What Causes A Stuffy Nose?
Stop clearing your nose with chemical sprays. Understand what causes a stuffy nose and how to find relief the natural way.
Stop clearing your nose with chemical sprays. Understand what causes a stuffy nose and how to find relief the natural way.
If you surf and have postnasal drip, sinus pressure or a congested nose, you most likely have surfers’ sinusitis. Sinusitis is the inflammation of the sinus cavities and can cause anything from sinus pressure to post nasal drip.
If you have been having sinus problems for a while, don’t overlook your mouth. I was reminded again of the close relationship between the upper teeth and the maxillary sinuses (the sinus cavity right below the eyes). For [...read more]
While the snow may be behind us, spring pollen is now at our doors and can often look like a fine dusting of snow. Sometimes it's white but often pollen is yellow and can leave a powdery layer [...read more]
It's time to talk about airborne allergies again. Instead of focusing on the usual culprits of trees, flowers and grasses, this blog will focus on mold, a form of fungi. While mold grows year round, spring is just [...read more]
Recently we had a customer share with us that she had started to use our French Atlantic sea salt on her food. She told us she preferred the taste of it over regular table salt, but wanted to [...read more]
Every once in a while I want to write about a remedy that has uses beyond the sinuses. There is no better reason to deviate from that than to discuss the benefits of stinging nettles (Urtica dioica). My [...read more]
While traveling in South America, I landed in Lima, Peru where I picked up the worst sinus infection I've had in a decade. Initially, it started out as nasal inflammation possibly because of the high pollution and mold [...read more]
Probiotics are a common topic of discussion as of late, mostly related to intestinal health. Now there is research suggesting the use of probiotics can alleviate sinus infections. According to Susan Lynch, Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF, [...read more]
Unless you're congested, you probably don't spend much time thinking about the volume of air you breathe into each nostril. Surprisingly, each nostril delivers a different amount of air to your lungs through a mysterious phenomenon called the [...read more]