A Little Pot for Little Noses
It's the cold and flu season and some people will try anything to get relief for their kids or themselves.
Here's something new, in geologic time anyway. The New York Times has seized on a cold-and-flu cure that is either two thousand years or a year in the making, depending on whether you are a follower of Indian yogis or Oprah.
It's the neti pot, which has nothing to do with the Abominable Snowman, though they do rhyme.
The neti is a little teapot that you fill with saline solution and stick up your nose to clear out the snot. It's supposed to help with sinus
infections and the like. Does it work? Expert Dr. Bradley Marple says yes:
Studies indicate that saline nasal irrigation is a highly effective, minimally invasive intervention for people suffering from nasal issues. But it's just not as sexy to talk about. People want to hear about surgery or antibiotics.
Not even close to sexy. Kinda disgusting, actually.
But some believers have even gotten their toddlers to use one. Toddlers do love gross things. One mom bribes her 3-year-old into cooperating by giving him the little packets of salt to tear open.
First Feeding used a neti pot for a while until the novelty of having water
go up one nostril and pour out the other -- along with whatever it
gathers on the way -- wore off.
The neti pot also makes an excellent creamer.
Short, Stout, Has a Handle on Colds [New York Times]
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