I do have to admit
that despite my complete willingness to write the neti pot off as third world quackery, it does seem to help relieve some of the pressure on my sinuses.
less so with ketchup than with saline solution, mind you.
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I always try to drown myself when I use a neti pot. I found the little squeeze bottles of saline work well for me, if you don’t mind the taste of salty snot in your throat that is. Squeeze bottles of ketchup, eh, never tried that.
Next time try using just the ketchup pre-come. It pours better.
lol. And runny, too!
Probably also don’t burn so much.
I once wrote a fight scene in a fast-food restaurant, where the main character ended the fight by grabbing the big squeeze bottle of hot sauce, sticking it in one of his opponent’s nostrils, and squeezing….
No, I don’t imagine the fight continued past that point.
Soy sauce works great in netti-pots, I always use the complimentary ones on the table at my local Chinese Restaurant.
I prefer the positive pressure of the Neilmed sinus rinse squeeze bottle.
Nasal enemas are quackery. The only value you get is satisfying some masochistic tendency.
Could be, patrick. But if it helps I’ll poke a stick at a hog while hopping on one leg singing the Catalina Magdalena Whoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogan Logan Bogan song.
I used to use the squeeze-bottle version of the neti pot, but it seemed like a lot of fuss, bother, and splashy mess.
Now I use Simply Saline:
http://www.brucemedical.com/simsalspray.html
It doesn’t flush things out so much as it makes things a little runnier so they can start moving again on their own.
Great first thing in the morning after breathing dry air all night.
Harvey: Thanks- I like that. Looks spendy for everyday use, but for flights or where I might not be confident of the safety of the water, looks like a great idea.