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How to Make Xylitol Nasal Flush at Home
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Given the unusually large reader response to my
last blog regarding xylitol nasal rinses regarding
the "recipe," I thought it easier to write a blog
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To be brief, xylitol is a naturally-occurring plantbased sugar substitute that apparently has all
sorts of anti-bacterial as well as anti-fungal
properties. Given these properties, daily xylitol gum chewingor xylitol nasal sprayuse has
been shown to help prevent recurrent acute ear infections and sinus infections... safe for
use even in infants.
When used as part of nasal flushes to the nose, it seems to work even better than
traditional saline flushes to the nose (read more about this here).
So, I have provided below a few different recipes to make xylitol nasal flushes at home. One
may be more comfortable than the other, but it is user dependent. Obviously, convenience
will play a role as well.
Just as an FYI, you can also purchase pre-packaged packets that contain xylitol for the
ultimate convenience. Just open one packet and mix it in with water inside your nasal flush
kit of choice (Nasopure, Neti Pot, Neilmed, etc)
Recipe #1 (Co mplex):
1 cup of water (8 ounces)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp of xylitol crystals
1/4 tsp baking soda
4 drops of grapefruit seed extract
Recipe #2:
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I have already used a homemade mix of salt and baking soda - it was good. Therefore, I am
going to use the complex mix as it is the same but with the addition of xylitol.
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I've just tried it (the complex recipe) and I can't believe that for a nose which was not
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is it safe to pe putting all sorts of stuff up the nose, like grapefruit seed extract etc?
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March 26, 2015 at 4:55:00 AM EDT
It is safe as all of the ingredients listed above are anti-microbial and are in low
enough doses to not irritate your mucus membranes. I have been using
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xylitol/saline nasal spray for a couple of years now and my allergy symptoms are
much less severe then they were before then.
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Spencer C. Payne, M.D.
April 29, 2013 at 8:29:00 PM EDT
These recipes might be too strong for most. The article which showed that xylitol
irrigations might be better than regular saline used 12 gms/8 oz water or roughly 3 tsp/8oz
of most commercially available xylitol. Usually I have patients add 1/4 tsp each of salt and
baking soda. Higher concentrations can help in the short term, but lead to problems in the
long term by disrupting the normal mucous in the nose. A half & half mixture would be 1.5
tsp of xylitol with a 1/4 tsp of salt and baking soda in 16 oz of water.
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Sounds right. My Grossan has a 16 oz container for irrigation. It's also really
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important not to over do it and dry everything out thus opening the door for more
infections. I'm new to the xylitol and going to try it and the grapefruit extract. Tried
the surgery (septoplasty and removal of polyps, bone spur and necrodial tissues)
which was good for a couple of years and now I'm back to regular infections. Have
the polyps returned? Maybe. I will check with ENT but I also know non of the
antibiotics (Biaxin, Levoquin etc) work any longer and are doing more harm to the
rest of me than not. Trial and error. But thank God, people report their trials and
that ENTs like Chang advocate the latest less invasive techniques like irrigation,
which my ENT (Mark Shikowitz LIJ) also recommended. Good luck to all. Lucinda
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March 26, 2015 at 4:58:00 AM EDT
Since you are mixing yourself, you can try different amounts and see how well you
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I feel really stupid, is it that obvious, I must not be reading something here, I don't see any
reference to dosage. do you use the entire solution in one session. That seems like an
awful lot to me. If you don't use it all at once what is the proper storage method. what is
the shelf life. If you are going to offer advice you should give all the information necessary
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March 26, 2015 at 5:06:00 AM EDT
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I put mine into a sprayer bottle that I wash in soap and water after I empty the
bottle. It has an extremely long shelflife as the ingredients are all anti-microbial. If
you feel like it has been too long, dump it out and make some more. It is very
inexpensive. You should also reduce the recipe to a much lower quantity as a
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measuring exactly. As long as it isn't too strong for you to tolerate, it will be just
fine.
If you are planning to use a netti-pot to flush your sinuses, a cup is really not that
much.
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Mike, you're not stupid at all, there's not enough info here. It's also really important to
mention you need to boil the water or use bottled so it's sterile. You don't use it all at once,
I use it a few times a day, and just one spray up each nostril is usually enough. It will keep
for ages as the salt will preserve it. I just use the water, salt and xylitol. Since using it, I
have not had a single sinus infection for about 3 years and I used to have 2-3 infections per
year.
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March 26, 2015 at 5:09:00 AM EDT
Very good point. The water needs to be boiled prior to mixing the solution. Make
sure to let it cool prior to pouring it into a plastic sprayer bottle or a netti-pot. I
once melted my pot and had to throw it away.
Ano nymo us
April 20, 2015 at 3:17:00 PM EDT
It cannot be simply bottled water, it has to be sterile water, hence the boiling. You
can use distilled water!
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September 27, 2013 at 6:30:00 PM EDT
Just boil your tap water for 5 mins, add the ingredients while hot to help them dissolve
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Ano nymo us
February 26, 2014 at 1:10:00 PM EST
I apparently got a bad reaction from using xylitol sinus rinse for about 3 weeks to cure a
persistent fungal sinus infection: sore throat, earaches, slight cough, chest pain. After
realizing that xylitol was the cause of these problems, I quit using it 1-1/2 weeks ago.
