Can adding salt to cola cure a cold?

A cold is a very troublesome disease that has a great impact on people's physical health and can cause serious respiratory discomfort. Therefore, people with a cold will experience a period of discomfort. There are many ways to treat a cold. If you don't want to take medicine, you can take some folk remedies to deal with it. For example, can cola plus salt cure a cold? Let’s take a look at the explanation below, I hope everyone can understand it.

There are really many legends about "Coke plus salt". Some say that Coke plus salt can cure colds, which is actually wrong. Coke itself contains caffeine, which can indeed relieve the discomfort caused by a cold, but it has no effect on curing a cold. On the contrary, the carbonic acid and sugar content of cola are not conducive to recovery from a cold.

Don't believe that "cola plus salt" can cure a cold. However, if you have a cold, there are some useful folk remedies for treating colds. Let's take a look.

1. Eat green onions raw: When eating green onions raw, you can heat the oil and pour it on the finely chopped green onion shreds, and then eat it cold with tofu. It is not only delicious but also can prevent colds.

2. Rinse your mouth with salt water: Rinse your mouth with light salt water every morning, evening and after meals to remove oral bacteria. When influenza is prevalent, you should pay more attention to gargling with salt water. At this time, it will be more effective if you tilt your head back and gargle so that the salt water can fully rinse the throat.

3. Cold water face bath: Use cold water to wash your face every day. Use your hands to scoop up a handful of water to wash your nostrils. Gently inhale a little water through your nostrils (be careful not to inhale too deeply to avoid choking) and then blow it out. Repeat this process many times.

4. Massage the nasal groove: rub your hands together, and after your palms are warm, massage the Yingxiang point (located inside the nasal groove, horizontally at the midpoint of the outer edge of the nose) more than ten times. This can prevent colds and relieve nasal congestion symptoms after a cold.

5. Breathe steam: When you first catch a cold, pour boiling water into a cup and take deep breaths into the hot steam until the water in the cup cools down. Do this several times a day to relieve nasal congestion symptoms.

6. Blow hot air on your face: When you first catch a cold, you can use a hair dryer to blow hot air on your temples for 3 to 5 minutes, several times a day, to relieve symptoms and speed up recovery.