Neti pots!

[rydra_wong]

Since it's the time of year (for those of us in the northern hemisphere) when everyone has colds and flu and clogged sinuses, let's talk about neti pots.

Who's got one, who's using one, who recently improvised one out of a squeezy travel-size shampoo bottle and feels much better for it? *g*

Advice, tips, experiences?

Comments

[alexseanchai]

I have one. I hardly ever use it because you're supposed to boil the water first, and also I keep worrying I'll drown myself. I'm probably doing it wrong.

[rydra_wong]

FWIW, I found out (having let the water cool too much) that for me, warm water makes all the difference. Cold water produces the water-up-the-nose swimming-pool ack splutter feeling; blood-temperature water doesn't.

So I boil the water, dissolve the salt, leave it to cool for about 20 minutes while I do something else, and then that's about right.