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Best Home Remedy for Chest Infection

The congested sinuses, racking coughs, and panging headaches that chest infections bring can really make every day a struggle. What's more, chest infections can often take weeks to lift, and may leave you feeling rough, sluggish and bruised for many days more. While for serious cases a dose of antibiotics is usually recommended, sometimes our bodies require a more naturalistic remedy such as the use of salt. This article will focus on the use of natural salts which have helped many with managing and providing relief of chest infection symptoms, read on to find out how this natural remedy can help you too.

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Natural salts are a natural home remedy for treating chest infections


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How Can Natural Salts Help with Chest Infections?

To gain an understanding of how salt can help with chest infections, we must first know what properties salt has. Salt has the ability to do the following:

  • Kill bacteria - Salt dries out germs and bacteria from your respiratory system
  • Reduce inflammation- saline diffused air reduces inflammation in the whole respiratory tract
  • Help you cough up phlegm - loosens excessive mucus to speed the elimination of toxins
  • Remove pathogen agents - such as airborne pollen
  • Strengthen the immune system and restore energy levels
  • Reduce lgE levels - so that the immune system does not over-react to asthma/allergy triggers

Salt therapy has the ability to reduce inflammation and mast cell response within the bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli, therefore the quality and function of breathing improves, and your chest infection symptoms are eased. 

 


Our Natural Remedy - The Cisca Easy Salt Pipe for Cough and Chest Infections

You may now be wondering - how do I safely administer clean natural salt into my body? This is where our Cisca Easy Salt Pipe for Cough and Chest Infections comes in - read on to find out more about this incredible product which has helped many of our customers with their chest infections, and how it can do the same for you too.

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What is the Cisca Easy Salt Pipe?

The Cisca Easy Salt Pipe is one of the UK’s number one forms of halotherapy (alternative salt medicine). The Easy Salt Pipe uses a single pipe containing 15g of Halite salt which is simply breathed in by placing the pipe in the mouth, and then exhaled through the nose. By placing the pipe near each of your nostrils and breathing in, you can also clear out your nasal cavity. The pipe’s size and quality make it perfect for those who are constantly travelling as it is incredibly lightweight and easy to fit into most bags.

"[The] Cisca Saltpipe is a simple and natural way to make a real difference to your health. This dry salt inhaler can give the benefit of from ancient salt cave therapy to maintain an optimum respiratory function and to help you to breathe easier, alleviate sneezing, coughing, shortness of breath and leaves you feeling revitalised. Salt crystals have been used for decades in the treatment of respiratory disorders and to help strengthen the immune system by cleansing the lungs allowing them to absorb more oxygen." - The Saltpipe (our supplier) 


What is Halite Salt? 

Originally created in Hungary, the Cisca Salt Pipe was invented to deliver salt therapy in a portable and accessible form. Each individual pipe filter contains 15 grams of Halite salt crystals which will last up to 6 months of daily 15 min use without requiring refilling during that time.  These salts are incredibly pure, having been formed in Hungarian caves around 20 million years ago!


How Will the Cisca Easy Salt Pipe Help With My Chest Infection? 

Using the Cisca Easy Salt Pipe at least once a day for 15 minutes will provide your body with the soothing cleanse it needs to fight off chest infections. Not only will the natural salt air open your airways, but it will encourage the expulsion of mucus and bacteria sitting in your chest. In fact, the Cisca Easy Salt Pipe is often recommended for diseases that affect excessive mucus production, such as cystic fibrosis. 


How Do I Use the Cisca Easy Salt Pipe? 

Using the Cisca Easy Salt Pipe is like breathing in fresh sea air at the beach and it’s incredibly easy to use:

  1. Simply place the pipe in your mouth, breathe in as normal (forceful breathing should be avoided), and exhale through your nose
  2. Breathing this back in purges your sinuses of excess mucus and congestion
  3. This opens up your nasal passages and airways so you can breathe more freely

Simply placing the pipe near each nostril and breathing in, can also clear out your nasal cavity. With consistent use, you'll start to notice results after just one week! 


Can the Cisca Easy Salt Pipe Be Used for Other Conditions?

Yes! In addition to relieving symptoms of a chest infection, the Cisca Salt Pipe can also relieve the following:

  • Hay fever and other allergies
  • Bronchitis
  • Coughs, sore throats, and wheezing
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Emphysema
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • The common cold
  • Respiratory problems caused by smoking
  • General sinus problems

You can even benefit from the Cisca Salt Pipe even if you don't experience any breathing trouble! The pipe has been found to significantly improve overall wellbeing after just 15 minutes of use a day. The Hungarian Halite crystals are imbued with detoxifying properties, which aid in the natural absorption of oxygen. 


What Have Our Customers Said About the Cisca Easy Salt Pipe?

One of our best selling products, check out below what some of our customers have said about the Cisca Easy Salt Pipe for Cough and Chest Infections.

Customer Verdict: "Amazing . Wish I'd found it ages ago . It works wonders in clearing your lungs . I would reccomend it to anyone who has chest problems like myself ." ★★★★ Jackie

Customer Verdict: "I have been using your ceramic Salt Pipe for 5 years, it helps clear my chest better than any medication the GP has ever given me. I have lung damage due to an accident which has left me with a lung that fills up with mucus. This latest purchase is a replacement." ★★★★ Hilary

Customer Verdict: "I have never tried one of these before it calms breathing and helps aid with coughing and chest is not so congested wish I hadn't waited so long in trying one" ★★★★ Patricia


The Science Behind Natural Salts Benefiting The Body

Natural salts are fantastic, and they’ve been used for thousands of years for all sorts of useful applications, like curing meats against fungus and bacteria. But as mentioned in this article, natural salts are also beneficial for your body. Let’s take a look at the science behind this. Osmosis and water solubility work the same way in our body as in a lab test tube. When you introduce very impure water to a solution with pure water, the water seeks equilibrium by moving from the area of greater purity to an area of lesser purity.

Osmosis Diagram

For a real-life example, take a person soaking in a salt bath:

  1. They are surrounded by very impure water, because the water is filled with salt.
  2. Their body is also filled with water, but this water is much purer because there is no salt.
  3. Therefore, the salt water in the bath will pull fluid from the person’s body in order to create an equilibrium.
  4. Any swellings caused by a build-up of fluid will be drained, as the water is drawn through the skin and into the tub.

Our Bodies Know What They Want

Quite often, people suffering from cold and flu will run themselves hot baths without really knowing why – only that it will make them feel better. There's actually a very natural reason why we are inclined to doing this. Soaking in a hot bath increases your body's temperature and induces a slight fever, which helps to boost your immune system and stop the cold virus in your sinuses reproducing.

In the same way, visits to the seaside will often leave us feeling rejuvenated, and our sinuses grateful for the excursion in the salty air. There's a very natural reason for this, too. The salt-soaked air and water work as natural astringents and as such, work towards drawing out toxins and bacteria.


Other Products For Your Health

We hope you have enjoyed this article on the use of natural salts for managing and relieving chest infection symptoms. For more helpful information and products for chest infections, please check out our Nasal and Sinus category.

Have you tried the Cisca Salt Pipe? How did you find it? Let us know in the comments below or get in touch via Twitter or Facebook!

Tags: General Health, Airway Clearance, Nasal and Sinus