Allergies? Try Neti Pot

For folks suffering from allergies especially during the Spring, I'm pretty sure you must've observed that most or all of the allergy medications you buy either over-the-counter or prescription ones will stop working after a certain time. I know how despairing and frustrating it can be!

Why don't you give the Neti Pot a try? It's a very simple and very quick procedure to do. It will take less than 2 minutes to do this ritual as and when needed based on your allergy/sinus symptoms.

Below are what you need to do this ritual: (NOTE: Make sure you don't overdo this, i.e., more than once a day OR do it in the wrong way OR with tainted water).

- A Neti Poti (preferably Ceramic like in the below picture).

- Fill up the pot with 1/2 cup of BOILED or DISTILLED water that's lukewarm-warm (I can't stress the importance and quality of water in a neti-pot enough! ).

- Add a pinch of salt (anywhere from 1/4th teaspoon to 1/2 teaspoon), preferably Sea Salt and mix well per 1/2 cup of water.

- Follow the picture below (you need to place the trunk in 1 nostril while bending your head slightly down and forward. Note: (Picture shows a closed mouth but..)Make sure you keep your mouth slightly open during the entire time it takes to complete this. Once you are done with 1 nostril, repeat the same with the remaining half water in the other nostril).

- Once you are done with the neti pot, make sure to take a small drop of olive/almond/sesame/coconut oil on your little finger and rub gently in each nostril (around 1/2 - 1 inch inside) to help maintain the moisture in the nasal passages (that might have dried out due to the nasal salt water application).

- If you still aren't clear, I'm sure there are pretty decent YouTube videos on this!