I do "poor man's neti" at least once a day (in the shower mostly) and I think it helps. I did get a neti pot but I've been too lazy to use it. When I feel a mega cold coming on, I'll probably break it out. i do have at least a small drowning phobia, but I think I should be able to get over it. I didn't freak out too badly when I did the nostril-to-nostril thing. Mostly it was just uncomfortable because of the neck-tilting and mouth breathing at the same time.
Anyway, poor man's neti is getting your fingers wet under running water repeatedly and using them to gently work everything out of your nose. That's my version, anyway. I don't do the head tilt pouring process, or the "sniffing saline" thing, since I imagine it's not great to do with our super-chlorinated tap water. Helps keep the nose goblins down all day, at least.
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Date: 2008-11-26 02:13 pm (UTC)Anyway, poor man's neti is getting your fingers wet under running water repeatedly and using them to gently work everything out of your nose. That's my version, anyway. I don't do the head tilt pouring process, or the "sniffing saline" thing, since I imagine it's not great to do with our super-chlorinated tap water. Helps keep the nose goblins down all day, at least.