“For the study, researchers taught parents how to make and apply salt water drops to their children’s noses. Three drops were administered to each nostril at least four times a day until the 150 young children got better.

The remaining 151 kids were given their typical cold treatment.

‘We found that children using salt water nose drops had cold symptoms for an average of six days where those with usual care had symptoms for eight days,’ Cunningham said. ‘The children receiving salt water nose drops also needed fewer medicines during their illness.’

Only 46% of nose drop households reported family members catching the child’s cold, versus 61% of the other households.

Eighty-two percent of parents said the nose drops helped their child get better quickly, with 81% declaring that they would use drops in the future.”

From New York Post.