Treatment of angina should be carried out under the supervision of a doctor in compliance with all prescriptions, including taking prescribed medications. However, therapy can be supplemented with other useful procedures, for example, gargling with sea s alt. But only a properly made solution will allow you to get the desired effect.
Benefits of sea s alt
Practice shows that gargling with such a solution in the treatment of tonsillitis and other inflammatory diseases of the throat is a highly effective folk method. Rinsing is quite simple and can be taught to even the youngest children.
In addition to the treatment of sore throats, rinsing will get rid of the unpleasant odor emanating from the oral cavity, alleviate the condition of dental disease.
A solution of sea s alt for gargling will be safe in the treatment of young children, pregnant women.
How do they get it?
The product is obtained by evaporating ordinary sea water and then purifying the crystals. The s alt is not further processed, its crystals are packaged in waterproof packaging, sent for storage in rooms protected from moisture.
Sea s alt, unlike simple table s alt, contains many chemical elements. Some s alt samples may contain more than 90 trace elements.
As a rule, s alt is enriched with fluorine, aluminum, zinc, copper, manganese, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, iodine. All these components of sea s alt contribute to the suppression of the process of reproduction of pathogenic agents, their destruction, as well as the relief of inflammation in the throat and oral cavity.
For gargling with sea s alt, it is important to prepare the solution correctly.
Proper preparation of saline solution
It is important to follow the recommendations for making the solution. This will allow not only not to harm, but also to get the maximum therapeutic effect. It is necessary to dilute s alt using warm water, which has been boiled in advance. For every half teaspoon of s alt, it is recommended to take 200 grams of water.
The rinsing procedure should be started after the crystals have completely dissolved. The solution prepared in this way is suitable for rinsing the mouth with inflammation of the gums and deep treatment of the throat cavity. It is not recommended to increase the concentration of the solution.
How to dilute sea s alt for gargling,everyone should know.
Frequency of procedures
The frequency of procedures can be adjusted by the patient independently, there are no clear instructions regarding the frequency of applications. The greatest effectiveness can be obtained by gargling every hour and a half. The liquid should have a temperature slightly higher than body temperature. Do not use very hot water, as it is possible to get burned. And this is highly undesirable for inflammation in the throat.
It is important to use cooler water when it is necessary to rinse an affected tooth.
Using a solution for the treatment of sore throats
Gargling with sea s alt has a complex effect on all organs located in the oral cavity, allows you to effectively eliminate disease-causing agents, stimulate the activity of the salivary glands, the secret of which also helps to eliminate infection. Under the influence of s alt, acidity is restored in the pharynx and oral cavity, acids are neutralized, the burning sensation is reduced, and pain is relieved. The solution allows you to remove excess mucus, normalize blood flow, accelerate the recovery of affected mucous membranes.
There is another recipe for preparing a solution for gargling with sea s alt, which will be useful for tonsillitis. To get it, you should add a teaspoon without the top of soda to the saline solution prepared according to the indicated recipe. This will reduce the pain that occurs when coughing, eliminate the symptoms of drying out, have a beneficial effect on swollen tissues, createa barrier that prevents the growth of new bacteria.
Recommendations for using said throat s alt and soda solution are quite simple:
- Water used should not exceed 40 degrees.
- The total duration of the rinse should be 5 minutes, and each series should be at least 20 seconds.
- Before each procedure, it is necessary to prepare a fresh solution, as it loses its properties during long storage.
- After rinsing, you should refrain from eating for half an hour.
- In cases where the patient has gastritis or gastric ulcers, it is important to exercise caution - it is not recommended to swallow s alt water, as it causes severe irritation when it enters the stomach.
Contraindications for rinsing
The rinsing procedure is undeniably useful only when:
- The patient does not have tuberculosis, cancer.
- Patient does not have a fever.
It is also contraindicated to rinse children under 2 years old. This is due to the complexity of explaining to a child of this age that the solution should not be swallowed, as well as the impossibility of learning the correct rinsing technique. When treating young patients, it is especially important to ensure that the water temperature is not very high, since it is quite easy to burn the mucous membranes.
Gargling with sea s alt for children over 2-3 years old alsoassigned.
If a child swallows a small amount of solution, do not worry - it will not do much harm. If you teach your child to rinse from an early age, you can prevent the development of serious ENT diseases in adulthood.
It is possible to use sea water for instillation of the nose for small patients from the first month of their life. As a rule, parents prefer to use pharmaceutical products based on sea water (Dolphin, Humer, Aqualor, Aqua Maris).
Gargling with sea s alt for prevention
The described rinsing procedures are often used in the off-season and winter time for prevention by those who are prone to frequent respiratory diseases. In fact, such a simple and inexpensive procedure will prevent systemic diseases.
For the purpose of prevention, it will be enough to gargle once a day, and the concentration of the solution can be reduced. So, for its preparation you will need only half a teaspoon of soda and sea s alt. For dilution, it will require 200 grams of pre-boiled water.
Statistics show that the systematic use of a prophylactic significantly reduces the incidence of angina, or completely avoids the development of an inflammatory process in the throat.
Sea s alt gargle is available in pharmacies without a prescription.
Use table s alt instead of sea s alt
Regular s alt vs.marine, has a different composition, however, if there is no possibility of acquiring the latter, the use of simple table s alt is allowed. Strengthen the disinfecting properties will allow the addition of a small amount of iodine to the prepared solution.
Don't forget, an overdose of iodine, unlike baking soda and s alt, can cause unpleasant effects.
It should also be noted that a solution prepared with iodine can cause excessive dryness, especially if applied systematically. Iodine has a drying effect. The development of such symptoms indicates the need to reduce the frequency of applications of the solution. Otherwise, irritation of the mucous membranes in the oral cavity will intensify, causing even more pain in the throat.
The temperature of the solution prepared on the basis of s alt and iodine should not be higher than 40 degrees, this will minimize the irritating effect on the mucous membrane.
Helpful tips
It is important to remember that the high effectiveness of therapy depends not only on the amount of solution used or its composition. The s alt solution must necessarily fall on the foci of inflammation in the throat. This means that the rinse should be deep, but the solution should not be swallowed.
The effectiveness of gargling with sea s alt for tonsillitis will increase if you pronounce the letter Y. The tongue takes a lower position, allowing deeper access to the solution.
When tilting the head back, the area of influence will increasesolution. You also need to pay attention to the time factor. It is recommended to carry out the procedure in series, each of which takes 20 seconds. Its total duration is 5 minutes.
It is strictly forbidden for angina to refuse other methods of therapy. The best option would be complex therapy, including medications recommended by the doctor, and rinses that can shorten the duration of therapy.
It is recommended to use s alt to prepare the solution, which is obtained from the water of the seas located in relatively ecologically safe areas. It is important to purchase sea s alt not in cosmetic stores, but in pharmacies. Only in this case, you can be sure that the s alt does not contain any harmful additives.
Reviews
There are many reviews about this tool. People note that sea s alt helps to quickly get rid of a sore throat, relieves a sore throat. It is inexpensive and has no side effects. In some cases, the solution can be replaced with a product prepared independently from table s alt and soda. Also, people in the reviews confirm that for a better result, you can add a couple of drops of iodine to the composition.
