Salt - a cold killer?

Raw garlic is a natural anti-viral and honey is a natural antibiotic, it makes some sort of weird sense that salt water cures colds better than anything else. 

Salt water 'cures kids' colds'

A nasal spray made from Atlantic Ocean seawater eased wintertime cold symptoms faster and slowed cough and cold symptoms from returning among children ages 6 to 10, researchers in Europe reported on Monday.

It may be that the salt water has a simple mechanical effect of clearing mucus, or it could be that trace elements in the water play some more significant role, though the exact reason why such a solution works is not known, said Dr Ivo Slapak and colleagues at the Teaching Hospital of Brno in the Czech Republic.

I've written earlier about the amazing properties of salt water and the ameliorative effect it has on cystic fibrosis.