does anyone have any ideas about relieving severe sinus pain without loads of medicine?

Answer 1

Warm moist air may alleviate sinus congestion. Experts recommend a vaporizer or steam from a pan of boiled water (removed from the heat). Humidifiers should be used only when a clean filter is in place to preclude spraying bacteria or fungal spores into the air. Warm compresses are useful in relieving pain in the nose and sinuses. Saline nose drops are also helpful in moisturizing nasal passages.
HOME CARE ADVICE FOR MILD SINUS PAIN AND CONGESTION
Reassurance: Sinus congestion is normally part of a cold. Usually home treatment can prevent a true sinus infection.
For a Runny Nose With Profuse Discharge: Blow the Nose.
Nasal mucus and discharge helps to wash viruses and bacteria out of the nose and sinuses.
Apply petroleum jelly to the nasal openings to protect them from irritation (cleanse the skin first).
For a Blocked Nose - Use Nasal Washes:
Use warm water or saline nose drops to loosen up the dried mucus, followed by blowing each nostril separately (pinch one nostril shut while blowing your nose then repeat while pinching the other nostril). Instill 2-3 drops of warm water or saline in each nostril. Blow your nose again and repeat nose drops and blowing until discharge is clear. Repeat this process at least four times a day or whenever you can't breathe through the nose.
Saline nose drops - add ½ tsp of table salt to 1 cup (8 oz) of warm water.
Other option: warm shower.
Hydration: Drink plenty of liquids (6-8 glasses of water daily). If the air in your home is dry, use a cool mist humidifier
Cold Medicines: Most "cold" medicines are not helpful. They can't remove dried mucus from the nose. Antihistamines are only helpful if you also have nasal allergies. Antibiotics are not helpful unless you develop an ear or sinus infection.
Decongestant Nose Drops: If you think you need a medicine for stuffy nose, try a nasal decongestant. Use only if the sinus is still blocked after nasal washes.
Decongestant nose drops (e.g. phenylephrine/Neo-Synephrine) are available over the counter.
Do not take this medication if you have high blood pressure, heart disease or prostate enlargement.
Do not use this medication for more than 3 days (Reason: rebound nasal congestion)
Read and follow the package instructions carefully
Pain and Fever Relief: For pain and fever relief, take acetaminophen every 4-6 hours (e.g. Tylenol; adult dosage 650 mg) OR ibuprofen every 6-8 hours (e.g. Advil, Motrin; adult dosage 400 mg).
Do not take ibuprofen if you have stomach problems, kidney disease, are pregnant, or have been told by your doctor to avoid this type of anti-inflammatory drug.
Do not take ibuprofen for more than 7 days without consulting your doctor.
Do not take acetaminophen if you have liver disease.
Read the package instructions thoroughly on all medications that you take.
Expected Course:
With treatment, sinus congestion from a cold virus usually resolves in 5 to 7 days.
The main complication is bacterial sinusitis. It occurs if bacteria multiply within the blocked-off sinus. This leads to a fever and increased pain. Antibiotic treatment is indicated.
Call Your Doctor If:
Fever or yellow/green discharge lasts more than 3 days
Sinus pain persists longer than 1 day after starting treatment
Sinus congestion and fullness persist longer than 1 week
You become worse or develop any of the "Call Your Doctor" symptoms.

Answer 2

Pinch of Menthol Salts, from the Chemists.
Dissolve in hot, hot water, stir & breathe in vapour.
U can add Albas oil & eucalyptus 4 added sinus clearing which will hopefully ease the pain.
Don't go out after doing it though.
UR sinus could Break suddenly, YUK, without a hanky.
& it could make U a bit Dizzy.
:)

Answer 3

Would first want to determine if it is a sinus problem.. The exit of the nerve from the skull could be very tender to painful if it is inflamed. Sinuses are in the bone of the skull so location shouldn't be difficult to ascertain.. The nerve exits the skull adjacent to those sinuses.. Above and below the eye.

If you can find the notch in the eyebrow and the one lateral to the nose (in the cheek bone), you will find the nerve as it exits the skull.. if that is tender, you will find a corresponding tenderness at the base of the skull..

You need to get approriate treatment to reverse the inflamitory condition. It is the facial nerve. If that is actually the case, you would have other symptoms possibly accompanying the symptoms you state you are experiencing.

Answer 4

Get a warm wash cloth and place it where your breathing in steam,that will help loosen everything up.Then(I promise this works,but it's very gross!!!)Mix some salt and water and suck it in through your nose.Tilt you head back for as long as you can stand it.You may want to straighten up over a sink.The grossest things will come out of your nose,of course when your done blow your nose too,but not real hard.This really does work!♥

Answer 5

Saline Nasal Spray works really well... so does vicks vapo rub.. and make sure that you keep a humidifier near your head when you sleep.. the mist helps clear the sinuses. And make sure you drink a lot of water.. it keeps the secretions thinner and the nasal membranes stay more lubricated and thus don't get so swollen.

I know some people swear by sauna's.. it makes sense.

Answer 6

Go back to the old school...pour boiling water in a big bowl with oil of peppermint in it...put a towel over your head and lean over the bowl...and breathe deeply. Also try a water mask (the kind you keep in the freezer)

Answer 7

The pyramid collection,book,has a oriental sinus cleaning pot that you fill with warm water and clean the sinuses.Yahoo these terms.Email me and i will find more [e-mail]

Answer 8

there's a pressure point on your palm, towards the base of your thumb, that is associated with pain in the head area- apply pressure with the thumb of your right hand to the part of your palm where the web between your thumb and your index finger meets with the base of your thumb.

Answer 9

A warm, almost hot, wash cloth placed across the forehead and face.

Good luck!

Answer 10

Rinse with salt water. Actually 'sniff' the water and spit it out again.
Old remedy that actually helps.