Neti Pots

Does anyone use these? Do they work for you? How did it get the name?  My friend swears they work.  Curious.

I have had mine for a while now.  When my sinuses are acting up I use it everyday.

Not sure how it got it's name, but it has been around for thousands of years.

Get a starter kit to begin with.  They come with packets of salt already pre-measured.  You can get a kit with either a pot or a plastic bottle.

After you get use to it you can mix your own salts.  You have to be careful when you use certain salts because they can irritate your sinuses.  Do you your research.  I find it easier ust to buy the packets at the drug store.

I have one. Got is because I was having a lot of sinus issues. I found out I had a deviated symptom when nothing would come out one side of my nose. I don't use it as much now that I got my nose fixed. But I would recommend it to anyone having problems.

My allergy doctor recommended the squirt bottle kind. She told me the salts aren't really neccessary, if you just use water (as warm as you can stand it) it should work find. She told me just to do it in the shower. But I never did, so I can't tell you if it worked for me.. my friend's parents both use it and claim it's cured their allergies. I'm getting a dog soon so maybe I'll try it out if my allergies start acting up because of her!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neti_pot

STATES ORIGIN OF THE NETI POT.  ONE OF MY FELLOW EMPLOYEES HAD HIS ALLERGIST RECOMMEND USING ONE.  HE SAID IT DOES HELP HIS ALLERGIES.

I have the squirt bottle kind. I use it whenever my sinuses act up (springtime usually). I swear it changed my life! I went from having joint sinus/ear infections for up to 3 months of the year to not having a single sinus or ear infection in the past year and a halp. Amazing change considering I was on 7 courses of antibiotics for recurring ear/sinus infections in 2007!

Highly reccommended!

I can always tell when my husband DOESN'T use his--he snores! When he uses it regularly, no snoring, no sinus problems. He just uses table salt--about the concentration as your tears. Think about it....ever swim in the ocean? Ever blow your nose like CRAZY afterward? That is the salt water cleaning it all out!!