Nasal Irrigation and
Neti Pot
Saline
nasal irrigation is extremely useful to cure a sinusitis or common cold
as well as to bring relief to the symptoms of nasal allergy or hay
fever. Nasal wash loosens the
mucus
and reduces swelling. To make the saline solution, add 1/3 tsp of sea
salt to 1 cup of lukewarm water (should taste like tears).
Nasal rinse has a very easy form, if
you sniff the salt solution up:
-
put the
lukewarm saline solution in your palm of hand or in a teaspoon,
-
plug
one nostril
-
and sniff the salt solution
up.
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Blow your nose gently into a tissue.
- Repeat
with the other nostril.
If
you have tools for nasal irrigation, like an eye dropper or a
clean baby nose syringe you
can use them for dropping or shooting up the salt/water solution into
your nose.
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Fill
the eye dropper or the syringe with the lukewarm saline solution.
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Close
one nostril with your thumb,
-
tilt your head back
(or head upside down).....
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and drop or shoot up the
solution into one nostril while you sniff.
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Blow
your nose gently.
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Repeat with the other nostril.
One of the most
professional ways of nasal lavage is the use of a neti pot.
The
neti pot is used in Ayurvedic
medicine for nasal irrigation thousands of years.
The
method of nasal cleansing - known as Neti - is one of the purification
techniques. A soothing, gentle stream of salt water, the same
concentration as tears, flows through your nose, washing away pollens,
mucus and germs. The neti pot looks like a small watering can with a
narrow spout. Your neti pot should be right for your nostrils with a
smoothly tapered conical tip at the spout end.
A
neti pot is filled with lukewarm, salt water and the spout of the pot
is inserted into one nostril. The water flows out of the other nostril.
How to do nasal
irrigation with
a neti pot?
- Fill
the pot with lukewarm saline solution.
- Insert the
end of the spout to one of your nostrils.
- Tilt your
head to the side as shown in the picture.
- Hold
the pot slightly above your nose level.
- OPEN
your MOUTH wide.
- Keep
breathing through your mouth, STAY RELAXED!
- Raise
the neti-pot slowly to develop a steady flow of water.
- The
stream of water will flow through the nasal cavities into the second
nostril and out. While flowing, you may feel the water pass between
your eyebrows and through your forehead.
- During the
process BREATHE through
your MOUTH!
- Reverse the tilt of your
head
- and repeat the procedure with the other
nostril.
- When you finished, exhale firmly several
times.
- Blow your nose gently.
Neti pot
Nasal
irrigation usually restores
normal nasal and sinus functioning.
There
are several different
recipes for the nasal rinse solution, but the base for
the nasal-wash solution is always lukewarm salt water:
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dissolve in
500ml lukewarm water 1 flat tsp. sea
salt (the solution should taste like tears)
-
you
can give to the saline solution above 1/2 tsp of Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda)
-
or you may give to the saline
solution a 1/8 tsp of crushed
garlic
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or you might put a few drops of Grapefruit Seed Extract into the saline solution
-
or you can add 7-8 drops
of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide to 500ml salt water solution
- etc.
Find out your
own recipe,
appropriate for your individual needs!
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