What is nasal irrigation?
Nasal irrigation is cleaning out your nose with a fluid. When you have a horrible head cold, or your nose is running with allergies, you’ve probably wished you could just flush your sinuses and nasal passages clean somehow. Well, doctors have done this for many years, it used to be called a “Proetz machine”, and it forced a solution of salty water into your nose to clean out the sinuses. (Now there is also the Netti or Neti Pot, the bulb, and the syringe.) The trouble is, it was often only a temporary, symptomatic relief. On the other hand, ancient yogies seemed to have some success with curing their colds and sinus problems by snorting salt water rhythmically. In the late 60’s I was experimenting with different ways of irrigating, and measuring the effect on health, and I found that irrigating with a stream of water which varied rhythmically, or pulsated, actually measurably improved the body’s ability to fight infection and get well. It wasn’t just temporary relief, we measured impro
