Helps a Cold or Cough
It's easy to dismiss your relatives' advice to gargle with salt water as an old-time cure left behind by science. But the Mayo Clinic, among others, found a bit of salt in warm water can be a helpful and cheap home remedy

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[strivingtoohard]

Thanks! I need to remember that. I keep a sore throat about half the time during winter.

[littlebee55]

It really does work pretty well, especially when you first get sick. I've been doing it for years

[michelleh324]

Excellent advice!

It's also good if you have tonsillitis.

[dogs_n_rodents]

I love it when science backs up old remedies. :)

Hummmmm

[joecichlid]

I might need to stock up on salt. My allergies are fixing to go nuts once I turn the heat on in the house for the first time this season.