Here's how you can treat sinusitis with home remedies
Sinusitis, an inflammation of the sinuses, often results from blowing the nose violently when having a cold. The snot is pressed into the sinuses, which are connected to the nose by fine cannulas. You can treat mild sinusitis yourself with home remedies.
What you need:
- Red light lamp
- or thyme
- or chamomile flowers
- or eucalyptus oil
- or fresh horseradish
Symptoms of sinusitis
- Sinusitis is characterized by a feeling of pressure behind the eyes, which gets worse when you bend your head forward.
- The sense of smell no longer works, you can no longer smell anything.
- you sniffles is now chronic and thin, thin phlegm also runs down the throat.
Home remedies for sinusitis
- Treat the sinusitis with heat. It works best with a red light lamp, with which you irradiate the upper half of your face.
- Drink a lot so that the mucus is thin and can drain away more easily. Thyme tea is particularly good. To do this, pour 2 teaspoons of dried thyme per cup and leave it covered for 10 minutes.
- Freshly grated horseradish works very well. Eat 3 tablespoons a day. Mustard oils are found in horseradish. The fumes rise above the when eating nose into the sinuses and have an expectorant effect.
- Take a facial steam bath with chamomile flowers or chamomile extract once or twice a day.
- Inhaling vapors from eucalyptus oil is very easy. Rub it on your sternum or just hold a vial of eucalyptus oil under your nose.
- Keep one nostril closed while blowing your nose and only blow on one side. This will prevent more mucus from being pushed into the sinuses.
- Absolutely do without smoking and on alcohol.
- If these sinusitis measures don't work after 7-10 days, see a doctor.
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