The Association of Professional Piercers has a great Body Piercing after care resource pamphlets available in english, spanish and French.

Here is what they suggest for Cleaning Solutions:

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Use one or both of the following solutions for healing piercings:

• Packaged sterile saline solution with no additives (read the label), or a non-iodized sea salt mixture: Dissolve 1/4 teaspoon of non-iodized (iodine-free) sea salt into one cup (8 oz.) of warm distilled or bottled water. A stronger mixture is not better; a saline solution that is too strong can irritate the piercing.

• A mild, fragrance-free liquid soap—preferably anti-microbial or germicidal.

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*Please Note: Do not take table salt and dissolve it in water. Get saline solution or you need to get non-iodized salt. Table salt normally contains Iodine.

For daily care they suggest:

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• WASH your hands thoroughly prior to cleaning or touching your piercing for any reason.

• SALINE soak for five to ten minutes once or more per day. Invert a cup of warm saline solution over the area to form a vacuum. For certain piercings it may be easier to apply using clean gauze or paper towels saturated with saline solution. A brief rinse afterward will remove any residue.

• SOAP no more than once or twice a day. While showering, lather up a pearl size drop of the soap to clean the jewelry and the piercing. Leave the cleanser on the piercing no more than thirty seconds.

• RINSE thoroughly to remove all traces of the soap from the piercing. It is not necessary to rotate the jewelry through the piercing.

• DRY by gently patting with clean, disposable paper products. Cloth towels can harbor bacteria and snag on jewelry, causing injury.

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They have much more piercing information and tips available on their site.

I use alcohol on mine. It works wonders! I just got mine done about a week agao and the pain is almost completely gone.

Uhmm with natural salt or with sea salt..