For years I have been telling my clients with allergies to use a neti pot on a regular basis. What I didn't tell them was that it terrified me! Something about deliberately pouring something up my nose gives me the willies.
Yes, I would tell them, it will calm your inflamed sinus tissues, literally wash away irritating allergens. Oh no it doesn't hurt and you may even find it soothing.
Well, you know what? I was right. It reminded me of swimming in the sea when I was child. Like inhaled saltwater dripping out of my nose as I dove under the waves.
For those of you uninitiated in the ways of nostril hygiene, the neti pot is an ancient yogi practice designed to enhance prana (according to neti-pot.com). Or it was developed in 1997 by an MD, according to my SinuCleanse packaging.
Either way, it involves pouring (not snorting nor inhaling) a warm comfortable saline solution through the nose with the aid of a special jug (neti pot) which looks rather like Aladdin's lamp. It seems odd now that I am writing about it, and was odder still while doing it. But odd isnt always bad and in this case was almost pleasant. Afterwards I felt invigorated, maybe like I had just taken a dip in the sea.
"Or it was developed in 1997 by an MD" LOL! You are so funny.
ReplyDeleteI'm still not ready to use a neti pot, but I have saline solution that PROMISES it is direct from the ocean, ready to put in my nose when I get my nerve up. I've been waiting two months now...I think this stuff expires at some point...
Well don't worry if it expires, there's plenty more where it came from. After all aren't the oceans getting bigger with Global Warming and IceCap Melting?
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