There are all sorts of nasal irrigation devices now…pulsatile,squeeze bottles,and even the newer naväge system that uses a gentle suction to flush the sinuses.

I just visited a friend the other day and he was headed to the bathroom to use his neti pot. He was feeling a little stuffy after being outside and came home and promptly washed out his sinuses. He doesn’t take any chances after he has been exposed to allergens..in his case it was pollen.

Those of you that do not use a neti pot, should consider adding the practice of nasal irrigation to your daily routine and see if you can help ward off troubles with allergies.

I also wanted to take the time to remind everyone that I just recently posted some research abstracts on nasal irrigation to the neti pot site. These research posts cover the science behind the neti pot and you should find them to be an interesting read.

This is some very interesting reading and I recommend that you take a few minutes and browse through the links.  I’ll try to keep new links coming and give you access to a lot of information in one central location.

Take a look at the new page: neti pot science

In larger families or group settings, the time it takes to properly clean the neti pot would not make it’s use feasible under these circumstances. Ideally, each person should have their own neti pot and thus be responsible for cleaning it after they are done using it.

Plastic neti pots offer an inexpensive way to equip larger groups with their own pots. An example here would be a large family where everyone uses a neti pot for sinus flushing and would be using them around the same time. Children would likely be using theirs as they prepare for school, and as you can see, sharing one neti would be very difficult in this setting.

This blog will keep you up to speed on the use of the neti pot and nasal irrigation. We hope to share personal experiences and medical research into this simple concept.