Sea Salt and Water can draw excess moisture out of inflamed throat tissues in the same way it draws moisture out of meat. . The mixture has a drying effect that makes it ideal for treating sore throats and mosquito bites. Salt also has disinfectant properties that can help kill the bacteria that caused the sore throat in the first place. Stir one tablespoon of sea salt into half a cup of warm water until dissolved. Use the mixture to gargle every few hours as needed. Soak bites in the salt water mixture, or you can mix the sea salt with lard or a cold cream and apply it as a paste to bites.

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In another JAMA study published today, kids with sore throats are often prescribed unnecessary or incorrect antibiotics.

The problem may stem from the inaccurate assumption that every sore throat is strep throat. JAMA reports that of the children with sore throats who seek medical treatment, no more than a third actually have strep. The bacterial infection seems to have become a catch phrase for any throat ailment.