Home remedies for Sinuses

steam ... steam and more steam

Get a Neti Pot! It feels weird at first, but it makes all the difference in cleaning them out!! I work in the medical field and all the doctors I work for highly recommend it.

This X100!

I have real bad sinus problems and I was wondering if anyone else had problems with theirs and if so how do you treat yours.

I used to have so many sinus infections and always sick all the time and felt like I couldn't breathe. I tried sinus pills, sprays everything.

I then changed my diet. I cut out all grains from breads, cakes, sweets, pretty much anything made with wheat and within about a month and a half I stopped having problems with my sinuses.

It could be just a coincidence but I do believe my dietary change helped with my sinuses because I haven't felt this good since ever.

Maybe see if there is something in your diet that could be causing it.

*As a side note, I did try reintroducing wheat back into my diet and I would wake up the next day after eating some bread or cake and my sinuses would feel all clogged up, trouble breathing through my nose, and generally feeling listless and fatigued.

Bump been suffering with this for months now. I have had pneumonia and was using lots of steam treatments. Been taking antibiotics too and it cleared up. Been bothering me these last few days again though. So frustrated with it. Maybe the steam was helping though. I got a facial steamer from argos for £12. (UK)

Zara

After over 20 years of sinus problems, the best thing I ever did was have the surgery to clean them out, scrape off scar tissue and straighten the area out. I haven't touched a sinus pill or an inhaler in over a year. No sinus pain meds, no decongestants, no mucus meds...nothing. Totally worth the 2 weeks of post-surgical discomfort.

Hard to offer advice not knowing what you've done so far as consulting ENT doc. Is it allergy related? Sensitivity to air polutions? After effects of infection?

For many people dairy products and wheat are the worst dietary offenders. You could try eliminating either one for 2 weeks and see if there is a difference.

Cortizone nasal sprays (prescription) have helped me quite a bit. Also keeping the indoor humidity up during the winter heating season is a help. When I have a cold or the congestion is worse I use a Netti Pot 3 or 4 times a day.

If allergy related, avoid the allergen as much as possible and/or use antihistamines. Decongestants like sudafed have never worked for me. You could also try using Mucinex which contains a big dose of expectorant....that thins mucous and makes it easier for your body to expell it.

Hope you find an answer because it's really hard to exercise when you can't breathe through your nose well...to say nothing of the pressure and discomfort from stuffed sinuses.

Bump

Ooh Sage is a good one! When I lived out west and it was plentiful we would burn it in place of incense, or just have it hanging around! What a wonderful plant.

I have a sage plant. Boil a couple of leaves.
The American Indians used sage for congestion.
If the nose is running, it is a natural bodily function and helps clear stuff from the body.
When you have a cold and the nose starts running, that is usually a sign that the cold is ending.
That ginger and honey sounds good, though.
Hall's lemon and honey cough drops help, but salt water rinses are traditional cures.

Ooooh, I love sage - would it work if you have it with roast chicken?

Seriously though, I will try that. I also drink ginger tea by the pint. Sometimes grated fresh ginger and other times Pukka teabags (ginger, turmeric and galangal that packs quite a punch).

My hubby is Tuscarora, I need to talk with his dad since he is the chief.... Where can I get a sage plant from?

In the UK they sell them in garden centres. In our temperate climate they survive well outside. You can also grow them from seeds, but this would take a while.