In the office 50% of the patients I see are cold and sinus patients no matter what the season. This year I have been seeing a disproportionate amount of sinus infections. As a “holistic” doctor I pull in as much natural remedy as possible before I prescribe medicine and the number one recommendation that I make today is the use of saline (salt water) irrigation of the sinuses.
“What’s that?” You ask. It’s the infamous Neti pot sinus washes that have been demostrated on Oprah and Dr. Oz’s shows. These neti pot salt water washes can be used in many scenarios. Say you have a cold and you typically progess to sinus infection quickly. Using the Neti pot as soon as you get the cold, could potentially help you to avoid this fate.
Say it’s spring and the pollen is wreaking havoc on your sinuses. A little Neti pot action in the evenings when you get home could really slow that allergic reaction down because you are washing away the allergen that you breathed in that day therefore limiting the allergen that your body can respond to.
The bottom line is that the Neti Pot sinus washes are under looked because people simply don’t know all the benefits. You can purchase a neti pot at any local health food store and even at your local pharmacy like Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart.
So, how do you use the neti pot?
Go to http://www.himalayaninstitute.org/NetiPot/NetiPotInstructions.aspx
To get a written and video instruction, then go get your Neti and be on your way to sinus health!
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