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The squeeze bottle works a whole lot better than the pot
I bought the squeeze bottle back in December when I had an awful head cold. Ewwww...you should have seen the gunk this thing cleaned out of my nose! Easy to use, though.
Where do you buy the squeeze bottle? Walmart? Target?
I have never used a neti pot (I could never find one) so I used...something similar. But it worked ok. Gunk never came out, and I still felt a little congested a few minutes later.
Funny I should see this since I just finished using mine, like 5 minutes ago. I gave mine a new twist though--I used oil of oregano in mine. I've had a cold for several days and yesterday my left sinus was throbbing really bad and even my teeth hurt so I figured I was getting a sinus infection. I went over to Whole Foods and got a little bottle of OoO, which was $20, but I reasoned that it would cost at least that much for antibiotics and a Dr. visit. I put several drops of it in the neti pot and realized later that one would have been enough! I used it and it tore a new pathway thru my sinuses but man it worked--I was so much better almost immediately and much, much better today. It's pretty hardcore stuff though so use judiciously--I'd only used the cheap capsules before but the expensive stuff is like medicine.
For those of you who don't know though--OoO is like an antibiotic, but one the bacteria can't figure out the code to, so they can't get immune. Hospitals have been experimenting with using it b/c it kills even MRSA bacteria. I haven't had a lot of luck with antibiotics treating sinus infections in the past, so this stuff really is amazing.
I get head colds, at least one (usually more) a year. My father got them, too. It starts with what seems like simple nasal congestion, which leads to mouth breathing esp. during sleep, which I think leads to the bacterial/virus infection and sore throat. This winter, as soon as the congestion started I used the neti pot - water with a little salt. I used it perhaps twice a day until there was some water coming out of the opposing nostril.
This is the first winter that I can ever remember in which I did not become ill. I consider this a minor miracle for the pain and suffering it has spared me. I would recommend the neti pot to anyone. The squeeze bottle may be as good, but I think the idea is that you clean out the sinuses by making sure it goes in one nostril and out the other.
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But it worked ok. Gunk never came out, and I still felt a little congested a few minutes later.
