Doctors used to prescribe "sea air" for patients with respiratory infections. Science has proven that sea salt does indeed benefit respiration:
(URI = Upper Respiratory Infection.)
The sea salt-derived physiological saline nasal spray device satisfactorily improved nasal congestion, runny nose, sleep quality, and appetite in adults with URI, with no adverse effects.
The most impressive part of that is the last bit: "no adverse effects". Salt is a preservative, which explains the anti-microbial action.
I had lifelong problems with rhinitis and sinusitis, and couldn't tolerate the side effects of other treatments. Using a water nasal spray helped some, but adding sea salt made a dramatic difference. I can't actually tell whether a spray is salty without tasting it. However, with sea salt, symptoms simply never progressed to the usual infections. Over time the difference in comfort became obvious. Salt has been used as a preservative for millennia; freshwater germs don't like it.
Using generic ingredients encourages liberal use at the first sign of discomfort. There's no reason to let irritants linger on your mucosa, so don't. Sea salt has healthy trace nutrients for humans anyway, so there's probably a benefit to getting a dose throughout the day.
Your eyes and sinuses are right next to your brain, so it's prudent to be extra careful. Buy a small bottle of distilled water, so it's easy to pour into the tiny spray bottle. The bottle will last months. This avoids tapwater contaminants such as chlorine.
72,344 Americans died of respiratory disease in 2019, before the pandemic. Lower respiratory infections are the 4th leading cause of death globally, and they obviously are often caused by upper respiratory infections. If we can institute a hygiene practice similar to washing hands but for the upper respiratory tract, it would save many lives.
Too bad it's not patentable, or Big Pharma would advertise it. I believe the medical cartel's efforts to deprecate generic competitors are the reason why subreddits such as Sinusitis, Allergies, Lifehacks and Lifeprotips downvote and remove this saline spray idea.
Salt is the traditional defense against evil. Perhaps demons are a metaphor for airborne plague.
- Salt Circle ★ A Supernatural / MBMBAM Animatic | YouTube
- Salt | Horror Short Film about a Mother and Daughter Fighting a Demon | YouTube
Further discussion here.
I suffered from terrible allergies all my life. I had Benadryl, nasal spray and Kleenex on me at all times, year-round.
Because I heard it alleviated gout, I started taking baking soda. Just a tiny amount, half a teaspoon dissolved in water once a day. After a month or so I noticed my allergies had all but disappeared. Completely unexpected.
It was an effect I'd never looked for or even heard existed, but it changed my life.
Take a look at the product SinoFresh. It operates on the basis of killing presence of bacteria, fungal spores, even mushroom spores, mold spores, and possibly viruses. It works incredibly well. Used to be available OTC but now mostly mail order. It became my lifetime solution for sinus allergy problems. Works for me and for people I have suggested trying it, it worked well for them too. This stuff doesn't harm human tissue. Smells and feels minty.
They noted a lot of sinus problems come about from microorganisms trying to take root in your sinus tissues and grow - like fungi. Imagine athlete's foot fungus trying to attack your sinus tissue. Of course your tissues react and are irritated. This stuff kills them off. I think the way it works is it has essential oils and these come from plants that have evolved ways to kill intruding life forms like fungi.
Saline spray for sinus also works well on many things, but be careful not to use old solution because bacteria can grow in old saline.
There should be no food for bacteria in it.
Unfortunately, bacteria can grow in saline. For example, NeilMed advises patients to throw away their saline sprayers and get new ones after a few months due to bacteria growth.
For example, company tells you to buy more. That is not impartial evidence.