I've had suggestion after suggestion since being inflicted with this awful cold (which is actually a sinus infection). I can't take medication because I am pregnant and just drinking lots of fluids wasn't cutting it so I sent my dearest to the grocery store for Kosher salt and made a baking soda & salt warm water nose flush and gargle. It worked. I cleaned out all sorts of gunk and dried up so much mucus that my headache went away. I'm not entirely free breathing yet, but continuing the rinse at night before bed is working wonders. My sore throat is gone too.
Funny thing is, a few years back I was going into see our family physician what seemed like every other week, every time with a different complaint: nausea, hurt leg, head ache, infected toe, bug bite, etc and every time the verdict was......drum roll please....sinus infection. Geesh. She's the one who wrote the prescription out for the salt and baking soda rinse. Kudos to her.
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it does work great, though. my mom had sinus surgery when i was in high school and that's the mix her specialist told her to use, also. so much cheaper than buying nose spray and more effective. i never thought about gargling it though. i usually just gargle salt water and that works, too.
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I just tried it on my nose and throat. We'll see if I am better by tomorrow. I have had body aches and am feeling better tonight. I hoping this works as I have had throat swelling with these sinus problems lately. It feels like a sinus infection. I usually gargle or take allergy meds and it goes away. I also drink lots of hot tea and sometimes eat garlic with it. lol
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