Saline Rinse for the Nose

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SALT WATER RINSE FOR THE NOSE

(BUFFERED HYPERTONIC SALINE NASAL IRRIGATION)

 

The Benefits

•When you rinse your nose with this salt water and baking soda

mixture, it washes crusts and other debris from your nose.

 

•Salty water pulls fluid out of the swollen membranes of your nose.

This decongests the nose and improves air flow. Not only does this

make breathing easier, but it helps open the sinus passages.

 

•Studies show that this mixture of concentrated salt water and baking

soda (bicarbonate) helps the nose work better and moves mucus out of

the nose faster.

 

The Recipe

•Carefully clean and rinse a 1-quart glass jar. Fill the clean jar

with tap water or bottled water. You do not have to boil the water.

 

•Add 2 to 3 heaping teaspoons of " Kosher or pickling/canning " salt.

Do not use table salt, which has unwanted additives. You can ask for

pickling/canning salt at the grocery store. Add 1 rounded teaspoon

of baking soda (pure bicarbonate).

 

•Stir or shake before each use. Store at room temperature. After a

week, pour out any mixture that is left over and make a new recipe.

 

•If the mixture seems too strong, use less salt -- try 1½ to 2

teaspoons of salt. For children, it is best to start with a weaker

salt water mixture. Then gradually increase to using 2 to 3 heaping

teaspoons of salt, or whatever the child will accept.

 

Plan to rinse the nose with the salt water mixture 2 to 3 times each

day. Make the salt water and baking soda mixture according to the

recipe. You will need a Bottle Applicator, Neti Pot, bulb/ear syringe

or a large medical syringe (30 ml).

 

Pour some salt water mixture into a clean cup or bowl. Many people

like to warm the salt water in a microwave oven to about body

temperature. Be sure that the salt water is not hot. Fill the Neti

Pot, Bottle Applicator or Syringe with salt water from the bowl. Do

not put your used syringe back into the jar, because that will

contaminate your salt water. Stand over the sink or in the shower

and squirt the salt water into each side of your nose. Aim the stream

toward the back of your head, not the top of your head. This lets

you spit some of the salt water out of your mouth. It will not hurt

you if you swallow a little. Most people notice a mild burning feeling

the first few times they use the salt water mixture. This usually goes

away in a few days. Please call our office if you have any problems

or questions.

 

For Young Children You can put the salt water into a small

commercial spray container, like a nasal steroid spray bottle. Squirt

it many times into each s of the nose. Do not force your child to lie

down. This rinse is easier to- do when sitting or standing.

 

If You Use a Nasal Steroid you should always use the salt water

mixture first, then use your nasal steroid spray (like Flonase,

Vancenase, Beconase, Nasacort). The steroid works better when it is

sprayed onto nasal membranes that have been cleaned and decongested by

the salt water. Then the steroid medicine will reach deeper into the

nose and sinuses.

 

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11b.Re: Sinusitis/Cold/Flu - Treatment/CurePosted by: " Misty L.

Trepke " mistytrepke mistytrepkeSun Dec 23, 2007 12:18 pm

(PST)

 

Please post it to the group... Thanks

 

Misty

Alternative Medicine Forum Moderator

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, Meg <megalef

wrote:

Re: Sinusitis/Cold/Flu - Treatment/CurePosted by: " Meg "

megalef megalefSun Dec 23, 2007 12:16 pm (PST)

Thanks, Katu.

 

Rinsing the nose with Saline Solution is so very helpful. Due to neck

problems, I can't use a Neti pot anymore. My nose doc was part of the

team that put together a product called Sinus Rinse. It has a bulb-

like bottle applicator that one can easily squirt into each nostril w/o

any neck pain. It's available at almost all drug stores. I use his

Saline Solution which is made with Kosher Salt, containing no

additives or preservatives (I have his permission to share).

 

Anyone wishing his Saline Solution recipe - which can be used with a

Neti Pot or other applicators - please feel free to eMail me off-

list. Or, if the Owner/Moderator feels it's appropriate, I'll be

happy to share it with the List.

 

Meg