Salt is a product that we should use very sparingly in the kitchen but which can become a precious ally for our well-being. Hot salt is in fact an excellent natural remedy for various ailments, including earaches.
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousThe sock of salt against earache. Salt is a product that we should use very sparingly in the kitchen, but which can become a precious ally for our well-being, to be included among the best natural remedies.
Hot salt is indeed a excellent natural remedy for various ailments, including earache.
It is in particular traditional Chinese medicine that uses hot salt as a wellness remedy but it must be said that this commonly used ingredient was often used also by our grandmothers as a natural emergency remedy in various situations, especially those in which pain appears localized in one or more points of the body.
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Especially comfortable and effective if you feel it ear pain may turn out a simple sock filled with hot salt. So let's see how to prepare it.
SALT SOCK: HOW TO PREPARE IT
To prepare the sock of salt you will only need:
• A 100% cotton and white sock
• Whole coarse salt (better than that up to prevent spillage)
The sock it must necessarily be white and cotton as colored socks or socks made with colored materials in contact with heat can release unwanted substances or even melt.
To prepare it you need:
• Cooking pan
• Cooker
Take half a cup of coarse salt in a pan and let it heat until it starts to creak (it takes a few minutes). At that point turn off, pour inside a sock, tie a knot and after doing it cool for a moment (be careful not to burn too much), place it on the sore ear holding it on for about 20 minutes. Another way to prepare it is to put the cold salt inside the sock, close it and put it in a pan to heat for 5 minutes.
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if ne bring you benefit you can easily repeat the treatment several times a day, reusing the same rises for 3/4 times, however, it must be thrown away and cannot be reused under any circumstances.
OTHER CASES IN WHICH TO USE IT
The hot salt pack can be useful in several situations and is a safe and effective natural remedy also for children. Here are the cases in which you can experiment:
- sinusite e cold
- bronchitis and phlegm
- cervical
- menstrual cramps and kidney
- backache
- rheumatism
- toothache
In some cases of the aforementioned cases, however, since the area to be heated is larger, it can be convenient to use instead of the sock, a cotton cloth filled with hot salt in such a way as to better cover the painful points of the body.
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