Use a neti pot daily to prevent sinus infections and promote easy breathing.
Warning If you suffer from chronic nose bleeds, nasal polyps, or a deviated septum, talk to a health care provider to make sure using a neti pot won’t make your condition worse.
Step 1: Purchase a neti pot Purchase a neti pot. They are available online or at health food stores and are usually ceramic, plastic, or metal.
Step 2: Prepare a saline solution Prepare a saline solution by filling the neti pot with one cup of lukewarm water, and then adding the salt to the pot.
Tip Extremely hot or cold water and iodized salt can cause irritation and discomfort.
Step 3: Insert spout into nostril Lean over the sink or a bowl, and turn your head to the left 90 degrees, so your right ear is parallel to the floor. Insert the neti pot’s spout into your left nostril, so that it forms a seal.
Step 4: Pour solution through nasal passage Breathing through your open mouth only, pour the solution into your left nostril and let it flow out through the right nostril into the sink or bowl.
Step 5: Exhale through both nostrils Once the neti pot is empty, exhale firmly through both nostrils to clear all water from your nasal passage.
Tip If you blow into a tissue, don’t pinch your nostrils closed.
Step 6: Refill and repeat Refill the neti pot and repeat the procedure with the other nostril.
Did You Know? Neti pots have been used in India as part of ayurveda and yoga traditions for thousands of years.
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26.279 -> make sure using a neti pot won't make
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29.88 -> purchase a neti pot they are available
32.04 -> online or at health food stores and are
33.78 -> usually ceramic plastic or metal step 2
36.48 -> prepare a saline solution by filling the
38.52 -> neti pot with one cup of lukewarm water
40.14 -> and then adding the salt to the pot
41.969 -> extremely hot or cold water and iodized
44.46 -> salt can cause irritation and discomfort
46.34 -> step 3 lean over the sink or a bowl and
49.649 -> turn your head to the left ninety
51.329 -> degrees so your right ear is parallel to
53.129 -> the floor insert the neti pot spout into
55.5 -> your left nostril so that it forms a
57.149 -> seal step 4 breathing through your open
59.969 -> mouth only or the solution into your
61.949 -> left nostril and let it flow out through
63.66 -> the right nostril into the sink or Bowl
65.339 -> step 5
66.57 -> once the neti pot is empty exhale firmly
69.06 -> through both nostrils to clear all water
71.04 -> from your nasal passage if you blow into
73.049 -> a tissue don't pinch your nostrils
74.85 -> closed
75.33 -> step 6 refill the neti pot and repeat
78.15 -> the procedure with the other nostril
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