Nasal rinsing is one of the long-standing health and wellness practices of Indian yoga and Chinese Taoism. The method is to use both hands to hold clean water, bend the head down, force the water into the nostrils, and then spit it out through the mouth to remove the snot and dirt from the nasal cavity, which is also recommended by Chinese medicine. Chinese traditional Chinese medicine theory also has the concept of “washing the nose for fitness”, and there are also folk remedies for rhinitis. The use of nasal washes in the West has never stopped. In China, nasal washes are rarely used. In the past hundred years, the use of nasal washer in the West has never been interrupted. As the haze situation in our country has increased, the significance of nasal rinsing has become more and more important. Nasal rinses can prevent many respiratory diseases such as colds, coughs and allergies. In medicine, nasal rinses are also very important adjuncts, mainly used for: acute and chronic rhinosinusitis, allergic rhinitis, patients recovering from nasal endoscopic surgery and after radiotherapy for nasal tumors. Regardless of the purpose, nasal irrigation can provide varying degrees of comfort and benefit.
Benefits of nasal irrigation: 1. Remove nasal secretions, pathogenic bacteria and other harmful substances, eliminate the root cause of inflammation, and keep the nose in a clean, moist and normal physiological state; 2. Warm and moisten the dry nasal cavity, reduce nasal crust, especially for children who cannot clean their nasal cavity; 3. 4, avoid the long-term use of rhinitis drugs caused by the harm to the body, save the cost of treatment.
5.Keep the nasal cavity in the best condition to prevent various common nasal diseases such as rhinitis.
6.Eliminate the dizziness and swelling caused by nasal obstruction. Emotional tension and other adverse effects. It is conducive to improving sleep, making people relax, soothing emotions and keeping the brain active.
Commonly used nasal rinse is divided into manual nasal rinse and jet type nasal rinse.
I. Manual adjustable nasal rinse is mainly carried out by manual adjustable nasal rinse, that is, by manually squeezing specific parts of the rinse to produce water flow with certain mechanical strength to achieve the cleaning of the nasal cavity.
When using, first rotate the nasal plug port to the water output position 1 or 2 (1: smaller water output, 2: larger water output). When rinsing, place the olive head on one side of the front nostril and press it tightly, and squeeze the bottle while holding the hand that starts rinsing, and flow out from the other side of the nasal cavity or mouth to achieve the rinsing effect. The rinse solution can be used with distilled water or pure water to dissolve the nasal wash salt, and the temperature should be 40℃. It is mainly used for adults and is easy to carry.
Second, the jet type nasal rinse consists of shell, liner, nozzle and 100% natural sea salt water, of which the ph value of sea salt water is very suitable for the swing of nasal cilia and maintains the mineral and trace element content in the original sea water. During operation, the water will continue to come out for at least 2 seconds after pressing the nozzle, and the sea salt water will stay in the nasal cavity for several seconds after withdrawing the nozzle. There are three dosage forms: hypertonic, isotonic, and infant, of which the hypertonic type is a therapeutic spray, the isotonic type is a mild spray, and the infant type is a soft spray that can be used for infants and children from 0-6 years old. This type is popular because of the pure naturalness of the sea salt water ingredients, the wide audience, and the simplicity and convenience of use.