I would like a home remedy for a sinus infection.?

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The following natural treatments will help keep your cilia healthy and functioning and prevent mucus from building in your sinuses. If a sinus infection does occur, these same treatments will increase the effectiveness of antibiotics and other medications -- speeding healing and making a recurrence less likely.

1. Drink hot liquids. One of the best ways to unclog sinuses is to drink hot tea -- black, green, herbal or decaffeinated, it doesn't matter -- or hot chicken soup throughout the day. Drink enough so that your urine turns light in color. These hot liquids help moisturize your mucous membranes, speeding up the movement of your cilia and thus washing mucus out of your sinuses more quickly. Sorry, java lovers, but hot coffee isn't nearly as effective.

Note to travelers: The dry air on jet liners is particularly rough on the sinuses -- so when flying, carry tea bags with you and ask the flight attendant for hot water to make tea.

2. Apply warm compresses to your face. Do this three times a day for five minutes. A small towel soaked in warm water, then placed over your face below and between the eyes, will help increase the circulation in your sinuses, which will also help speed up the movement of your cilia.

3. Irrigate your sinuses. For 3,000 years, yoga practitioners have kept their sinuses healthy through the practice of sniffing a saltwater solution rapidly in and out of their nose at low pressure. Caution: Don't try this unless you have been taught how to do it.

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I have had them for years and have not come up with one.

Go in the bathroom and turn on the sink and bathtub as hot as they will go. Close the door adn let it run for a while and them go in there and stand above the hot sink and just breathe it in. The steam will help. Umm, if you have an infection, you need antibiotics. No "old wives" tricks will kill the baterica.

You can always check the web out. Go to www.webmd.com they have some tips there that you can check out.

they make something called SinuCleanse now and it's sold in pharmacies. I have no idea how good it is, but I would imagine that's it's good for clearing out your sinuses to help keep you from getting infections. once you have one, however, the only way to get rid of it is with antibiotics. it's not going to just go away on its own.

Saline solution works great Seriously now. hydrogen peroxide up your nose. It will bubble ridding you of any infection (and it will tickle like nobody's business). When you've taken all the tickling you can take. blow your nose and then repeat ever 4 hours for 4 days.
My doctor says my sinuses haven't looked better in years. I also do this when I have an allergy attack. clears it up and out just as well as Sudafed.

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