Humidify
(Charlotte, Nc)
06/19/2011
★★★★★
Yes, I would agree that climate (and also smog) can affect sinus issues. I had nonstop sinus issues and allergies starting about a year after I moved to Southern California. After years of suffering from this, we moved to the humid South and I haven't had a sinus infection or serious allergy attack since then. Half of my friends who live in dry and polluted environments have terrible sinus issues.
(Houston, Tx)
01/30/2014
Humidify
★★★★★
Hydration
★★★★★
Hydrogen Peroxide in Ears
★★★★★
I don't get sick, but I feel stuffy.
Because I've been into heavy detox with h2o2, I've been researching it as a refresher.
I've read before that you can use diluted hydrogen peroxide in your ears to make a cold go away, especially at the beginning of the cold. No one understands how it works, but that it does.
First time I read that, it just seemed unbelievable.
Long time ago, I read that people who use earplugs have many more times the bacteria in their ears than those who don't. (I wear earplugs.)
Specialists know that ears, sinuses and throat are usually treated together.
I decided to try the cold cure, to see if the extra bacteria might be what's causing my sinuses to have issues.
Sure enough! I officially have NO MORE SINUS PROBLEMS! I've been on antibiotics as a child often for ear infections, then had a runny nose for my entire life
I'm not saying that bacteria in your ear canal can go into your sinuses. If it did, it would easily go into your brain.
What I am saying is: whatever way h2o2 cures a cold, it also cured my chronic sinus infection.
I'm not going to give you a dosage here, because you need to do your own research on how to dilute it. 30% food grade h2o2 will burn your skin! So it's plenty diluted to put in your ear.
This will speed up my detox even more, because no more energy is being used to fight infection!
What an amazing thing to happen for me!
Hydrogen Peroxide, Salt and Baking Soda
★★★★★
(Florida)
10/17/2016
★★★★★
This absolutely worked like magic for me. Thank you for sharing the idea.
Hydrogen Peroxide, Salt and Baking Soda
★★★★★
If it burns you are using too much H2O2. Don't forget to mix with salt and baking soda. The soda will help a lot. I suffered for years and this has cured me. No more pressure in the head which was driving me crazy. and best of all a bottle hardly costs anything. Also don't forget to do the flip and turn sinus rinse. This is the best method to get to the sinusus over the eyes.
Hydrogen Peroxide, Salt and Baking Soda
★★★★★
After over a decade of dealing with sinus issues (two years of using sinus irrigation), I have found that the combination of frequent Saline Rinses including Baking Soda and following up with nasal sprays of Apple Cider Vinegar and Zinc, really worked for me in fighting a bacterial sinus infections!
This is what I did:
Twice yesterday, I rinsed with 2TB baking soda, 1TB Hydrogen peroxide with 1TB sea Salt in my usual 8oz sinus bottle.
Approximately 3 hours after the last rinse, I began using Apple Cider vinegar as well: I took an empty nasal dispenser (Zycam or Afrin will do). I washed the dispenser thoroughly in very hot water. Then I filled the clean dispenser with equal parts Apple Cider Vinegar and filtered water. I pumped the ACV/water solution in each of my sinuses 5 or 6 times and for a few pumps I put my head upside down in the sink so the solution could reach the top of my sinuses. Although it stung slightly, it did not burn like the HP does.
I also sprayed my throat with Zinc Spray mixed with Apple Cider Vinegar. I then gargled with sea salt and baking soda mixed with warm water. I had realized the bacteria was beginning to infect my throat. I had developed pain on one side of the throat and signs of blood in the mucus when I coughed from my throat.
After following the program above, I was delightfully surprised this morning. I did not have a head full of mucus nor any sinus pain or pressure; only minor congestion. When I did a regular saline rinse this morning, a very thick brown clump of drying mucus/puss tinged with brown blood flew straight out of my right sinus after the first rinse. I did another rinse and only minor and regular looking mucus came out. My hope is that the combination I used last night (as listed above) finally killed off the bacteria infection in my sinus and what emerged was the remnants of that infection. This is very promising as in a persistent bacterial sinus infection, it often takes me four full sinus rinses to clean out the puss from the bacteria. Plus, I have had no pain or congestion all day today after 4 days of pain with lots of pussy mucus .
