I would like a home remedy for a sinus infection.?

Answer 1

TREATMENT

The following natural treatments will help keep your cilia healthy and functioning and prevent mucus from building in your sinuses. If a sinus infection does occur, these same treatments will increase the effectiveness of antibiotics and other medications -- speeding healing and making a recurrence less likely.

1. Drink hot liquids. One of the best ways to unclog sinuses is to drink hot tea -- black, green, herbal or decaffeinated, it doesn't matter -- or hot chicken soup throughout the day. Drink enough so that your urine turns light in color. These hot liquids help moisturize your mucous membranes, speeding up the movement of your cilia and thus washing mucus out of your sinuses more quickly. Sorry, java lovers, but hot coffee isn't nearly as effective.

Note to travelers: The dry air on jet liners is particularly rough on the sinuses -- so when flying, carry tea bags with you and ask the flight attendant for hot water to make tea.

2. Apply warm compresses to your face. Do this three times a day for five minutes. A small towel soaked in warm water, then placed over your face below and between the eyes, will help increase the circulation in your sinuses, which will also help speed up the movement of your cilia.

3. Irrigate your sinuses. For 3,000 years, yoga practitioners have kept their sinuses healthy through the practice of sniffing a saltwater solution rapidly in and out of their nose at low pressure. Caution: Don't try this unless you have been taught how to do it.

Answer 2

In Dr. Robert Ivker's book, "Sinus Survival", he suggests garlic, echinacea, vitamin C, and vitamin E with selenium to build up the immune system if you want to avoid the negative side effects of prescription antibiotics. Also, irrigation of the sinuses is very helpful to remove infected mucus. To prepare the solution, take a cup (8 oz.) of lukewarm tap water, stir in 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of salt with a pinch of baking soda to give it the correct pH . balance.

Use a rubber syringe, available at pharmacies. Fill syringe with saline solution. Hold head over the sink, pinch one nostril closed and close the other nostril around the syringe. Squeeze syringe and swish the solution around inside the nose. Do this several times with both nostrils until all solution is gone. If the temperature of the water is comfortable this procedure will be very soothing to the sinuses as it will clean out infected mucus and reduce swelling and inflammation and will dramatically relieve congestion. It can be done 3-4 times a day.

Here is a direct quote from Dr. Ivker's book, on p. 93: "Two other natural remedies for chronic sinusitis are peppermint oil and camphorated salve (Tiger Balm). I put a very small amount (one drop) of peppermint oil on my fingertip then wipe it around the outside of both nostrils. The oil, which acts as a stimulant, seems to improve circulation ot the nasal and sinus mucous membranes. This enhances the effect of breathing clean and moist air. I like to spray my nose with the saline spray or stand in front of the humidifier and then apply the peppermint oil. It feels wonderful! Eucalyptus oil has a similar effect. The tiger balm seems to work on the same principle for your lungs. With a sinus infection I recommend applying it to your chest two or three times a day." Dr. Ivker used to suffer from chronic sinus infections and he effectively cured himself when he was told there was no cure for this condition.

Answer 3

Like the one lady said, go into the bathroom and turn on all the facets as hot as they will go and just sit in there and breath it in. Of course if it gets too hot leave because you don't need any worse problems.
There is also those Sudafed things that you can put in your shower and the aroma opens up your nose. (Not exactly sure about the spelling, go to a Walgreens and ask them)
You could also try a humidifier to open up you nose.. The Vicks one works the best.
You could also try the Vicks Vapor Rub. You can find that stuff at Walgreens.
But, it is always good to go to a docter and get it taken care of. If you really don't want to go to the docter than ask one of the pharmacists at Walgreens or wherever go what is the best home treatment. There is usually a lot of home treatments out there for people who don't like to go to the docter for that kinda stuff.

Answer 4

Try snorting warm salty water up your nose (both nostrils) several times a day. (Indians use somethings called a "netti pot" and they pour it through one nostril and out the other. Unfortunately if you don't have proper training in this technique it can make matters worse.)
Keep gargling with Listerine to keep your mouth and eustation tubes clean.
Breathe in steam vapor, and you can add Vick's vapor rub, so the eucalyptus can help clear breathing passages. If you put boiling water in a bowl, then inhale, covering your head with a towel. Otherwise, just run the shower hot in the bathroom until it is filled up with steam.
You want to loosen up the mucous, so if it is stopped up, then drink warm milk to loosen it up.
Someone once told me that blowing a hairdryer up your nose works, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it.
Go somewhere where the climate is very hot and dry for a few weeks.

Good luck on this.

Answer 5

Sinus infection: you need antibiotics
Sinus congestion: Steam will help, along with pseudoephedrine hydrochloride.

Infection and congestion are 2 different things.

Answer 6

Seriously now... hydrogen peroxide up your nose. It will bubble ridding you of any infection (and it will tickle like nobody's business). When you've taken all the tickling you can take... blow your nose and then repeat ever 4 hours for 4 days.
My doctor says my sinuses haven't looked better in years. I also do this when I have an allergy attack... clears it up and out just as well as Sudafed.

Answer 7

they make something called SinuCleanse now and it's sold in pharmacies. I have no idea how good it is, but I would imagine that's it's good for clearing out your sinuses to help keep you from getting infections. once you have one, however, the only way to get rid of it is with antibiotics. it's not going to just go away on its own.

Answer 8

Boil a kettle of water put it in a bowl put your head over the bowl with a towel over your head melt some vick or olbus oil in the water and breathe in DONT FALL ASLEEP OR OLD YOUR HEAD TO CLOSE TO BOWL honestly this works

Answer 9

Go in the bathroom and turn on the sink and bathtub as hot as they will go. Close the door adn let it run for a while and them go in there and stand above the hot sink and just breathe it in. The steam will help.....

Answer 10

snort peroxide, i'm not joking, I didn't have insurance one time to go to the doctor and this worked, it kind of hurt, because it was weird to put it up my nose, also have fresh water to flush it out if you cannot take the feeling.