I use strong saline

Post #56,491 by hnick 10/13/02 11:26:30 AM Reply	I use strong saline I squirt strong saline, not isotonic, up my nose with a syringe. I boil and filter (depending on the water supply) about a half cup of water and add 2 or 3 tablespoons of salt. I measure by eye and usually use sea salt 'cause that's what I keep in the house by preference. I pretty much keep squirting until I can feel it running down the back of my throat. Not pretty, but it works, is cheap, and I avoid yet another batch of drugs. Another couple of coppers, Hugh
Post #56,499 by SpiceWare 10/13/02 11:52:11 AM Reply	Me too, but not quite so strong My doctor recommended doing a saline rinse a few years ago, works well. Just 1 tablespoon per cup, though. Use a [link\|http://www.dmartstores.com/nasasbysaf1s.html\|nasal aspirator] and squirt up one nostril. The crap flushes out the other. Alternate nostrils until the cup of saline solution is gone. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #56,504 by hnick 10/13/02 12:02:40 PM Reply	Developed the ratio emperically I wanted a hypertonic solution to draw moisture from the membranes. Guessed at proportions until I got something that worked.
Post #56,505 by deSitter 10/13/02 12:05:41 PM Reply	Hadn't thought of that... ..was wondering "how can that help?" since basically clear mucous is thick salt water - can I use iodized table salt? What formula? -drl
Post #56,508 by hnick 10/13/02 12:12:40 PM Reply	Iodine shouldn't hurt anything except maybe a delicate sauce :) I use a couple table spoons to a cup of water. Possibly does not need to be that strong. Spice's doc said a tablespoon. Might try that first and adjust according to need.
Post #56,684 by SpiceWare 10/14/02 1:58:07 PM Reply	makes sense My doctor said the saline rinse was used by people who'd had work done on their nose(reconstructive or corrective surgery). The saline helps it heal quicker, kinda like how cuts heal quicker after swimming in the ocean. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #56,512 by a6l6e6x 10/13/02 12:14:36 PM Reply	Works for me, as well. But, I buy it at a drug store - spray saline solution. It's expensive, given what it really is. Alex "In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take." -- Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
Post #56,513 by ben_tilly 10/13/02 12:18:50 PM Reply	I do something like that for sore throats But nastier. If I can see the sore areas, then I put a clump of straight salt on it and leave it there. Really smarts, but knocks out the bugs very consistently. Repeat daily if necessary. Cheers, Ben "Career politicians are inherently untrustworthy; if it spends its life buzzing around the outhouse, it\ufffds probably a fly." - [link\|http://www.nationalinterest.org/issues/58/Mead.html\|Walter Mead]
Post #56,909 by boxley 10/15/02 9:02:10 AM Reply	cheese, I tried it and it burns like snorting comet looked like the broad in "up in smoke" think I will use less salt next time. thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] "Therefore, by objective standards, the leading managers of the U.S. economy...are collectively, clinically insane." Lyndon LaRouche
Post #64,948 by admin 11/25/02 2:53:37 PM Reply	O. M. F. G. garble abble friggle bleah! Holy SHIT, that burns! And now my nose won't stop running... Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #64,961 by admin 11/25/02 3:59:06 PM Reply	On the other hand... I can still breathe through both nostrils with my mouth shut for the first time since the Reagan adminstration... very odd feeling. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #64,966 by hnick 11/25/02 4:50:28 PM Reply	I believe I mentioned it wasn't pretty... It does work for me, and while it is initially uncomfortable, I find it preferable to using lighter doses for longer periods of time. I aren't/wasn't trying to set anybody up. Really... Hugh
Post #64,967 by admin 11/25/02 4:52:34 PM Reply	No worries, it was worth it. Just to breathe like that again, if only for a little while :-/ Of course, it's all clogged up again now. Bleah. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."

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