Only until about a year ago I learned about the Neti-Pot and its use to cleanse the nasal passages. I learned it is also used regularly by persons before they perform yoga.

  For me the benefits of regular use were hidden at first, but now I know how it helps my body.

  My health condition before using Neti-Pot: For a long time (few years) I was having chronic stiff neck and shoulders which affected my sleeping. I would always be aware of my neck if I were to turn to one side or the other. When going to bed I had to struggle to find a comfortable position with my pillow. For a while I thought I needed a new pillow. I also had a constant irritation at the are where the back of the top throat meets the downward section of the nasal passage. It felt like there was a phlegm buildup there that wanted to break free but was stuck. Often there would be a daily sticky phlegm mass that did descend from this area and into the mouth where I would discard it into tissue. I knew this sticky phlegm mass was a sign of a problem infection of some sort due to it’s slight odor (like a slightly infected wound) and darker reddish tone accompanying it. I thought that nothing could be done to help this and was going to have to accept it as a part of life.

   But then I discovered the Neti-Pot and decided to give it a try.

  Health after using Neti-Pot: At first use, the Neti-Pot felt like it was stinging a sore inside my sinus. The feeling was like pouring salt on a wound. And indeed because the saline solution one prepares when using their Neti-Pot is a pure salt solution in distilled water.

  I kept with daily cleansing for the first week and the stinging pain subsided. I liked how it cleared my nasal of congestion and that phlegm debris problem of earlier was gone.

  One morning, I had woken up with stiff neck pain like normal but after a Neti cleanse, and about 2 hours later, the pain was dissolving away until gone. I then realized that the nasal problem was directly related to my neck/shoulder pain. Perhaps this is due to a chronic fungal/bacteria problem that finds its way to the body’s circulatory system and causes lymphocytes to react with the problem infection and signal inflammation.

  If I go 4 or more days without a cleanse the neck pain returns slowly, and so my practice is to use the Neti-Pot every other day or as often as I believe I need it. Some people choose to use Neti-Pot daily and it is considered safe to use the cleanse daily.

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