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Apple Cider Vinegar
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A sincere "thank you" to everyone who took the time to write comments on this remedy. I'm not one to believe everything I read on the internet, but the strength of your numbers gave me the courage to try. Last November I was suffering from a dreaded sinus infection. I'm fed up with antibiotics, so in desperation I googled and found you guys! I put one to two tablespoons ACV in warm water, added a little honey and drank it. Within 30 minutes, I was feeling better. I repeated three times a day over two days, and I was cured! I just repeated this last week when I was suffering from a cold that wouldn't let go. Everyone at work was getting sinus infections with this one, but not me! You folks are the best. Thank you thank you.
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(Seattle, WA)
02/01/2009
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I can vouch this is true. I started oil pulling and 2T vinegar in qt of water morning and night and suddenly after battling three months of sinus infections/colds, I got this incredible amount of mucous 24 hrs after beginning the above and my head is clear first time in months. Thank you again contributors to this site. I'm discovering all kinds of amazing simple but powerfully effective remedies here.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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I also use my neti pot every morning. (2c warm water - 1/2t sea salt). I've added one drop of baby shampoo on occasion, and it stings. I've also sniffed saline solution and used the steam from a bowl of plain hot water (with the towel). I read the article on the Link between Sinus Infections and Allergy medications. There is so much contradictory information.
Drinking vinegar or snorting Cayenne does not appeal to me, but we're all unique. Maybe we just need to take the time to help ourselves instead of quickly popping pills. Our bodies are a system - all the parts are connected - and with the cost of healthcare and medication today, I'd rather try something preventative.
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(Plumas Lake, Ca, Usa)
11/19/2009
I used to be sick all the time--I would get 4-6 sinus infections per year. I do drink Apple Cider Vinegar occasionally, I know it helps. But I also started taking a Probiotic everyday and eating a yogurt everyday is also very beneficial. I feel that what we eat is paramount to good health. I'm going to resume taking ACV with some honey (kills bacteria). Honey is good for skin infections, too.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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I've had a terrible head cold/sinus infection, just on my right side... have had it nearly 2 weeks. I've tried OTC things like Benadryl and Tylenol, with no relief. Maybe it's the German in me, but I LOVED the taste of the ACV!! (I drank it straight from the bottle)
I also tried the warm water/salt nasal and sinus rinse this afternoon, and between that and the ACV, my nose is CLEAR!!
Apple Cider Vinegar
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(Wichita, Kansas)
01/11/2009
Hi, Ana. Two things that have often help me:grapefruit seed extract to clobber the sinus infection, then the hydrogen peroxide inhalation cure to clobber the congestion (if you're talking about congestion from a virus). Also high doses of vitamin c. Might still take a couple of days at this point, but maybe worth a shot.
(Cocoa Beach, Florida, Usa)
02/17/2010
For chest congestion I use herbal tinctures. Cats claw and Pau d'Arco - when in severe distress I use a dropper full of each (dropped directly into my mouth or in a small shot of water) every two hours and in addition to an herbal expectorant. I have cured myself of bronchial pnumonia with this remedy.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar
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Apple Cider Vinegar
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(Philadelphia, PA)
02/19/2009
Be sure that when using the ACV you use the ACV with the mother. This can be purcahsed at any health food store. The ACV is also used to heal a varielty of other ailments. Please read up on it.
(Meredosia, Il)
01/05/2010
To MoOf from Englewood, Co. I also couldn't take the taste of the acv, but my husband suggested putting it in tea with some honey, and that is quite good, if you're a tea drinker. Since the honey is quite high I now just use sweetner but it's still quite good. I've gotton so used to it that I don't like plain tea. I've also been using the distilled, but my acv with the "mother"in it is on it's way,but even the distilled has helped so much, I can breathe again.
