What is a good remedy for sinus congestion?!
Question: I have been congested for about four weeks now with out too much relief.A good remedy would be appreciated.
Answers: I have been congested for about four weeks now with out too much relief.A good remedy would be appreciated.
Ginger tea with honey.
use a NETI POT. it works wonders and you can get it at any walgreens for about $12. will clear you right up and keep your sinuses open.
Saline solution up the nose get it at Walgreens
It depends on what is causing the congestion generally if the cause is an allergen (dust pollen etc...) and not an infective cause (cold or flu etc...) then antihistamines and cold and flu mediactions are a good remedy for the short term. Also Getting rid of or reducing your exposure to allergens is the best treatment. If it has been 4weeks it is likely you have a mild infection. Antibiotics should help. Natural products such as echinacea, zinc, vit C, ginko, horseraddish etc.. can also help. It is also useful to physiaclly flush out the sinuses with a saline solution. Many chemists stock these and are easy to use. Hope this helps,
Chris- Registered Nurse
Nasal decongestants usually work well. Saline is an alternative but requires more frequent use as does the neti pot.
The nose and sinuses act as your body's primary air treatment center. Cleansing these moist tissues through nasal/sinus irrigation or steam is one of the best ways to treat many sinus problems.
Steam helps to loosen congestion. Bring a pot of water to boil. Drop in a mint tea bag or two, a few cloves, some rosemary (fresh if you have it). Remove from heat and let stand a few minutes. When the steam is cool enough that it won't scald (but still steamy), drape a towel over your head & over the pan to catch the steam. Inhale deeply through the nose.
Also, get some saline nasal spray from your local drugstore, I use Ocean Nasal Spray, and use it several times a day. It's non-medicated. This spray cleans and moisturizes the nasal passages, and helps reduce congestion. A doctor recommended this to me.
Good luck!
Switching from mucus generating dairy products and red meat to soy milk and white meat helps.
Taking 3 to 6 high strength odourless 3,000 mg garlic oil capsules every day helps.
Apple cider vinegar every day helps a bit as well.
Drinking something hot should help. Take antihithamines. Benadryll is the name brand, but you can get off-brands that have the same active ingredient for a fraction of the price. Check your local Walgreens or Sams club.
Green tea is a good choice. Take a hot shower or inhale steam, a humidifyer could also help.
id recommend the neti pot as well.. also stop eating things like cheese, especially at night as that is very congesting. dont drink cold milk too. and just dont eat very creamy foods. in the winter the past few years i didnt have pizza/drink cold milk, and i didnt get sick at all. :)
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT(s) FOR SINUSITIS / HEADACHES / MIGRAINES (Without any side effects or complications) :-
SINUSITIS :-
Right sided frontal sinusitis; discharge thick, yellowish; worse by cold,damp and exertion Penicillinum 30X or 200X, 6 hourly
Sinusitis after mastoid operation Helka lava 3X or 6X, 4 hourly
In acute or chronic sinusitis; catarrh with stringy discharge Kali Bich 30X 4 hourly
Tearing pain in head; from root of nose, extending to forehead with nausea; dryness of mucous passages Natrum Mur 30X, 4 hourly
Pain begins at the back of head and settles over the eyes; worse under a fan Silicea 1M, weekly (6 Doses)
Chronic cold with loss of smell and yellow green phlegm; better in cool, open air Pulsatilla 30X or 200X 4 hourly
Intercurrent remedy Bacillinum 200X or 1M fortnightly (3 Doses)
Complaints worse early morning; aversion to take bath Sulphur 200X weekly (3 Doses)
HEADACHE :-
With constant nausea; clean tongue Ipecac 30X, 3 hourly
With severe throbbing and rush of blood towards head Belladonna 30X, 3 hourly
Due to over eating; stomach disorders; tongue thickly whitish coated; worse bathing specially after river bathing Antim Crud 30X or 200 4 hourly(3 Doses)
Due to exposure to dry, cold wind; sudden with anxiety Aconite Nap.30X or 200X, 1/2 hourly (3 Doses)
With watering of eyes and sensitiveness to bright light Euphrasia 30X, 3 hourly
Headache; better by bending backwards; due to nerve injury Hypericum 30X, 3 hourly
