I recommend taking cayenne pepper. For an immediate help, take about 1/4 tsp
in a glass of warm water and drink it down. Myself, I take it in capsule
form. It helps with a great deal of stuff. You can also take a capsaicin
cream such as Capsaicin HP and dab just a little bit on your forehead,
cheekbones and nose.... right over your sinuses. This helps a lot as well.
And for the diehard..... get a bottle of sinusblaster. It's saline solution
with a minute amount of capsaicin in it and when you squirt it up there, it
briefly feels like someone has rammed a 6 inch red hot spike up there..... but
you talk about resolving cluster or sinus headaches instantly! Wow! (If
you're a masochist, just have someone pepper spray you in the face.... that
works too, but I don't recommend it!)
Some people also use a salt solution rinse for their sinuses.... pour it in one
nostril and it comes out the other. I'm told by folks that this is very
effective. There are special devices you can buy at the health food store to
do this. I forget what they're called.
Steve G.
--- On Sun, 1/17/10, S. Brown <lizrbe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: S. Brown <lizrbe...@yahoo.com>
Subject: CS>decongestant alternatives?
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Date: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 11:33 AM
I've had an ongoing sinus infection and decongestants make my resting heart
rate close to 100. Is there something else I can use to help clear stopped
up ears especially, not to mention sinuses? I take CS orally and can actually
breathe thanks to a CS and saline wash. Thanks for any suggestions. --Irene