(Seattle, Wa)
06/12/2010
This is my 1st time on this web site and I am reading all kinds of things I've never heard of. Oil pulling, ACV with "mother". What do they mean? I have had a sinus infection since January 1, 2010. It started with a cold and a very running nose and progressed from there. My breathing is fine, not much drainage, no sore throat, but what I do have is when I cough, sneeze or bend over it feels like the right side and the top of my head is going to come off it hurts SO BAD. Sometimes the sinus across my nose aches and behind my eyes. I've tried everything, neti pot, steaming my face (which does help, temporarily), OTC nasal decongestants, without it getting better...I finally went to the Dr. for an antibiotic, which I have been taking for 5 days with no change, so far, with my symptoms. I found this web site tonight and have had my first acv/water drink. Right now the pain in the right side has stopped hurting when I bend over (I haven't coughed or sneezed for a few hrs), so hopefully I am on my way to recovery. My question is, has anyone else every experienced anything like what I have described? I don't get sinus infections all that often, and never like this! Any response will be appreciated.
EC: Hi Dixie, ACV with the "mother" refers to unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar. More on oil pulling here: https://www.earthclinic.com/remedies/oil_pulling.html
(Bostic, N.c.)
06/13/2010
I also found this site, symptoms since last November, with one added symptom, whenever I would use the bathroom and have a bowel movement, I thought my head was going to explode, and of course the head throbbing I would get whenever I bent over, coughed or sneezed. 3 days ago I started taking some apple cider vinegar with the mother in it, mixed with water, it has definitely helped somewhat, I have also been taking eucalyptus pills, and I think that has helped too, but they are expensive. I also found this site because I was looking for some help with this sinus problem... Oh by the way I did go to a doctor when I first got this sinus infection, she gave me antibiotics, I took them all as prescribed, It did nothing for my sinus infection, but it did give me one heck of a yeast infection.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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I searched the web to find out more about mucus color and how to determine if you have a cold or flu. Then found this site that explained the symptoms of a sinus infection which was what I had. Then read up on a home ready that included ACV. At first I was skeptical then I thought what can I lose, ACV is very inexpensive compared to going to the doctor's office, waiting forever and then only to be told to let it clear up naturally! I chose to drink 8oz of water mixed with 2 TBSP of ACV and immediately I can feel it working. You can feel the congestion breaking free from you head and your ears this is great stuff. The first day I drank 3 cups of the mixture and already my voice sounds clearer and I feel less stuffed up. I will continue to drink the mixture to see how long it takes to completely clear. I would and already have recommeded the ACV mixture to co-workers! It's aweseome!!!
Apple Cider Vinegar
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Instead I decided to do a search and found all of the comments about ACV. I sent my husband to pick up a bottle of it for me because I was so sick I couldn't move. I really didn't have faith that it was going to do anything but with the pain I was in, I was desperate to try. Once he got home, I immediately took in 2 tablespoons in pure water. Within an hour I began draining more little stuff out, and as the hours pass, I kid you not that really bad pain I was in started to decrease in my forehead and cheeks. Even that pain and grinding ache above my teeth was dissipating. Another thing that surprised me was, I felt a little better all over my body. Those aches in my neck and every where had lessoned.
Four hours later, I intuitively poured out 1/4 cup to 12 oz of pure water and drank that down. About 5 hours later, the pain had really significantly decreased. I could talk and smile. I can see that the mucous is changing into a more whitish pale yellow instead of the bright yellow green. It's drying up a little.
I'm reporting this about 14 hours after the first dose. I'm not sure how I'll be in a few days but I can definitely say my pain is surprisingly ..almost gone and I feel much more like my old self.
This is definitely worth a try if you're out there and suffering like I was. Good luck and Good health to you all.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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About 4 years ago a root-canal on an upper back tooth developed an abcess that drained into my sinus. For two years I had a chronic sinus infection on that side and it seemed as though I would never be able to breath through my nose again! Anti-histamines, antibiotics, nasal sprays & saline rinses would knock down the pain and swelling temporarily, but nothing worked permanently until I found this site and started using ACV & baking soda. I used 2 TBS ACV and 1/4 tsp baking soda morning and night in small glasses of fruit juice. Put the ACV in the glass first, then the Baking soda (it will foam up and then subside) then fill with fruit juice.
Almost immediately the sinus started to drain and I can't describe the yucky blod filled mucous that came out at first. Gradually, the discharge became clear and now I feel "normal" for the first time in years. I can even smell the roses again!
Apple Cider Vinegar
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