A note on Hydrogen Peroxide: Even just 3Tb of Hydrogen Peroxide in my 8OZ sinus rinse, has caused irritation to my sinuses in the past. A side effect of using Hydrogen Peroxide, is an hour later I usually end up with more mucus and stuffiness. I imagine this is due to the irritation to the sinus tissue. (as the member from Hawaii noted from his experience)
Another thing I have learned that is is risky to tilt my head to the side when doing any sinus rinse especially if it has HP in it. I think it is better to hang your head upside down as the solution is able to penetrate your whole sinus. Head upside down reduces the exposure of your Eustachian tubes to collecting fluid as can occur when you tilt your head.
Good luck! and take it from a veteran of this. Be patient, be consistent and if you are trying a remedy for the first time, reduce the ingredients to prevent from ill effects. YOu can always add a little more of an ingredient next time.
It is your body you are taking care of; use care and compassion toward yourself. Dealing with Sinus Infections can be a long process but it is better to be conservative than to damage your ears or your sinus tissue in trying new cures.
Carpe Diem! and Bien Salud.
Hydrogen Peroxide, Salt and Baking Soda
★★★★★
Ice Packs
★★★★★
Iodine
★★★★★
A few days ago my GF son (21 years old) told us he was going to make an appointment with the Dr. due to lumps at the base of his skull and side of neck. I told my GF to have him come by tonite before he spends $600 with those Dumba$$'s.
Medical care is so bad here they will try and diagnose him with “non-Hodgkins lymphoma” or something stupid like that, he is “un-vaxxed” so that drops his chances for cancer way down for his age group, they'll preform a bunch of expensive test on him, and then say the test are inconclusive but you owe them $40.k for the test. So I told my GF I'll take a look at it (I have 25 years experience being a naturopath).
After examining him and the lumps I determined his lymph nodes around his neck were swollen due to a viral infection. I asked if he had been sick (Head Cold) recently and he said YES.
My GF thinks she knows all my medical trick… lol NOT! I got a small bottle of Tincture of Iodine 2% (alcohol based) from my stocks, dipped a Q-tip in it and started painting the skin over the swollen nodes. I gave him the bottle and told him to repeat painting them every 2-3 hours and call his mom in the morning and tell us if he see's any difference.
The next morning he called to tell us that after only 3 painting, the nodes have shrunk by 50%!
Now, I've studied how the Russians have used Iodine Grid Painting. Iodine penetrating through the skin into muscle tissue and blood vessels, iodine has a detrimental effect on pathogens.
The Russians state: In case of runny nose, it is applied in very thin and neat lines to the bridge of the nose and the wings of the nose. If you have a cold, it makes sense to place the net on the feet and in the area of the calf muscles.
Sum of what the author is saying I believe and some I think is Hype…
So, I'm thinking to myself, if painting the lymph-node for an infection works so well... why not paint iodine (2% tincture or white iodine if you are worried about staining) over the forehead (frontal sinus pockets), under the eyebrows and across the nasal bone (ethmoid sinus), cheeks under eye (maxillary sinus). I also painted behind my ears and back of neck.
Edgar Cayce (1900 A.D.) advocated painting the sinus plexus daily for 2 weeks with castor oil, so this is not a new thing.
Do this at nite before bed so your eyes are closed.
In my area, the farmers are harvesting soybean and the chaf is all in the air causing everyone sinus issues including me. Using myself as a test subject I painted up my face with iodine before bed.
When I woke-up, I had a large glob of snoot in the sinus-larynex area. It was some much it was gagging me. Went out on the back patio to drink my coffee and had to blow my nose and the flood gate of hell come out. I felt so much better. My head was clear. Less congested. I'll do another iodine painting tonite. This works
(Idaho)
11/15/2024
love it, Rob!
Do you think Lugols iodine painted on would work just as well as an alcohol tincture? Was yours the yellow or clear version?
I've used 2% Lugols iodine painted on kids' throats and it's gotten rid of sore throats within a day or so. I wasn't sure if it was actually working at the time, or just placebo :)
(Kentucky)
11/15/2024
I'm sure Lugols 2% (water based) will work. If it doesn't, switch back to Tincture of Iodine (yellow/red alcohol based). In my life time, I've always used Tincture of Iodine for Painting Lymph-nodes. It's just something I was taught by my Grandmother and have continued to do. She always had a little 1oz. bottle in her medicine cabinet.
