Personal Uses For Salt

• Eating too much salt or drinking salt water is generally bad for you, however a small amount of salt each day is ok, especially if you use iodized table salt. Iodized salt actually contains iodine, which is essential for a healthy brain. So replace your normal table salt with iodized salt in all of your cooking and meals.
• If you have a sore throat or can't stop coughing then the best and easiest way to relieve it is to gargle with salt water. Just add 1 teaspoon of salt to a glass of warm water and then gargle with it until it is all gone.
• Mix 1 tablespoon of salt with warm water and use to spritz hair before setting it. This will help your curls stay in longer.
• Salt can be used to soothe and deodorize tired feet. Just add ¼ cup salt to a shallow pan or tub of warm water and soak your feet for at least 15 minutes.
• For cleaner and sweeter breath dissolve a teaspoon of salt in a cup of warm water and use it as a mouthwash.
• You can use salt to gently brush your teeth by using a paste of salt and water. It will give your teeth a squeaky clean and the anti-bacterial power will help to keep your gums and teeth fresh and healthy.
• If you have gingivitis or gum inflammation you can reduce the swelling by rinsing your mouth for 40 seconds with a teaspoon of salt mixed into a glass of warm water.
• You can soothe tired eyes or relieve puffy eyes by giving them a salt water bath. Do this by soaking a washcloth in a solution of ½ teaspoon salt and ½ litre of water and laying the cloth over your closed eyes for 10-15 minutes. Re-soak the cloth and continue the salt water flush of your eyes every 5 minutes.
• You can make your own salt water eyewash that will help to clean your eyes and relieve the itchiness of conjunctivitis. Just add 1 teaspoon of salt to 500ml of water and boil for 15 minutes. The let it cool down and use an eyedropper to flush your eyes a few times a day.
• Gargling with salt water can actually help to relieve the pain caused by an earache. Garling will reduce the swelling in the eustachin tubes in the ear and help to unblock any fluid build up that has occurred.
• A salt water mouthwash can also help with a toothache. Rinse for about 30 seconds with warm salt water and this will reduce the swelling around the sore tooth.