Rolling Neti-Pot Thread 2009

wait are some of you using netis with unsalinated water??? lol u r retarded

where are you reading that?

there is a reason you get saline IVs

neti pot= my new bff
5:05 PM Jun 8th from web

TheMandyMoore
Mandy Moore

Crap, I always knew I needed to look into shit cuz my nasal passage perpetually feels congested or narrow or whatever, but damn I had no idea. I just just tried this for the first time (just pouring the saline solution through didn't do a whole lot so I just stuck my nose in a cup of the stuff and snorted, which seemed to work), and it's like seeing a new color. I've never been able to breathe through my nose like this. That I can recall. Awesome.

so I just stuck my nose in a cup of the stuff and snorted

yr doing it RONG!

From a wiki:

The simplest technique is to snort water from cupped hands. Spraying the solution into the nostrils is more convenient, but also less effective. The most effective methods ensure that the liquid enters through one nostril and then either runs out of the other nostril or goes through the nasal cavity to the back of the throat from where it may be spat out. The necessary pressure comes from gravity, from squeezing a plastic bottle or a syringe, or from an electrical pump.[3]

Wasn't really flowing using the bow-tilt-pour method. I think I may have an extra narrow nasal passage.

Doctor said to neti. I'm scared of it!

I gotta try this. Can I get from local chemist?

i remember these threads from years ago, but i got real sick in september, knocked out for three days and terrible sinus pressure and headaches from it. couldn't find a pot at duane reade so i got the neti bottle w/ salt packets where you slightly squeeze for pressure (rather than gravity).

cleaned me out good, headache went away in minutes.

i did this earlier but headache didn't totally go away. maybe i needed to do it longer?

maybe it's cause i wasn't using women's tears

Make sure it's warm enough. Add 1/2 as much baking soda as you do salt to buffer the solution and cut through/clear out more mucus. Add the same amount of xylitol crystals as baking soda for extra bacteria death. Run the full amount right to left and left to right.

you can do it twice per nostril if you're not feeling fully better.
my issue has always been that i get water in my ear canal and that sucks. Talked to a doctor about it and they reminded me I had tubes put in as an infant so it's a straight shot from sinuses to ears.

"now, remember forks, your ears are a series of interconnected tubes"

i'm part of the internet

adding good nasal drain to todays list of neglected upkeep task.... is there an app for this

just used one for first time :)

http://blog.phaseonesurf.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/neti_big.jpg

convinced this shit keeps me from getting scabies

went very smoothly with the first nostril. second one the water didn't flow well and drip out the nose into my mouth. then i realized i forgot to mix up the solution -_-

dripped

neti-n00b