Alternatives to sinus meds

June 11, 2006

What works for me is a sinus rinse. You have a couple of options for apparatus

to use. You can purchase a nettie pot from your local herb shop for around $20

or so or you can purchase a sinus rinse kit from your local pharmacy for around

$14 or so. Because I have such a tight budget I opted for the kit from my

pharmacy. Anyway, it's just a rinse made from warm water and salt (the cheaper

kit had pre-mixed packets of salt in it which was great). I add 2 - 3 drops of

tea tree oil to my saline mixture. I used it every day for about 2 weeks, then

backed off to 3 to 4 times a week for a couple of months. Now, I just use it

usually once or twice a week. I'll use it more often if I feel like I've got a

sinus cold coming on or if I've been doing a lot of extra dusty work around the

house and garden (i.e. cleaning out the garage or attic, mowing the lawn). I

haven't had to take any kind of allergy meds since I started using the sinus

rinse last winter. I also haven't had

to deal with a full blown head cold this season at all. I think I felt kind of

yucky and stuffy one day about mid-March. The first few times I used the sinus

rinse it brought tears to my eyes. Once I got the water temperature adjusted to

a more comfortable level and some of the massive amounts of built up mucus

started moving my eyes stopped watering. I highly reccommend using a sinus

rinse especially if you work with a lot of people on a daily basis, in a dry and

dusty environment, in a damp environment, or outdoors (especially in the city).

Mary

June 14, 2006

How much salt do you use?

Everytime I have tried this I have ended up terribly congested with

painful sinuses, so I just use the saline nasel spray. Maybe I use

too much salt, although when I used a smaller amount same thing

happened. Can one be allergic to salt?!

Julie

, Mary Mizio

<mary_mizio wrote:

>

> What works for me is a sinus rinse. You have a couple of options

for apparatus to use. You can purchase a nettie pot from your local

herb shop for around $20 or so or you can purchase a sinus rinse kit

from your local pharmacy for around $14 or so. Because I have such

a tight budget I opted for the kit from my pharmacy. Anyway, it's

just a rinse made from warm water and salt (the cheaper kit had pre-

mixed packets of salt in it which was great). I add 2 - 3 drops of

tea tree oil to my saline mixture. I used it every day for about 2

weeks, then backed off to 3 to 4 times a week for a couple of

months. Now, I just use it usually once or twice a week. I'll use

it more often if I feel like I've got a sinus cold coming on or if

I've been doing a lot of extra dusty work around the house and

garden (i.e. cleaning out the garage or attic, mowing the lawn). I

haven't had to take any kind of allergy meds since I started using

the sinus rinse last winter. I also haven't had

> to deal with a full blown head cold this season at all. I think

I felt kind of yucky and stuffy one day about mid-March. The first

few times I used the sinus rinse it brought tears to my eyes. Once

I got the water temperature adjusted to a more comfortable level and

some of the massive amounts of built up mucus started moving my eyes

stopped watering. I highly reccommend using a sinus rinse

especially if you work with a lot of people on a daily basis, in a

dry and dusty environment, in a damp environment, or outdoors

(especially in the city).

>

> Mary

>

June 14, 2006

1/2 teaspoon salt to 2 cups of pure water is what I was told and it works for

me. It's painful if I get too little (or probably too much) salt or if the water

is too hot or cold.

Linda

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Julie

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 8:44 PM

Re: Alternatives to sinus meds