* Test for rotten eggs. Put an egg in a cup of water to which you've added two teaspoons of salt. A fresh egg will sink, but one that's iffy will float.
* Repel fleas. Wash the doghouse with it.
* Soothe a bee sting. Wet the sting right away, then cover it with salt.
* Keep radishes safe in the garden. Salt worms (cutworms) will be repelled if you sprinkle seeds with table salt, then cover with dirt.
* Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier.
*Dissolve 1/2 teaspoon salt in 8 ounces room temperature water. Draw mixture into a nose dropper, and inhale liquid through your nostrils. Repeat several times for each nostril, using 2 or 3 drops of the solution each time. When you are through, blow your nose until no discharge remains
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* Rinse a sore eye with a little salt water
*Mildly salted water makes an effective mouthwash. Use it hot for a sore throat gargle
* Use salt for killing weeds in your lawn
* Milk stays fresh longer when a little salt is added
* Use equal parts of salt and baking soda for brushing your teeth.
*A saltwater soak can do wonders for that special mosquito-bite itch -- a poultice of salt mixed with olive oil can help too.
*Deter ants. Sprinkle salt at doorways, window sills, and anywhere else ants sneak into your house. Ants don't like to walk on salt.
*Kill poison ivy. Mix three pounds of salt with a gallon of soapy water (use a gentle dish soap) and apply to leaves and stems with a sprayer, avoiding any plant life that you want to keep.
* Keep chicken or turkey moist. Rub salt in the cavity of the bird before cooking.
*To remove bloodstains from material, sprinkle with salt and rinse with cold water!
*Apply salt to a cut to draw out infection and promote healing (better still – take medical advice)!
*Dissolve 1/2 teaspoon salt in 8 ounces room temperature water. Draw mixture into a nose dropper, and inhale liquid through your nostrils. Repeat several times for each nostril, using 2 or 3 drops of the solution each time. When you are through, blow your nose until no discharge remains
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