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myLot reputation of 98/100. jonjee0203 (1817)   ranked 586 out of 1,613 in general health5 months ago

When you have a sore-throat, you take throat lozenges and you take a mouth wash. Some people will gargle with salt. Others prefer mouth wash especially Oral B or Listerine. For me, salt gargle seems to work better even though you would develop a cough as the throat tissues recovers. What kind of gargle do you prefer? To do a salt solution gargle or to use those commercial mouthwash?

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 96/100. mickly08 (523)   5 months ago

I like to gargle with salt . I heard that salt can protect your teeth for some time . It can contain germ and something else .Recently,I want to try another kind of gargle . Because I have used gargle with salt for a long time .


myLot reputation of 98/100. jonjee0203 (1817)   ranked 586 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

Well,that's a new one. I have not heard that salt protects the teeth.It is does, then it's great. While you gargle to clear your throat, you also protect your teeth.Yes, salt has been used as a preservation agent and to give taste to food.We all know that people with wounds on their body go to the sea to bathe in it to heal their wounds.So what was the other gargle that you used?


myLot reputation of 90/100. mrakobesie (754)   ranked 495 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

some top quality salts contain natural fluoride (calcium-flouro-phosphate)which protects teeth and bones.


myLot reputation of 89/100. Binthu (3440)   ranked 8 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

Yes absolutely right, we must need sufficient amount of fluoride
in order to keep the teeth as well as the gum in good conditions.
That is the reasons most of the doctors would advise the patients
to take the salt regularly in order to have the fluoride frequently.
So better to use the salt gargling which will be used for the
treatment of sore throat as well as to give the fluoride to
the teeth as well as to the gum.

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2. myLot reputation of 92/100. mzz663 (1072)   5 months ago

I use Listerine.My grandma always says to use a mix of salt,vinegar and honey for a gargle and to drink honey/lemon tea. I don't know her exact measurements but my mom and sister swear it works, I'll have to talk to my grandma and find out!


myLot reputation of 98/100. jonjee0203 (1817)   ranked 586 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

Okay, that is another new one. So it's a gargle made of salt,vinegar and honey and to top it up with a honey lemon drink. I know honey-lemon is a great soother of sore throats and also some take fruit vinegar. Fruit vinegar apparently contains good enzymes to act as antibodies to destroy rogue free radicals. I do take apple cider sometimes for my sore throat.


myLot reputation of 92/100. mzz663 (1072)  5 months ago

I'm going to see my grandma later today, I'll ask her what the ingredients are exactly....


myLot reputation of 90/100. mrakobesie (754)   ranked 495 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

honey is also antimicrobial, i used it when i had a guminfection, worked better then any antibiotic:) but be sure to use good quality honey, i usually get raw honey, that one has the most nutrients and works the best on infections and skin

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3. myLot reputation of 100/100. cwong77 (1180)   5 months ago

Since I was young, my mum will tell us to gargle with salt water if we feel uneasy on the throat.. and I have once visited a doctor due to my throat infection, and was told not to take lozenges too much.. maybe one a day if I really need it.. apparently the lozenges has the chemical reaction towards the throat, and it somehow will make it very dry and not good...
and now, with my mum being a yoga practitioner and instructor, we are also being taught how to clear our throat every morning with salt water.. and I had since not getting any more throat problem since I could ever remember..

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4. myLot reputation of 89/100. Binthu (3440)   ranked 8 out of 1,613 in general health   5 months ago

Hi Jonjee,

When we had the sore throat it will be happen due to many reasons
particularly on microbial infections, most of the peoples would
like to take mild to moderate lozenges likes Orofar, Strepsils,
Isla Mint, etc, in order to get relief from the sore throat.
Still you did not feel more comfortable then go for the gargle
or moth wash. If you like to choose the simple gargling hot water+
Salt + Lemon will be act as a good gargling to kills all types of
microbes which are the reasons to cause the problems of sore throat.

Most of the mouth wash products including Listerine, Orofar, Listermint,
etc., all are contains mild concentration of antiseptic which will
kills all the microbes as well as the germs in order to gets the
fast relief from the sore throat. So if you are using the mouth wash
then always better than simple gargling due to rate of action
against the microbes.

Have a good day.

