Tips for Using a Neti Pot

Have you ever used a neti pot? A neti pot is a device that is used to help irrigate your 
sinus cavity. People have known how to irrigate their sinus cavities for hundreds and 
quite possibly thousands of years using various means, but the neti pot is one of the 
more recent inventions made to employ irrigation to get relief. This is intended for 
people who have either never used one before, or haven’t used it in a long time and 
need a little refresher. 


How It Works

If you’re new to using a neti pot then it’s probably a really good deal for you to read a 
few things on how it works so you can be prepared to muse yours for relief. A neti pot is 
simple a device that is filled with a saline mixture with a small tube that can be placed 
into your nose to irrigate your nasal cavity. The saline will wash materials and mucous 
from the cilia in your nasal cavity and help remove the irritation. Research shows that 
this method can be extremely effective for both allergies and cold symptoms. The next 
few small paragraphs will include steps. 


How to Use It

Take your neti pot and inspect it be sure that it is completely clean and free of debris. 

Take some boiled or distilled water to make a mixture of pure baking soda and pure salt 
and agitate it so that it dissolves evenly and completely.  Add the mixture to the neti pot. 

If you are planning to inspect the any material that comes from your nasal cavity, then 
you will want to be positioned over a basin to catch what is washed away. Lean over the 
basin or sink and position your head so that the tip of the neti pot can be inserted into 
your nose. Slowly tilt the neti pot until about half of the solution begins to flow into your 
nose. Be sure that you are breathing through your mouth to avoid the passage of liquid 
into your lungs. Expel the used liquid by mouth or through your other nostril. 

Turn your head to the other side and repeat the 3rd step. 

Make sure that all of the fluid is out of your nasal cavity, and take note of any other 
sensations. Completely rinse and clean your neti pot for its next use, which can be done 
daily as long as there is no pain or bleeding. Repeat steps 1 - 3 for daily use. 

DO NOT USE IF YOU HAVE A FEVER.
