- 1. Clean your nose with water and salt
- 2. Take sage tea during the day
- 3. Eat ginger soup at night
- 4. Drink spinach juice as a snack
- 5. Drink pineapple juice
The main symptoms of sinusitis are the output of a thick greenish-black discharge, pain in the face and a bad smell in both the nose and the mouth. See what you can do to cure sinusitis faster, relieving pain and discomfort in the face.
1. Clean your nose with water and salt
A great homemade solution for sinusitis is to clean your nose with warm water and salt, as it allows the water with salt to gradually dissolve the secretion trapped in the sinuses, facilitating breathing and reducing pain and discomfort.
Ingredients
- 1 glass of 200 ml of water 1/2 spoon of table salt
Method of preparation
Bring the water to a boil and after boiling, let it warm. When it is warm, add the salt and mix. Then, with the aid of a dropper, drip a few drops of this solution onto the nose, breathe and let it reach the throat, then spit out the solution. Repeat this procedure until the water in the cup runs out, 3 times a day, while you are in a sinus crisis.
Attention: the water must not be swallowed, as it will be dirty and full of secretion.
2. Take sage tea during the day
An excellent homemade solution for sinusitis is to complement your treatment by taking a sage tea 3 times a day.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon of sage leaves 1 cup boiling water
Method of preparation
To prepare the tea, put the sage in a cup and cover with boiling water. Allow to cool slightly, strain and then sweeten to taste, preferably with honey.
It is important to follow some guidelines such as avoiding humid locations, diving and air-conditioned rooms, which are generally not properly cleaned. Treating any flu or cold early prevents the onset of the disease.
3. Eat ginger soup at night
This recipe for soup for sinusitis takes ginger, onion and garlic and, therefore, is a good way to complement the treatment of Sinusitis, because it has anti-inflammatory action, which help to eliminate phlegm, reducing inflammation in the throat.
Ingredients
- 2 mashed garlic cloves1 sliced onion1 teaspoon of pumpkin gingermeal1 large potato1 shredded chicken breast1 medium carrot with olive oil to taste1 liter of water
Method of preparation
Sauté the chicken breast with the oil, onion and garlic and when it is golden add the rest of the ingredients and cook. You can take the soup in pieces or beat in the blender to be like a cream.
4. Drink spinach juice as a snack
An excellent natural remedy for sinusitis is spinach juice with peppermint and coconut water.
Ingredients
- 1 handful of peppermint leaves; 250 ml of water: 1 spoonful of chopped spinach leaves; 1 glass of coconut water; Honey to taste.
Method of preparation
Put the mint leaves in a pan, together with the water and boil for 5 minutes. Strain and blend this tea in a blender with the spinach and coconut water. Strain, sweeten with honey and drink next.
Mint facilitates the elimination of secretions, combats microorganisms involved in sinusitis, acting as a good natural airway decongestant and spinach has an anti-inflammatory action, while coconut water disinfects the airways and facilitates breathing.
5. Drink pineapple juice
This recipe is good for sinusitis because the pineapple helps to loosen the phlegm and has anti-inflammatory action helping to unblock the nose, relieving the symptoms of sinusitis.
Ingredients
- 1 pineapple 250 ml of water.
Method of preparation
Beat the ingredients in a blender and take next, preferably without sweetening.
As an alternative to this cleaning of the nose, nebulization for sinusitis can be made with steam from the shower water or with herbal tea, such as chamomile or eucalyptus, for example. See how to do this type of nebulizations in this video: