Easy Home Remedies For Sinus Infection Problems

By Jesus Thompson


If you constantly try to blow your nose and just cannot get all the mucus out, you may have an infection. There are methods and recipes you can try in your own home to try and battle this. These are some easy ways of home remedies for sinus infection.

There are two different kinds of sinus infections, viral and bacterial. A viral type is caused by the average cold or allergies. The mucus your nose is discharging will appear clear and runny. Bacterial is much worse, it produces a discharge that is colored. The color is usually a light yellow or green hue.

Smelling a chopped onion or chopped garlic may help. Onions produce a pungent and piercing smell that cause your nose to run and your eyes to water. This will help loosen up the mucus and help you blow it all out. After clearing out the discharge, try smelling some garlic.

Garlic is a natural antibiotic. By smelling it, you will be delivering its antibiotic vapors directly to the infection. It also may aid you in getting some of the blockage out. Do one, or both, of these things.

This method is a bit more extreme, and tastes terrible, but it does work most of the time. First, take a hot shower so the steam from the water helps to loosen the mucus. Get a cup of water and stir a tablespoon full of salt into it. Put a little bit of the salt water into the spoon and snort it, tilt your head back and pour the liquid into your nostril if you cannot snort. With your head tilted back, let the salt water sit in your nose, giving it time to penetrate the blockage and get to the source of the problem.

Salt is an effective bacteria killer, but it does taste pretty gross when poured through your nose and mixed with water. You may want to snort, or pour, the salt water into your nostrils a few times to ensure it is working. Do not worry if it burns a little inside your nose, that is just the salt doing its job. Feeling the burning sensation also means the salt has penetrated through to your mucus membranes, this is good. If you do not like the idea of creating and snorting your own remedy, head over to a drug store. A drug store will have a saline solution that you can do the same exact thing with. The saline solution is the same thing as the salt water.

Try out these helpful recipes of home remedies for sinus infection problems. You may need to visit your doctor if the blockage is really bad, causing you pain, and is creating a lot of uncomfortable pressure in your nose and ears. Your doctor will prescribe you antibiotics to aid your body in fighting the infection.




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