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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 375041" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">1) HOT homemade Chicken vegetable soup~</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">2) Decaf tea with honey and lemon. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">3) Pour hot water into a bowl and drop a dollop of Vicks Vaporub - bend over the bowl with a towel over your head to breathe in the steam, eventually through your nose - it will help clear it out. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">4) A neti pot is a great idea, but be certain to use it properly, especially while you're congested. If you don't, you could end up worse and eventually with a sinus infection (my allergist explained this to me - a neti pot used regularly will help prevent congestion, but if used when you're already congested, it could make the congestion worse so be careful!). I use a simple saline spray nightly in a hot shower to clean out the sinuses and it is much easier and less messy than a neti pot. But that's me. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">5) Put something under the top of your matress to raise it up. This will help control the post nasal drip you're likely experiencing at night while sleeping, which in turn causes throat pain. It will also help drain the sinuses down, rather than further up, which causes sinus headaches.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">6) If you use Vicks Vaporub, please do not insert any into your nose, but just UNDER your nostrils, so you can breathe it in. Direct contact of Vicks on your sensitive nasal passages could cause major irritation.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">7) LOTS of water/juices/broths. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">If you need to take some type of medication, look into some homeopathic remedies - I've found them to be quite effective and not as harmful as things like OTC cold medications such as sudafed or Tylenol cold, etc. Hope you feel better~</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 375041, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]1) HOT homemade Chicken vegetable soup~[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]2) Decaf tea with honey and lemon. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]3) Pour hot water into a bowl and drop a dollop of Vicks Vaporub - bend over the bowl with a towel over your head to breathe in the steam, eventually through your nose - it will help clear it out. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]4) A neti pot is a great idea, but be certain to use it properly, especially while you're congested. If you don't, you could end up worse and eventually with a sinus infection (my allergist explained this to me - a neti pot used regularly will help prevent congestion, but if used when you're already congested, it could make the congestion worse so be careful!). I use a simple saline spray nightly in a hot shower to clean out the sinuses and it is much easier and less messy than a neti pot. But that's me. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]5) Put something under the top of your matress to raise it up. This will help control the post nasal drip you're likely experiencing at night while sleeping, which in turn causes throat pain. It will also help drain the sinuses down, rather than further up, which causes sinus headaches.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]6) If you use Vicks Vaporub, please do not insert any into your nose, but just UNDER your nostrils, so you can breathe it in. Direct contact of Vicks on your sensitive nasal passages could cause major irritation.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]7) LOTS of water/juices/broths. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]If you need to take some type of medication, look into some homeopathic remedies - I've found them to be quite effective and not as harmful as things like OTC cold medications such as sudafed or Tylenol cold, etc. Hope you feel better~[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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