The First Time I Used a Neti Pot to Relieve Sinus Infections

Up until recently, I sure hadn’t. Kind of a crazy name, but I read somewhere that it could be used to help eliminate sinus infections, and to help prevent other common cold type sicknesses. I looked into to see if it was for real, and I had to try it for myself.

I took a gander online and saw that these Neti pots were commonly sold at health food stores. I went to my local health food shop and looked for the Neti pots. When I found them they looked kind of silly. It was a ceramic type of pot, about the size of a coffee cup, and it had a long skinny snout the swooped upwards.

I decided it was twenty bucks that was worth investing to see if it really worked as advertised. I also needed to buy some pure salt to use with the rinsing. The instructions said to fill the pot with lukewarm water, and add in a small scoop of salt. The salt comes with this small plastic scooper, so it was easy to apply.

I tilted one side of my head off to the side and put the end of the pot’s snout to my nose. I could feel the lukewarm water go inside my nose, and up my sinus cavity. Then it started to really burn, I mean it was like the worst ice cream headache I have ever had! Then water began to pour out of my open nostril. The instructions said to switch sides when the Neti pot was half empty. So, I switched to finish the rinse.

I did this Neti pot rinse treatment for about two weeks, and felt relief almost immediately after the first time I used it. I don’t know if this will help prevent common sicknesses in the future, but in the short term it has really helped me.