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Remedy for stuffy nose
what's a remedy for a stuffy nose?
(26 May 2006)
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A stuffy nose is very common as cold can block up your nasal passages. To breathe a lot easier, there are many ways to unblock your stuffiness using these simple home remedies:
1) Sprinkle karvol drops on a tissue and keep sniffing from time to time.
2) Sniffing an onion also helps.
3) Any hot or spicy liquid from a cup can make a stuffy nose runny.
Try some hot chicken soup. Hot tea with lemon or drinking just plain hot water are excellent decongestants.
4) Steam from hot shower : Breathing the steam from a hot shower is probably the easiest way to cut mucus and keep it from getting thick--a common cause of stuffiness. A really effective way is to clear up a stuffy nose is to take steam inhalations using water or with a few drops of karvol added to the water.
5) Nasal decongestant sprays are effective but only temporarily. So if you use them, use sparingly.
6) Vitamin C may bring relief to a congested nose in varied doses. Do not take more than 500 mgs daily without medical practitioners approval.
7) Zinc may improve congested sinuses – so take a 50-milligram supplement daily.
8) Exercise is a natural decongestant for nasal stuffiness. Brisk walking is useful as it stimulates better breathing and blood circulation. You will also shrink nasal membranes, and also get fresh air.
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answered by P P on 13 Jun 2006, 4:58:50
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