Deborah Harrell wrote: > Sinus washing with saline salution is a useful (but > admittedly disgusting! :P) technique for removing > infected mucus (aka green gunk), but I recommend it > only to those who are truly _miserable_ with severe > sinusitis. The key is to 'snork' not sniff the > solution; salt water plus gg into the windpipe is > _most_ unpleasant! :(
<g> Well the idea is to incline your head ever so lsightly, let the water spout touch the tip of one nostril, let the water flow. Soft pranayam is the favoured breathing pattern. > I'm not familiar with the use of mustard oil, but I > wonder if the effect might be similar to taking too > large a dollop of wasabi... ;) :) It does sting, that's true. But just a little. And mustard oil is anti-fungal, anti-viral and a good disinfectant. Plus, it leaves a slight coating of oil on the nasal passages and counters the dryness caused by the saline sloution. Ritu _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
