UnderSeaBumbleBee
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USBB - I AM going to try this. I've had problems with my sinuses for eons. I just want to make sure that this is not quackery. Anecdotes are wonderful; I'm sure that this helps most. So, I will follow your advice and try it. I'll input my anecdotal stuff into the mix then.
Glad you are going to try it. Let us know how it works out. Like I said above the first time I tried it I made it too strong and it was very unpleasant! But after talking to some more folks and feeling so bad for so long, I decided to try it again.
I did not buy the nelipot stuff. Just Mortons sea salt from the store without iodine as the iodine really makes your nose burn and causes moderate pain. I am using about 1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon of salt in 1 cup of warm tap water. I think the milder solution works better for me.
Anyway, now that I know not to mix it too strong it really isn't bad to do.
Usually I just rinse each side while leaning over the sink. Then once a week, I get on the bed and tip my head off the side and drip the salt water in and let it fill the back portions of my sinus passages. I let it soak in there as long as I can stand it and then roll over and let the crud come out on a towel.
It might all just be in my head—although I really don’t think so as I have seen it rinse stuff out of it—but even if it was just all in my head—I have felt horrible for months and am finally feeling good.
Anyway, for most folks. And I don’t think the delivery method is important either whether you use the Nelipot, Nasaline syringe, or just use a mug from the kitchen and a then cloth to drip it in as you recline on the bed. For the price of the salt of about $2 from the local grocery store anyone can put the theory to test for themselves. It might not work for you, but I hope it does. If you feel as I did you get to the point where you will try almost anything.
Keep us posted on how it works out for you. It took me a couple of weeks before I really started feeling great again.