Treatment for recuring sinus infection

[Aengus]

Hi,
Does anyone know a good homoeopathic treatment for sinus infections? I've tried the cold water dousing and that seems to help some. It seems to have delayed my yearly sinus troubles a month or so. I sure could use some advise. It feels like my teeth are being forced out of socket.

Thanks

Dale Moss

[bob_stra]

Hi,
Does anyone know a good homoeopathic treatment for sinus infections? I've tried the cold water dousing and that seems to help some. It seems to have delayed my yearly sinus troubles a month or so. I sure could use some advise. It feels like my teeth are being forced out of socket.

Thanks

Dale Moss

Well-sir, I wouldn't call it a treatment... more an old wife's tale to be honest. *Seems* to have some effect when my hayfever flares up.

Place a half a teaspoon of salt on your tongue 3 times a day. Allow it to dissolve over a few minutes - do not just gulp it down in one go.

Remember - old wives tale. Proceed at own risk and grossed out taste buds.

Similarly -

Some chiros seems to think than neck adjustment can relieve sinus troubles. You'll have to Google that one yourself - never really paid much attention to it. Probably a sympathetic effect of the relaxation of various nerve receptors around the ear, nose and throat.

Ditto ear candles.

Of the three - the neck adjustment seems to have the most research behind it. Not sure abt the other two.

YMMV

[Aengus]

Thanks I haven't heard of the salt trick but at this point, I'm willing to inhale pepper spray or go back into the CS gas chamber like I did in Basic. :lol:

Dale

[bob_stra]

Thanks I haven't heard of the salt trick but at this point, I'm willing to inhale pepper spray or go back into the CS gas chamber like I did in Basic. :lol:

Dale

Well - let me know if it works!

TTT for other replies. Come on naturopathy and TCM people - let's hear it!

[Vbrown]

If it's a seasonal allergy response, I'd look at what you are eating. Some people can get away with eating anything at all, but most are suprisingly tuned to the season. So go to a farmer's market and buy whatever was grown in your neck of the woods.

At most US drug stores you can find "Simply Saline" which is a pressurized bottle of saline for irrigation of the maxillary sinus. My wife used to get sinus headaches in the mid to late spring. Now she'll irrugate once in the morning and once in the evening during the trouble season and she's gone three years without a problem.

If you are having an acute attack, make an appointment with an LAc. Call them up and see if they specialize in allergies. They would have to take a look at the whole pattern you are presenting to tune a treatment for you.

Hope it helps! Hold off on the CS for at least a little while...

Vince

[JasonE]

Some chiros seems to think than neck adjustment can relieve sinus troubles. You'll have to Google that one yourself - never really paid much attention to it. Probably a sympathetic effect of the relaxation of various nerve receptors around the ear, nose and throat.


I've heard of some chiros making minor adjustments of the head bones for a variety of issues, but it doesn't seem to be a common practice.

My sinuses are semi-stuffed-up year-round, and an Ear-Nose-Throat specialist prescribed a nasal spray which has had some beneficial effect, though it leaves me prone to nose bleeds when I use it daily. Then again, I've had a broken nose, which doesn't help. :)

[Shaf]

http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=129210

It's different. Your mileage may vary. It did help a friend of mine who had problems with his sinuses.

[Tyler]

I recently read a book called the Miracle of MSM. In it, it discusses using relatively high doses of MSM for the treatment of congestion and seasonal allergies. The book recommends about 3-5g per day. They recommend buying it in crystal form and dissolving it in liquid.

[Connie Brown]

Sorry I'm late but, on the diet connection, what are you eating?

Sometimes allergies can be relieved by tweaking the Omega3/omega6 profile in your diet and taking out inflammatory foods.

[Aengus]

Well as far as treatments go, I do the sinus wash, just not daily. Normally when I've been out in my shop working then I clean out my sinuses. I think that this is one of those things that occur about twice a year. Mostly, in the spring when the pollen is out. Living in the South, particuarly Mississippi in the part known as the Pine Belt. We have tons pollen from around the middle of March to about the first of May when the rain finally washes it all away. I have both Pine trees as well as Live Oak trees in my yard and all over my property.
AS far as my diet goes, as far as I know, I'm not allergic to any foods what do you think could be causing it? Please don't let it be bacon...:)

Thanks for the help and advise

Dale Moss

[Connie Brown]

I am laughing about the bacon.

Here are the diet things that can make a difference with sinus and allergies.

These things contribute to inflammation and stuffed-up-ness:

- High proportion of "bad" fats to "good" fats. "bad" fats are trans fats like in junk food, or big amounts of cheap grain-fed meat like in the supermarket. Good fats are from fish and nuts, range-fed organic meat and cooking oils that have not been overheated up to whoopie.

- High proportion of junk carbs to whole carbs. Junk carbs are snacks, white bread and pasta, drinks with high fructose corn syrup. Whole carbs are plain old whole fruits, veggies, and grains.

These things can make a difference so allergies are less or go away:

- taking therapeutic doses of omega3 oils, if you need to. If you are having symptoms then you need to.

- using only whole carbs.

- eat enough protein, good fats, and veggies too.

Oh and bacon has the kind of saturated fat that is part of the problem. But I don't think you would get that much from a slice or two... a pound would be another matter.

[JasonE]

Oh and bacon has the kind of saturated fat that is part of the problem. But I don't think you would get that much from a slice or two... a pound would be another matter.

I can't stop smiling, now that I've read this... time to share a little story:

In college, my roommate Matt came home, complaining about how hungry he was. Of course, he didn't have a lot of food to choose from, and he didn't feel like going to the grocery store. :roll:

He took a 2-pound package of frozen bacon, opened it, and threw the whole slab into a skillet. He fried the whole thing up as a single chunk and ate it with a fork and knife. :P :shock:

He called it a "bacon steak". :lol: :lol:

[Jay76]

Watch your intake of Dairy and Grains. Take MSM powder. Make sure to take the powder with Jucie ( Vit. C ). Works great. :P

[Brett Jacques]

Chronic anything means your body is trying to tell you that something needs help. From a naturopathic perspective, the sinuses catch and dispose of things on the way into the body. When the sinuses exude, then they are overwhelmed. What we might have here is a case of the total burden exceeding the capacity of the organism to remove it.

Where are the toxic burdens in your life? The air, water, food, work, supplements, relationships, where are they?

What is the functional status of your organs of elimination? Through question and answer, you may arrive with a clue but you really need to work with someone to get you on the right path to health by discovering and prioritizing.

Many of the suggestions here are quite good but I suspect they would be only band-aids.

Start at the beginning and do it right but remember it won't go away overnight.

[gass]

I have an uncle who suffered from sinus infections for years. He did a lot of research and came up with the conclusion that coffee was having a negative effect. He dropped coffee/caffeine from his diet and consequently hasn't suffered for years. In some ways that may be relative to Brett Jacque's premise about toxins. There is a concurrent discussion of this issue going on in another thread that mentions lightly salted water introduced by a plastic bulb. A doctor recommended the very thing to me and I use it during bouts with sinus infections and it sure cleans things out. The wife's not too fond of it though.