The Neti Pot is this interesting little device that, if it had worked as I had wanted, I would call it Genii. Instead I'll stick with its real name - Neti Pot.
The Neti Pot works like this:
You mix the special Neti salt in 8 oz of warm water, then pour it in this genii-lamp-looking ceramic device. Then you lean over a sink (or not, if you want to make a mess), tilt your head to the side, stuff the end of the Neti Pot up one nostril, and pour away. However, take caution in "pouring away." I found that too much pouring away is a bit uncomfortable. Once you have poured the solution in your one nostril, it should fill your sinuses and drip out the other nostril. Then you take out the Neti Pot and blow vigorously to remove the rest of the solution from your nasal passages.
I did this a couple times last night and once this morning and I found that either (1) I was doing it incorrectly or (2) I have severely blocked sinuses that were not allowing the solution to reach deep into my sinus nooks and crannies.
While the Neti Pot definitely cleared up my nose, the rest of my sinuses are ridiculously blocked. Awesome.
5 comments:
Gross.
Awesome! I believe in the Neti! I just watched a couple YouTube vids demonstrating Neti-potting, and this guy has it down: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ir_sPjJFtc.
But I also saw a girl who said afterward, "I thought it was going to come out of my eyes!" hahahaha sick
You'd better wash that thing vigorously before you give it back to me.
I'm not sure that could have been more disgusting.
i don't think I'll be trying that anytime soon......my sinuses are blocked enough without pouring more shit into them, thank you.
you probably gave yourself a sinus infection...
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