runsrealfast wrote:
On Jun 5, 2:27 pm, Meat Plow wrote:

Doesn't gargling with salt water kill bacteria?

it changes the PH balance in your throat which kills some bacteria. I
would imagine the science has discovered that the type of bacteria
that gives you a sore throat dies because of gargling. Can't be said
about all bacteria

Yikes -- don't get your medical advice here, folks!

Gargling with salt water treats the symptom, not the disease. Some of
the pain of a sore throat is due to swelling, and gargling with salt
water helps remove water (by osmosis) from the swollen tissue, thereby
reducing the swelling and decreasing the pain. But the swelling and the
pain return as soon as your body gets more water back into the swollen area.

The sal****er doesn't kill any germs or change the pH of anything.