Doctors in the UK recommend rinsing with salt water to recover from cold. In addition to gargling, doctors from The Edinburgh and Lothians Viral Intervention Study (ELVIS) also recommend breathing salt water with difficulty breathing.
Body cells apparently use chloride in salt water to produce hypochlorous acid (HOCI). HOCI compounds are antiviral active ingredients commonly used in bleach solutions. The average number of viruses has been shown to decrease in the respondent's body for 5 days of research.
"Gargling with salt water had been a recommendation from general practitioners in the United Kingdom until World War I. The benefits of salt water became a fairy tale after the discovery of antibiotics. In this preliminary study, saline rinsing proved to reduce the duration of upper respiratory infections, free use of drugs , the risk of other diseases in the household, "said virus expert Sandeep Ramalingam was quoted from the Daily Mail.
This research involved 61 respondents who all confirmed symptoms of colds. 30 respondents were asked to breathe salt water, by adding 3 grams of Cornish sea salt to 100 milliliters of boiling water. Salt water consists of 30 grams of Cornish sea salt which is included in 100 military boiling water. The salt solution is inhaled 3 times by opening one of the nostrils and closing the other. While 31 other respondents did not apply any treatment to face colds.
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As a result, the influx of respondents who rinse salt water recovered 1.9 days faster. The nose is congested feels more 2.7 days faster than the respondent who did nothing to become a cold. Sneezing ends 1.5 days faster and the cough feels lighter 2.4 days faster. The use of salt water also reduces the number of viruses and reduces the risk of infection, which is known by measuring the amount of virus through mucus on the surface of the nose.
With the results of this research, Ramalingam suggested that people consider rinsing with salt water if they experience colds. Research results have been published in the journal Scientific Reports. Currently, researchers are initiating a continuation of the study to see the effects of salt water gargling on children. Researchers hope to recruit 480 child respondents and their parents.
Regarding the salt solution used, ELVIS does not specify a certain dose. But the water used must boil, the container must be clean, and still feel comfortable. Brine that is inhaled through the nose should not be swallowed, and re-ejected through the same pathway or mouth. Inhaling or rinsing salt water can be done several times depending on disease conditions and patient comfort.
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