With many people choosing to eschew the pharmaceutical industry for solutions to allergies and other nasal problems, nasal irrigation has become a popular alternative option.
There is increasing support in the medical industry that a 'spring clean' for you nose may provide relief for a variety of nasal conditions.
There is always a valid concern for people trying such a treatment for the first time.
So this is a run down to show just what is the history of sinus irrigation, and it's validity as an alternative treatment.
Irrigation has been practiced for centuries by the yogi practitioners in India.
A foundation text on yoga, 'Hatha Yoga Pradeepika', sets out six techniques for using sinus irrigation as a health treatment.
Healthy and controlled breathing is one of the central prerequisites for effective practicing of yoga.
In the 1960's the ideas of the Asian practitioners gained some respect in the West.
One of the first techniques of nasal irrigation to gain popularity was the Proetz technique.
This was done in a doctor's surgery with a local anaesthetic.
Saline water was forced into the nasal cavity using a machine and removed with suction.
This procedure was considered a little forceful (and at odds with yoga practice) and has fallen into relative obscurity.
Clinical and scientific studies in the last few years are backing up the hearsay recommendations on nasal irrigation as an effective treatment method.
The Mayo clinic, in New York, has supported this form of treatment for both adults and children.
They have cited it as both an effective and inexpensive treatment.
Nasal Irrigation has been around for hundreds of years.
Yoga masters believe it is effective, but is part of a larger plan for general overall health.
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