Headache with humming in ears; due to nervous weakness Kali Phos.6X or 30X, 3 hourly
Hammering headache; worse during menstrual cycle going in sun; school girls head ache, Natrum Mur.30X or 200X, 4 hourly
Headache starts from nape of neck and shift over to the head; patient desires to lie down quietly; better passing urine Gelsemium 30X or 200X, 3 hourly
Violent headache due to working under gas light; sun-stroke Glonoine 6X or 30X, 2 hourly
Bursting headache; worse by stooping and movements; excessive thirst and constipation Bryonia 30X or 200X, 3 hourly (6 Doses)
Nervous headache; after grief, disappointment; worse inhaling smoke Ignatia 200X or 1M, 3 hourly (3 Doses)
Headache; due to sinusitis, pressure and pain at the root of nose Kali Bich 30X, 4 hourly
Due to eating rich fatty food, loss of thirst, better in open cold air Pulsatilla 30X, 4 hourly
Due to eye strain; disturbances of accomodation of eye sight Ruta Grav 30X, 4 hourly
After taking alcoholic drinks; sedentary habits; chilly patient Nux Vomica 30X, 4 hourly
Sun haedcahe; aggravation from sun rise to sunset; from cardiac origin Kalmia Lat.30X or 200X, 6 hourly
Of school children; crushing headache, pressure on top of head Acid Phos 30, 4 hourly
Headache localised; at the nape of neck; worse by walking and noise Pneumococcin 200X, 10 min (3 Doses)
Frontal headache; neuralgic pain above and behind the right eye; heaviness of head. Better by rest, lying down and eating Penicillinum 30X or 200X, 10 min (3 Doses)
Headache worse early morning;empty gone sensation at 10 -11 A.M. Sulphur 200X or 1M, weekly (3 Doses)
MIGRAINES :-
From mental work; cold, uncovering head, pressure, sitting upright or sun-stroke Glonoinum 30X, 3 hourly
For nervous, gastric, bilious individuals. Migraine due to mental over exertion in teachers and students. Right sided, specially Sunday migraine, blurred vision, hemiopia; blindness; often burning pain in entire gastro-intestinal tract with violent acid vomiting at the height of attack; worse hot weather; spring and fall; better after vomiting or sufficient night sleep Iris v.200X or above, 10 min (3 Doses)
For irritable hypochondriacs of bad temper; cholerics, neuropathics; from abuse of alcohol, coffee, spices, tobacco, vexation and worry, mental over exertion, business worries, sexual excesses, sedentary habits, cold dry air and winds Nux Vomica 30X or 200X, 4 hourly
For pronounced vasomotor individuals (irritable and full of fear) during pre-climacteric and menopausal stage.Tired expression, head congestion, circumscribed red cheeks; pain above right eye, throbbing, stitching, rhythmic pain, often in every 8 days, early morning, beginning in nape, extending upwards, locating in the region of eye, rising and falling with the sun; sensation of heavy congestion Sanguinaria C 200X, 10 min (3 Doses)
For weak, fat and irritable patient; often apathetic, changing moods, strange changes of character (egocenteric), memory weak, due to disturbance during climacteric period, results of tobacco abuse. Person with shallow complexion, yellow saddle across the nose; pain located on left temple; throbbing, stitching pains Sepia 200X, 10 min (3 Doses)
For neuropathic persons, full of fear caused by noises, change of weather or worms; with face pale, located above left eye; specially left pupil (ciliary neuralgia); sharp, shooting, tearing, stitching, periodical pain from occiput to left eye; slowly rising in intensity with sun. Bile vomiting at the height of attack, slowly improving with setting sun. Feeling as if head were open along sagittal suture Spigelia 200X or 1M, 10 min (3 Doses)
Left sided; worse during and after sleep; before menstruation; heat; during menopause Lachesis 200X or 1M, 10 min (3 Doses)
Intercurrent remedy Bacillinum 200X or 1M, fortnightly (3 Doses) .
Take the remedy which is similar to your symptoms.
No side effects or complications if taken as directed, please do not exceed the given dosage and under any circumstances do not try to mix any remedies and avoid Chocolates, Mints, Coffee, Red Meat, Alcoholic and Carbonated drinks, Spicy Rich Food while taking any Homeopathic remedies, and keep the medicines away from direct sunlight, heat strong smells and perfumes and do not store them in the fridge.
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