The No-tech Lo-tech Nasal Saline Spray

If you go into a typical store in search of a treatment for your nasal symptoms, you will find a dizzying array of options to treat your nose. Many of these are strategies to get saline into your nose. The most common of these is a nasal saline spray.

Clearly you need an effective nasal saline solution to be able to use it as a nasal spray. It's not complicated. The most common products simply put salt and water together although the concentrations may vary. Oh, but lest I forget, they tend to have preservatives in them too. Yes, sad to say, preservatives are there to keep the germs out. Most of the nasal sprays on the market have preservatives so it's a good chance that yours does too.

You might say "so what"? What's wrong with preservatives? Think about it. If a chemical is strong enough to kill or disable germs do you think it just might do something not so good to the cells in your nasal lining? In fact the research shows that preservatives do have a negative effect. Yes and don't bank on it killing the bad germs already in your nose-- it doesn't!

Not only do the store bought strategies have chemicals that are bad for the lining of the nose, they employ devices to get the saline "up there" that aren't as good as a "lo tech" approach. You will read in some places that sniffing saline nasal solution from the palm of your hand "doesn't work". Don't believe this opinion. They don't know what they are talking about.

Actually, sniffing a nasal saline solution from the hand is a very good way to get the equivalent of a saline nasal spray up the nose. I think it's the best way. In over 30 years of medical practice I see this as a very effective strategy--- when it's done right and with the right kind of home made nasal saline solution. I call this my "Lo tech, No tech" approach. If you're interested in this you can get the information on my blog.

In summary, if you combine the right ingredients in making a good nasal saline solution (that can also be used as a saline nasal spray if you wish) and use that Lo tech but wonderful tool, the hand (that is, Lo tech in that it is not made by people), you will have amazing results in dealing with all chronic nasal symptoms. Oh and don't forget-- you get to lose the preservatives.