Get yourself a Neti Pot. There are a lot of instructions on the web, as
the one below.
Be sure and make a solution for the pot - for a cup of body temperature water
I'd start with about a scant quarter teaspoon of sea salt (sea salt works better
than table salt) and one or two drops of tea tree oil. As you get
comfortable with all of that, you can increase the tea tree oil. This not
only clears the sinuses, but will clear out and kill any parasites that are in
there. I used to clean my sinuses out with a Neti Pot twice a day when
they were congested.
Here's a typical Neti Pot but most all health stores have them too.
Just one testimonial at that site and yes, it will feel like going swimming
and getting water up your nose but you will get used to it:
The neti pot is one of those things that I always knew
I *needed* and would love once I got one and started using it.
But I still dragged my heels about getting one.
When we were out in a store one day, we saw one and my 17 year old son told
me to get it. As always, I didn't feel like spending the $20 right then.
There always seems to be *other* things I'd rather spend $20 on. And there
we were, each ordering a gourmet coffee at $4 each. ::shame::
My son *firmly* said, for the second time, "Mom ~ GET IT!"
So I did.
And still, it just sat there. On the counter. All clean and ready to go, but
picking it up and using it was another matter entirely.
And then one day, I just did it. I had been having allergy attacks, from
being in the enclosed house with the woodstove burning all of the time. I
couldn't believe I was sneezing so much!
So I picked up the pot, prepared the water and the salt, and did it.
It was so funny ~ I came out of the bathroom with my eyes all red and
watery, with my throat all itchy feeling, my head all dizzy. My sons were
like, "Yeah! That worked REALLY well!" <>
But once you get over the *trauma* of the first time using it (it's like
going underwater and getting water up your nose, but after you do it the
first time, you know what to expect...), it's amazing.
I usually do it in the morning now before I do my yoga and I feel great all
day. From that *first* day I used it, those allergy symptoms I wrote about
were GONE. I still am sneezy once in awhile, but just from normal irritants.
I'm going to start doing it once in the morning and once in the evening.
It is amazing to be able to BREATHE and to have CLEAR feeling sinuses!!
If you are even *thinking* of getting this for yourself, just DO it. You
won't be sorry. Everyone I know who has one is in love with it. It's easy ~
don't worry about getting all the special *washes* or *salts*. It works with
regular salt or sea salt.
You'll be so happy you got it and used it when you're not getting those
colds and sinus infections anymore.