Vocalist.org archive
From:  agoldhammer@y...
agoldhammer@y...
Date:  Wed Apr 18, 2001  12:45 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Chronic Coughing - NASAL LAVAGE


--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., "David Grogan" <vocalist-temporary@y..., "David Grogan" < > Well, I discovered that straight salt in my nasal passages really
hurts, but
> if I mix half salt and half baking soda, it goes down smooth...
>

If it hurts, you are probably putting too much salt in the mixture or
using iodized salt. The iodine can cause the stinging. It's worth
knowing that in the old days before the widespread use of antibiotics
for sinus infections, nasal lavage was the main course of treatment
used by ENTs. Saline solution was used and they had a vacuum device
that sucked out all the gunk. I went through this a lot when I was a
kid (late 1950s).

Alan


emusic.com