do you neti?
#11
i use a saline nasal spray from the drug store. (i'm pretty sure it's the same stuff we contact wearers put into our eyes).
inexpensive.
easy to use.
does the same thing a neti-pot does.
but ...
not at all gross. :wink:
inexpensive.
easy to use.
does the same thing a neti-pot does.
but ...
not at all gross. :wink:
#12
I, too, use saline spray. After a year of horrendous allergy attacks where my eyes would swell shut for day, I got some saline spray and spray morning and night. It's stopped ALL my allergy problems! Haven't tried the Neti, though I hear positive results abou it.
#13
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I have allergies and I sometimes do this technique over bathroom sink or in the shower, especially after gardening or raking, or knocking down cobwebs on porches.
I watched the video and I see why Amma said it was hysterically funny.
The 'extra expelling', may be necessary and even healthful, but I will either do this in my shower or outside...I find it a bit odd, to suggest you just bend over and 'expel' all over the floor or walls and counter.
I recently read that using saline solution, even after you have already contracted something, helps, bc the 'invaders', don't like for you to upset the ph, and changing the ph of the sinuses is what saline solution does...it's a good thing. :D
I watched the video and I see why Amma said it was hysterically funny.
The 'extra expelling', may be necessary and even healthful, but I will either do this in my shower or outside...I find it a bit odd, to suggest you just bend over and 'expel' all over the floor or walls and counter.
I recently read that using saline solution, even after you have already contracted something, helps, bc the 'invaders', don't like for you to upset the ph, and changing the ph of the sinuses is what saline solution does...it's a good thing. :D
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Well, I just tried my neti pot last night for the first time. It was weird and uncomfortable, but I managed to survive. It gave me a heck of a sinus headache, but I woke up this morning feeling a lot better than I have in a while.
#19
Originally Posted by rivka
Well, I just tried my neti pot last night for the first time. It was weird and uncomfortable, but I managed to survive. It gave me a heck of a sinus headache, but I woke up this morning feeling a lot better than I have in a while.
I understand about your fears. I have panic attacks if I even THINK about not being able to breathe. I do not like to go to the dentist, because when I lie back in the chair and my nose gets stopped up and he has his hands in my mouth I just know that I am going to die right there!!!! I went snorkeling once when we were on a cruise and embarrassed myself no end when I put on my swim mask and begin to hyperventilate and cry like a fool!!!!
With that said----if I can use a neti pot, then I think anyone should be able to!!!!
#20
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I have a coupon for a nasal spray and will use that first. But the neti pot sounds like it would be useful also. I go to bed with my siuns' draining and wake up with a stuffy nose. Know it is allergies. Thanks for the information, Marcia
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