Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Rid Throat and Sinus Mucus with SALT

Jan 15, 2024

11:27

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Learn how salt can effectively eliminate bacteria, fungi, yeast, and mold in the body. Salt thins mucus and makes it easier to expel. Gargling salt water improves immunity and strengthens the autonomic nervous system. Nasal irrigation with salt water helps thin sinus mucus. Cutting sugar from the diet may help with post-nasal drip. Using a humidifier or trying halotherapy can also be beneficial. For ear infections, try putting saltwater or garlic oil in the ear.

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Salt has antimicrobial properties that can kill bacteria, fungus, yeast, and mold through dehydration.

Salt thins mucus by extracting water from it, making it easier to expel from the body.

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Salt's antimicrobial properties

Salt has antimicrobial properties that can kill bacteria, fungus, yeast, and mold through dehydration. By applying salt to these microorganisms, the water inside their cells moves out, leaving them shriveled and dead. Salt also thins mucus by extracting water from it, thereby making it easier to expel. These properties make salt an effective remedy for infections in the respiratory tract, including post-nasal drip, ear infections, and tonsillitis.

Introduction

2min

Sources of Throat Mucus and Using Salt as a Remedy

2min

Methods to Alleviate Sore Throat and Sinus Mucus with Salt

4min

Alleviating Throat and Sinus Mucus with Salt

3min

Today, we’re going to take a look at how salt can effectively get rid of bacteria, fungi, yeast, and mold in the body. Salt causes water to move out of the cell, eliminating these pathogens through dehydration.

Salt thins mucus with this same mechanism. Salt removes water from the mucus, making it thinner so that it can be more easily expelled from the body.

To eliminate mucus using salt, dissolve a teaspoon of sea salt (not table salt) in a glass of water. Drink or gargle the salt water. This exposes the mouth and throat to salt, which helps to get rid of mucus, improves immunity, and strengthens the autonomic nervous system.

You can also use diluted apple cider vinegar. This changes the pH and helps kill microbes.

A Neti pot uses nasal irrigation to gently send a stream of diluted salt water through your sinuses, helping to thin the mucus. If you have a constant post-nasal drip, you may have a fungal infection or mold issue going on in your sinuses, and cutting sugar from your diet may help.

You can also use a humidifier with a saltwater solution while you sleep. A humidifier turns liquid into vapor, allowing you to inhale the salt water. Halotherapy, or salt therapy, can also be beneficial.

If none of these remedies seem to be working, an ear infection could be the source of your mucus. In this case, try putting four to five drops of saltwater directly into each ear. You can try the same thing with diluted apple cider vinegar or use one drop of garlic oil in each ear.

Vitamin D supports your immune system and helps prevent mucus. Vitamin D deficiencies are associated with enlarged tonsils, sinus allergies, sinus mucus, and ear infections. Try taking 20,000 to 50,000 IU of vitamin D once per week to address mucus.

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