My Natural Nasal Decongestant
December 30th, 2008 by RobertI have dealt with sinus congestion for all of my life, and I’ve tried many different ways to help, with varying success. One thing I’ve found useful lately is based on something I learned about during the Ayurvedic cooking seminar I attended with Dr. Vasant Lad in New Mexico last year.
Dr. Lad prepared Chai Tea for everyone on Saturday morning and I reacted badly to the milk in it. I was willing to try it because he spoke about the spices in it (cardamom, cinnamon, and nutmeg if I remember correctly) and said they reduce the mucilaginous properties of the milk. But unfortunately it didn’t do the trick for me. So I mentioned this during the class, and Dr. Lad took my pulses and gave me a few ginger slices with lime juice and salt on them to eat, in order to stimulate my agni (this is the name for the digestive fire in Ayurveda) and burn up some of the ama, or toxins, that were the cause of my sinus issues.
I had a hard time with the ginger slices, but the cooking class was continuing so it wasn’t really the time to address it. Recently I discussed it with Candice and she suggested I try adding some coconut flakes to help relieve some of the shock of the strong mixture. I tried that and now I have some every morning before breakfast, and it’s an instant relief every day for my sinuses and helps get rid of nasal drip also. I have been using ginger paste from a jar because we have it, but I may start buying the actual ginger roots once I empty the jar.
A few years ago I purchased a book which detailed another process to help relieve nasal congestion. The focus of the book was asthma, but I was able to use the techniques (developed by a Russian doctor) to help provide much needed sinus relief for myself. I wasn’t able to find that same book recently when I looked for it, but I did find a similar one, called Dramatic Asthma Relief.
Related posts:
- Relief for Sinus InfectionsI had a sinus infection a couple weeks ago that...
- Natural Home Remedies to Heal Ear InfectionsWhen the fevers and coughing turned into earaches and fluid...
- Stopping Hiccups A couple nights ago Kayin (our 6 year old...
- My After Workout DrinkI remember in college one day a nutritionist came and...
Tags: food allergy relief, sinus relief, sinusitis
Loading ...
December 31st, 2008 at 4:04 pm
I’d like to try this - what is the recipe you use? How much of the ginger, lime juice, salt, and coconut flakes? Thanks.
December 31st, 2008 at 5:22 pm
If you use ginger root, just cut a couple skinny (cracker thickness) slices, squirt some lime juice on it, and sprinkle a bit of salt - however much you want. Then eat the ginger slices like crackers. You can put half a spoonful of coconut flakes on the slices like you would cheese on a cracker. I actually use small bits of coconut creme, but coconut flakes would give the same effect. With the ginger paste, I use about a spoonful of the paste mixed with about half that much lime juice and a “pinch” of salt.
February 21st, 2009 at 8:02 pm
[…] with extreme sinus pain and couldn’t get back to sleep. I decided to mix up some of my natural nasal decongestant, and that felt like it burned up the infection in my sinuses - it was great, there was much less […]