A common cold can seriously poison a person’s life, and if it develops into a chronic one, it can interfere with any career. After all, it is no secret to anyone that it is very difficult to sustain the presence in the office of a person with a current nose. With the onset of a runny nose, people run to the pharmacy for various kinds of drops and sprays, and not everyone knows that a runny nose can be cured in a fairly simple way - by washing.
So, how and how to rinse your nose with a cold? Everyone prefers to wash their nose in their own way, some use a teapot for brewing, pouring saline into the nostril, and then releasing it through the mouth. Others learned to draw the solution out of the cup with their noses. And others turn to the help of Esmarch’s mug or syringe. In principle, any method is good if it suits you, and you finally get rid of a cold.
As - figured out, now we find out how to wash your nose with a runny nose at home. A runny nose is characterized by the secretion of mucus, which makes breathing difficult, which occurs as a result of a common cold or with inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nasal cavity. It is enough every morning before you go to work to rinse your nose from mucus, which is an excellent environment for the reproduction of bacteria, and after a short time you can forget about this problem forever.
How to rinse your nose with a runny nose, and what is needed for this:
• sea salt (if it is not, you can replace it with ordinary);
• baking soda;
• iodine;
• boiled water, 3 cups (bowls).
First you need to pour 150 ml of boiled warm water into three cups. Then, in the first cup with water, add 1/3 teaspoon of soda (without top), in the second - 1/3 teaspoon of salt, in the third - 1 or 2 (but not more) drops of iodine. Now you need to blow your nose, and only then we begin washing the nose.
For this, we lower the nose into a cup of water and slowly draw water with both nostrils so that the solution passes through the nasopharynx to the mouth, at the end we release it through the mouth. First, wash your nose 3-4 times with soda solution, then repeat the same procedure with saline. And finally, the procedure with iodine solution. To prevent burns, monitor the temperature of the solution, it should not exceed 37 degrees.
The washing procedure brings quick relief that lasts for 6 hours. When you finish the flushing procedure, some of the water may still remain in the sinuses. Therefore, in order to completely get rid of the saline solution, pour fresh water into the cup and rinse your throat several times (with your head tilted back). This must be done in order to cleanse the mucus and the remnants of the sinus solution. Rinsing the nose with a runny nose is carried out on the first day every 3 hours, the second day and subsequent days in the morning and evening.
Folk medicine recommends using the following medicinal herbs for rinsing the nose: gingerbread, St. John's wort, mint, sage, calendula, coltsfoot, horsetail, chamomile, linden. But it is better to consult your doctor who will tell you more accurately than rinsing your nose with a runny nose.
Rinsing is a very good method in treating not only a common cold, but also chronic or acute sinusitis. Also, nose washing is necessary for people working in very dusty conditions. After work, you need to clean the nasal cavity from dust. How to rinse your nose with a runny nose, we already understand, but what from the dust? To do this, many people buy hypertonic solution in a pharmacy. You can prepare the same solution yourself, for this it is enough to pour 15 grams of sea or table salt into a liter of boiled water. The nose can also be washed with mineral water.
A few recommendations:
• when blowing open your mouth to avoid excessive pressure on your eardrum;
• we do not recommend rinsing the sinuses before bedtime, as for another 15 minutes, immediately after the procedure, you must wait until all the mucus from the nose stands out;
• in the winter season, the nose should be washed about half an hour before going outside;
Do not rinse your nose if:
• you are prone to bleeding;
• with complete obstruction of the nasal passages: nasal tumors, polyps in the nose or adenoids of 3-4 degrees.
These simple tips will help you forget about what a runny nose is.