Natural Health: The Neti Pot
Enjoy My Yoga Online’s new healthy living article by guest author Shannon Sexton (selected by Yoga + Magazine): Natural Health: The Neti Pot.
Do you have a neti pot yet? Droves of Americans are beginning to rely on this small container, which is used to clean out the nasal passages with saline, as a natural remedy for all sorts of congestive ailments. Each year, about 18 million Americans suffer from sinusitis; an estimated 40 million cope with environmental allergies; and there are more than 1 billion reported cases of upper respiratory tract infections. Many people try to quell their symptoms with antibiotics, nasal steroids, decongestants, and antihistamines. But if you’d prefer to avoid the side effects of medication, why not use a neti pot to learn the nasal wash? The process only takes five minutes—an easy, safe, inexpensive way to obtain relief.
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The nutritional value of ingredients consumed in commonly eaten foods today is minimal compared to what your body needs to function. Essential elements for health have been stripped in favour of economical demand, resulting in more chemical enhancers, preservatives, additives and contaminants in your food and drink. Even your water and the air you breathe contain pollutants.
Hi all,
I hope everyone is doing well. I just wanted to pass on a few words from the wiser about the Neti Pot.
I know it works for many people, it certainly works for my boyfriend and his family, but please be warned that it isn’t for everyone.
It worked for me the first time. But when I tried it the second time, I developed minor ear pain that lasted several hours. I figured I must have done something wrong, and didn’t give it a second thought.
Unfortunately, I was foolish enough to try it a third time 5 days ago.
I followed the directions exactly word from word, but still the ear pain returned. By the end of the night I was not only in throbbing pain, but I had gone completely deaf in my left ear.
My boyfriend took me to ER, and the doctor diagnosed me with a middle ear infection. Something went wrong when the water transferred from one nostril to the next and I guess some of the fluid got trapped in the Eustachian tube. I’m on antibiotics to clear up the infection, but I still can’t hear very well and the pain is off and on.
I certainly wouldn’t discourage anyone who rarely has ear problems from using the Neti Pot. But please, be careful. If you had a lot of ear problems as a kid or have an infection recently, please give this a little more thought.
Love and Light,
Ali.
Science looks to Yoga with a sceptical eye.
Hi,
Yoga is beneficial for the health in ways that modern science is just beginning to understand. Even though it has beenapplied with therapeutic intention for thousand of years, Yoga Therapy is only just now emerging as a discipline initself.
More health care practitioners are starting to include yogic techniques in their approach to healing — andmore yoga teachers give a therapeutic intention to their teaching. People who have never tried yoga before are startingto consider including Yoga in their treatment plan.
As science begins to document the importance of understanding the interrelation of all existing things, it looks to Yogawith an intrigued eye, for Yoga speaks Unity in every word. As yoga techniques are researched and new data is gathered,it becomes easier for science and the medical establishment to understand and accept the benefits of Yoga Therapy.Yet there is still not one consensual definition of the discipline.
In order to arrive to an adequate definition and tocome up with proper standards for Yoga Therapy, it is crucial at this early stage to properly address some delicateprofessional and ethical issues. At the same time it is important to educatethegeneralpublic about Yoga Therapy’sbenefits and careful use.
so this article will really helpful to me..