Natural Home remedy Sinus drip fix
Please note...........If you take any kind of blood thinner medicines already or have trouble with blood not clotting, you shouldn't try it without checking with your doctor, as it would cause problems and might be dangerous.
Today was the first day I have been able to run in what feels like about 8 months.
Last year I developed a sinus drip that meant I couldnt do anything without my nose pouring or my eyes streaming accompanied by sneezes.
I am not one to go to the doctors for such things, I dont see the point when all they will do is give something to counteract the result and nothing to find the underlying problem.
In the UK the allergy treatments available are laughable even assuming they had proper tests for allergies in the first place. You are more likely to be put on steroids and given an inhaler for the rest of your life than be actually helped to help yourself naturally.
My online researches led to my belief that it is most likely mould somewhere or maybe dust mites but despite frantic cleaning binges, the situation prevailed.
Sometimes I would go 2 weeks without so much as a sneeze, grow complacent about it and get back on the treadmill and then have a week solid of sneezing and streaming nose.
This is added to my self diagnosed dairy intolerance/allergy (I found avoiding all dairy has improved my health hugely ) which I already address through diet and careful reading of labels in grocery shops. No more exzema or constant need to pee. No more flaking fingernails and bad breath or acrid body odour.
Getting back to the sinuses...
I tried various things to cure or at least improve the Sinus situation .
I think it may have been a longer term thing because prior to avoiding dairy, I had post nasal drip for about 10 years.
That is also sinus related and is really just the sinuses draining down the back of the throat.
Once the dairy was eliminated, so was the Post nasal drip.
It is only this last several months that the sinus thing alone has returned .
I would rather have had a return of the post nasal drip because having your nose streaming and needing to sneeze so often is not much fun , interferes with excercise and makes simple things like preparing a meal, a much less enjoyable experience (hand washing after every single sneeze or handkerchief use).
Most nights have been horrible, really blocked sinuses so that I have had my mouth open to breath.
So anyway.
I tried nose filters.
These are little tiny filters you wear inside your nostrils . They did help hugely at night but during the day not so much. Also they were quite expensive for something that looked like I might need it for years.
Manic cleaning..
Speaks for itself really and didnt make any differentce.
Nasal irrigation..
Really just a nostril wash using salted water,it helped for a matter of minutes.
Inhaling steam with tea tree oil.
Worked short term(maybe an hour) each time.
Oil pulling
You swoosh oil around in your mouth for 20 minutes each morning.
This was somewhat effective (it leads to clearing your throat as residue seems to be pulled up and into the oil and gets spat out) but not very long term although it does wonders for firming up gums and whitening teeth.
Then I found something that actually works!
About a month ago I read about natural antihistamines of various kinds.
This is of great interest to me because all the antihistamine tablets I have found, have included dairy in the ingredients in the form of whey.
Anyway, two of the natural antihistamines I took note of, were Honey and Turmeric.
I had both Honey and Turmeric in the cupboard and so I took a teaspoon of honey with 1/3rd tea spoon of turmeric and went to bed.
I slept all night without having my mouth open.
Next morning the usual nose tickle was returning that usually indicates the start of the sneezes, so I took another dose.
I went right through till evening without a sneeze or need for a handkerchief.
This went on for about a week.
Each time that I felt a slight tingle or thought my nose felt a little like I had the start of a cold coming, I would take another dose.
Following advice online, I kept it to less than 2 teaspoons of turmeric over a day.
Now I take 1 in the morning, one at night and sometimes one mid way through the day.
I havent had one debilitating day since I began so it looks like for me at least, this is working.
Taste... It tastes a little like sweet cough medicine when taken by the teaspoon.
I read that it is also a popular treatment for arthiritis due to the anti inflamatory properties of the turmeric and that, in India, it is often taken with hot water and sometimes lemon as a curative drink.
It works well as a drink I found.
Sometimes a person will also take pepper with it to enhance the properties of the turmeric.
I decided to make a portable version.
A sort of tablet.
I bought some more turmeric from Amazon and a jar of honey( just the ordinary kind,nothing fancy).
I poured some of the honey into a little bowl and added turmeric until it made a paste.
Then balled the mixture into well...balls. It's quite sticky .
I dehydrated the balls for 24 hours and then packed them in airtight wrapping.
The balls are very slightly soft still but they dont stick together and can be carried in a bag or pocket in a little jar .
A dose is tiny, about 1/3rd of a ball so about 6mm . Easy to swallow and tasteless like a tablet (unless you take a while to swallow them down ).
Turmeric apparently thins blood and so helps against cholesterol troubles .