Iodine kills 90 percent of bacteria on the skin within 90 seconds, its use as an antibiotic has been ignored. Iodine exhibits activity against bacteria, molds, yeasts, protozoa, and many viruses; indeed, of all antiseptic preparations suitable for direct use on humans and animals and upon tissues, only iodine is capable of killing all classes of pathogens: gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, mycobacteria, fungi, yeasts, viruses and protozoa. Most bacteria are killed within 15 to 30 seconds of contact.
Iodine is by far the best antibiotic, antiviral and antiseptic of all time – Dr. David Derry
Iodine has bactericidal activity:
- 1% tincture will kill 90% of bacteria in 90 seconds
- 5% tincture in 60 seconds
- 7% tincture in 15 seconds
Gershenfeld, 1968
Iodine kills single celled organisms by combining with the amino acids tyrosine or histidine when they are exposed to the extra-cellular environment. All single cells showing tyrosine on their outer cell membranes are killed instantly by a simple chemical reaction with iodine that denatures proteins. Nature and evolution have given us an important mechanism to control pathogenic life forms and we should use it and trust it to protect us in ways that antibiotics can't.
Iodine kills bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, and even spores of bacteria and fungi, including anthrax spores. Iodine was used successfully against influenza, herpes, small pox, and chicken pox viruses. Kills parasites, bacteria, mold, yeast, protozoa, viruses--essentially all pathogens including malaria, E. coli, and Staphylococcus. When iodine was suspended in a solution, viral inactivation occurred at dilutions of 1/1,000,000. (Gershenfeld, L.: Iodine. In Disinfection, Sterilization, and Preservation. Edited by S. S. Block. Philadelphia, Les & Febiger, 1977, pp. 196-218.)
Iodine
★★★★★
I suffer from regular sinus issues caused by candida and polyps. This recipe has worked the best for me so far. It's portable so you can carry it with you in your pocket. It does not burn at all so it's pleasant to use.
Regularly use 2 – 5 times a daily with a Nasal Spray Irrigator and home-made saline. Povidone iodine is a powerful antiseptic and disinfectant. In contact with skin and mucous membranes povidone iodine works quickly and has a microbicidal effect (causing the death of a broad spectrum of bacteria, fungi, viruses and protozoa).
Material needed:
- 30 ml empty nasal spray bottle
- Distilled water
- Sea salt
- Baking soda
- Povidone-iodine 10%
- Eye dropper
- Empty clean water bottle
- Peppermint oil (optional)
Recipe:
1. Add 1 teaspoon sea salt and 1 teaspoon baking soda to empty “clean” water bottle.
2. Add distilled water to bottle, cap and shake til salt and baking soda have completely dissolved. This is your saline solution.
3. Add 2 full eyedropper of Povidone-iodine (roughly 50 drops) to the empty nasal spray bottle. 2 drops peppermint oil. Top bottle off with your saline solution.
4. Use this spray twice in each nostril 2-5 times daily for a few weeks to resolve sinus infections, congestion and polyps.
Iodine
★★★★★
I tried it in my coffee and swear it cut my cold in half, I just don't have the guts to snort 7% iodine!!
Nostrovia
Iodine
★★★★★
Iodine
★★★★★
Wonderful information on this site.
In Nov 08, I caught a cold and had terrible sinus. The cold cleared up but periodically my right sinus cavity would close and cause horrible pain. This area was on the right side of my nose about an inch down from my eye. I started using nasal irrigation and peroxide and water spray directly in my nose. This helped but I never seemed to be completely cured. The pain would start on the side of my nose, go around my eye, down my cheek to my teeth then into my neck and around the back of my neck. It rendered me useless. The addition of my favorite beverage, Chardonnay, would bring it on until I stopped having any. In searching this site, I read about Iodine (clear from Rite Aid) and painting it on certain areas of the body so I tried it on the side of my nose. I started doing this several times a day and last night was the test. I had my wine without any pain. I will continue to use Iodine until I'm sure it has cleared up. Who would have thought this would cure me. Thank you very much to everyone for your additions to this wonderful site.
Ioncleanse
★★★★★
The best thing I ever did to stop my sinus infections and a lot of other problems was when I bought a machine called IONCLEANSE. Living on a horse farm for over 50 years my body was full of toxins. That machine is a God send. It detoxed my body and along with it all my health and pain problems. I even had asthma and after about 10 treatments I have never had asthma agian and no more sinus problems either. It's been over 4 years problem free.
