Salt Water for Toothache
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Question
Is it permissible to use salt water to relieve toothache?
Answer
There is a prohibition against using salt water for medicinal purposes on Shabbat. The prohibition of medicine is waived only for someone who has reached the level of a sick person without danger (such as feeling pain throughout the body or bedridden due to pain). Therefore, if the toothache is so severe, it is permissible, and one should prepare one-third salt and two-thirds water, not the reverse.