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Chronic sinusitis remedies
I have suffered constantly from sinusitis for three years now and have tried every method of alleviation you can think of - including having seawater sprayed up both nasal cavities. It is now so bad that I have lost all sense of taste and smell. This means, for all the enjoyment I get when I eat, I might as well be eating cotton wool. I am now desperate.
When Boots conducted a survey of customers and asked how many regularly buy complementary health supplements, including vitamins and herbs, they discovered that while the majority were interested in using natural medicine, some 60% of shoppers felt too intimidated by the jargon and confusing names of products to decide what remedy they needed.
There is no such confusion with the remedy you need since the name, SinU Support, makes it clear what the supplement is for. Formulated for the excellent Nutrition Now American range, it provides zinc to help support the immune system; quercetin, which works to reduce the body’s inflammatory response to allergens and other irritants; and nettle which, far from being another annoying weed, is a hotbed of herbal pharmacological activity and one of the most effective remedies for hay fever and other allergic reactions. Nettles contain, for example, vitamins C and K, as well as immune-boosting proteins and an anti-inflammatory agent called scopoletin that will counter the action of the body’s histamine discharge causing your blocked sinuses.
The sinuses are, in effect, open spaces in the skull whose job is to warm, moisten, and filter the air coming from outside into the lungs. The trouble with spaces in the body is that they are the first places to become congested when any kind of infection takes hold. When the sinuses are congested, blocked, irritated or inflamed, they can trigger a whole range of secondary symptoms including earache, headache, toothache, pain in the face, loss of the sense of smell, bad breath, and tenderness in those affected areas.
Chronic sinusitis is often linked to asthma and the result of an allergic reaction. That means it won’t go away until you identify the food or environmental triggers and remove them. Dairy products and milk are not helpful since they trigger the production of even more and thicker mucous, which will be harder to drain - so be strict and try cutting down on both these in your diet.
*Mail order Nutrition Now’s SinU Support from Victoria Health on 0800-413596 and take as directed on the bottle.