Best of luck.


myLot reputation of 98/100. jonjee0203 (1817)   ranked 586 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

Yes, some gargles work for me. Salt is good. Heard salt and warm water works fine for some. Yes a response said to gargle and then take a honey lemon juice. For me, I do take apple cider.


myLot reputation of 90/100. mrakobesie (754)   ranked 495 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

yes, the mouth washes will kill all microbs in your mouth (good and bad) and will kill teeth as well because they comtain sodium flouride, artificialy produced flouride that is also used as a rat poison and causes brain damage. if you want to use mouth wash, look for once with ether no flouride or calcium-flouro-phosphate or sodium mono flouro phosphate, natural flourides. it's hard to find these mouth washes, but you might see them in health food stores


myLot reputation of 89/100. Binthu (3440)   ranked 8 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

As per the information I don't find the suitable reasons
that all the mouthwash contains some types dangerous
ingredients which will cause the problems to the teeth
as well as to the mouth. Again I would like to inform you
that when we are using anything with control ( without overdose )
it will not cause any damages to the teeth as well as to the
mouth. If it is true means how the FDA has approved the
mouthwash and has been kept in all medical stores including
some foods store for selling. As you knew that still Listerine
mouthwash no 1 in the markets and has been used by many millions
of peoples around the world, if the Listerine will cause any
problems like you have said in earlier then it will not reached
no 1 position in the pharmaceutical industry.


myLot reputation of 90/100. mrakobesie (754)   ranked 495 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

there is a lot of research in regards to flouride that most mouthwashes, thoothpastes, water anf even soda contains. flouride that is added to them are artificial in nature, it's actually a byproduct of industial production of many things including atomic bumb. this chemical caused companies a lot of pain because it was very expensive to dispose of it, there were many law suets over it because it would leak into the atmosphere and into the ground causing animals who ate plants that were grown on this soil to die. sodium flouride (artificial one used in all these products) is named 3rd most dangerous air polutant. the reason FDA aproved it is because of money. US government made attomic bombs and in the proicess caused a huge ammount of sodium flouride polution, in order to prevent complaints and law problems they payed "scientis team" to find something good in this chemical. so in order to get payed these scientists fabricated information that it's good for the teeth. all the companies that had this chemical as a waste product were very happy about it because instead of spending money on getting rid of it they could now sell it and make money on it. sodium flouride was linked to more diseases then you can even immagine, it was used by both nazi germany and USSR as a meant of controling prisoners because it showed to suppress will and desire to fight. it causes genetic mutation, can make women sterile, it tricks blood brain barrier into letting toxins into the brain and it actually kills parts of the brain. with long use it can calcify pianeal gland and causes hypothirodism. it causes birth defects, ADD, ADHD, cancer, mental retardation, teeth and bone problems, diabetes and that's not even the whole list. all these effects have been well researched and documented. Chinese study found Attention Deficit Disorders in adult humans if sublingual drops containing 100 ppm of sodium fluoride were administered. toothpastes contain 1000 to 1500 ppm fluoride and mouth rinses contain 230-900 ppm fluoride, much more then the dose that can cause ADD. with prolonged exposure it builds up in the body too.

The good flouride is NOT water soluable and is occuring in nature, that flouride actually does help teeth and bones and is essential for good health, but IT'S NOT the one added tomouth washes you listed.

if you want proof of how harmful sodium flouride is, do a quick rearch in google, search "harmful effects of flouride" you will find tons of information in very good details about exactly how it effects humans as well as other animals. you can also ask and pest terminator about it, they use sodium flouride to kill mice, rats, and insects. they use flouride gas in especially diffecult cases because it's so effective in killing.

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5. myLot reputation of 90/100. mrakobesie (754)   ranked 495 out of 1,613 in general health   5 months ago

I don't use comertial mouth washes, they can actually be very harmful for the teeth. I usually drink tea from plants that have antilicrobial qualities, they kill microbs as they pass down into the stomach, so they work well for me. apple cider vinegar gargle works well too, but it's not too pleasant... my main treatment though consists of boosting up the innume system and using as many natural antimicrobial remedies as possible


myLot reputation of 98/100. jonjee0203 (1817)   ranked 586 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

Good if tea also have those germ-killing properties.Right now, I am having a bad sore throat from talking with my relative who just flew in from Florida. My voice is horse and I have been taking Strepsils every three hourly.There is a limit of three per day and so I guess it's back to the salt solution gargle for me.Thanks for your views.


myLot reputation of 90/100. mrakobesie (754)   ranked 495 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

if it's just from talking too much then there is a good chance that honey will help, it softens the skin, so there is a good chance it will do the same for the throat. many jams help too btw, respbery jam used to always help me when i was little


myLot reputation of 89/100. Binthu (3440)   ranked 8 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

Yes you are right, there is a Strepsils with honey which
will be very effective for the sore throat, and also
you can used more than 3 everyday, prior to get complete
recovery from your discomfort of sore throat.


myLot reputation of 90/100. mrakobesie (754)   ranked 495 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

just found another way to treat soar throat, honney, ginger and lemon tea. in combination do wounders even in the most severe cases. though i must say i'm not a big fan of how ginger tases, too spicy for me, but some people actually like how it tastes.


myLot reputation of 90/100. mrakobesie (754)   ranked 495 out of 1,613 in general health  5 months ago

strepsilis is limited to 3 per day last time i checked and people have overdozed on it before. some people experience side effects from it too, not too severe, but any side effect inmore then no side effect from just raw honney and other natural ways to treat it

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