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sinus remedy/help

Someone suggested this to me a few years ago and it's AWESOME! Get about  1/4-1/3 cup warm water (NOT hot from the tap), mix in maybe a tsp of salt (to make a saline solution), a tsp of baking soda and a few drops of tea tree oil (I measure none of this). Swirl in container. Find something (I use the aspirator that the hospital sent home from Joey) to suck up the solution and be able to release it into your nostril. The trick here is holding your head just so so. You want it tilted forward, but also sideways so that (in theory) the solution runs from one nostril thru to the other. This does take some mastering so don't get discouraged when the most disgusting tasting stuff runs down the back of your throat because you didn't have your head far enuf forward.  Do this 3-4 times a day.

This is so amazing that you will want to do it more. I don't know how safe that is!LOL(really I don't!). The tea tree oil kills the bacteria and the saline solution (and presumably the baking soda) help to dry things up. Even if you are so clogged up that you can't get it to run from one nostril to the other, it will make a HUGE difference. I've never seen a doc for a sinus infection and don't plan on starting now. Typically after 3-4 days, it's gone.

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05:43, 2007-Oct-12 .. Posted by Agsd7

I have a friend who does this regularly for herself and with her children. She says the same as you, that it really makes such a difference. She even gave me one of those tubes made specifically for doing this, but I have been so "chicken" I haven't done it yet, haha. But now that I've read your post, I may muster up enough courage to do it. :)

~Peace,
Alie

Whew!

08:43, 2007-Oct-12 .. Posted by April in RI

That sounds like it will be quite the experience ;-), but I'll try it the next time I get a sinus infection. I don't have the time/money to go to a doctor everytime I get one, and I would like to take as little antibiotics as possible! Thanks so much for posting that!

April