However, I still have the sore throat and other problems. Any idea how to get rid of the sore
throat, earaches and other problems caused by xylitol?
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Anonymous, Your "bad reaction" was probably the result of the infection (more likely
bacterial and not fungal) that had been residing in your sinuses now being flushed out by
the xylitol. I've had congested sinuses for 15 years. It's really entrenched in there and I've
tried many rinses, antibiotics, etc. Now I'm using the xylitol, I feel the irritation on the back
of my throat as it flushes the mucus out. I find that following up with the xylitol mist during
the day helps a lot. I'm putting 3 drops of hydrogen peroxide into each ear twice a day as a
precautionary measure, because I've read that any rinse can spread the infection to the
ears. The fact that you're symptoms are persisting after the xylitol convinces me even more
that you have a lot to flush out and the xylitol has started the process. If you don't want to
go back to xylitol, perhaps you can try a saline rinse like Neilmed and hydrogen peroxide
gargles and drops in the ears until your sinuses stop flushing. If I were you, though, I'd keep
up the xylitol to speed up the process.
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Ano nymo us
April 1, 2014 at 1:05:00 PM EDT
I hope you're right that I didn't have a bad reaction to xylitol as I am starting to use
Xlear again. I thought that it had cleared up my sinus infection but it seems to only
have killed off the infection in the left side of my sinuses and I have been having
pain in the right side. Previously the infection seemed to be concentrated in the
left side with little problem in the right side. However, I don't think it's bacterial
since I have not had a fever at all. And I'm pretty sure it is fungal since I breathed
some dust when I was pulling nails out of our deck to replace them with screws. It
was a strange dust like nothing I have seen before and the nails had a bad looking
deposit on them. I should have worn a mask to keep from breathing the dust.
Ano nymo us
May 11, 2014 at 2:40:00 PM EDT
Yes Anonymous March 11, 2014, it was my goofs, not adequately cleaning my
NeilMed squeeze bottle, otherwise I simply spread the fungal sinus infection to
other and all my sinuses causing the sinus headaches, earaches, aches in the
temple areas, sore throat and coughs. Once I learned that I should use the liquid
dishwashing soap and also a bottle brush to clean the squeeze bottle, I carefully
cleaned my NeilMed squeeze bottle and my sinus infection cleared up quickly, in
two or three days. So I suffered for months, reinfecting my sinuses because I did
not adequately clean the squeeze bottle. Perhaps the salt and sodium bicarbonate
sinus rinse would have killed off my sinus infection and perhaps the xylitol wasn't
necessary, but I'll never know, since my sinus infection is over and gone. I am
feeling very dumb and terribly embarrassed that I missed the NeilMed instructions
and did not realize that it was necessary to thoroughly clean the squeeze bottle.
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k at
March 13, 2014 at 1:40:00 PM EDT
I have been using Xlear for quite some time now, so was very excited to find this recipe. I
made it for the first time several months ago (complex recipe, because it seemed closest
to the Xlear ingredients list) and I use it every morning and evening, or more frequently if I
think I feel a cold coming on. It is awesome! I haven't had a cold all winter. I'm quite certain
that this is part of the reason, along with a grass fed and organic diet, of course.
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Isn't it great, Kat? You went from paying about $13 a bottle, to probably about
$0.13.
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Ano nymo us
August 5, 2014 at 6:05:00 PM EDT
I'm glad I found this site, and maybe some of you can weigh in on your experiences relative
to mine. When I was young (pre-20), I had no allergies. I began having seasonal allergies in
my 20s and then basically year-round allergies at some point after that. Eventually I got a
sinus infection that lasted about 3 months in 2003 and it was basically the worst I've ever
felt. I didn't know anything about sinus cleansing at that time and the doctor just gave me
various different antibiotics, the last of which (levaquin) worked. He then put me on
nasonex and clarinex-d to treat my symptoms.
My allergies are pretty much in check, but I have not been able to smell very well for years.
If I run or do heavy exercise, I can smell pretty well for a short while, but apart from that,
basically I have to really breathe in a lot of air to get the smell of something, and that
doesn't always work. Naturally my sense of taste is dulled proportionately.
What I want to know is, would rinsing with any of these solutions help this problem? Also,
what is the most likely cause of this problem? It is not like my olfactory sense doesn't
work; it works, but only if my nasal passages open up or I get a large volume of air through
them. I assume rhinitis and/or biofilm gunking up the cilia and olfactory sensors could be
the cause of this. Any experience with this problem? Thanks.
John
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Ano nymo us
September 21, 2014 at 2:51:00 AM EDT
Please correct your recipe(s).
In writing volume-based recipes, an abbreviation like tbsp. is usually used, to differentiate it
from the smaller teaspoon (tsp.). Some authors additionally capitalize the abbreviation
Tbsp., while leaving tsp. in lower case, to emphasize that the larger tablespoon, rather than
the smaller teaspoon, is wanted.
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Ano nymo us
January 21, 2015 at 2:42:00 PM EST
Anonymous you need to read what you said. The recipes are written right. In some
countries, a teaspoon full (also "teaspoonful" or simply "teaspoon") is a unit of volume,
especially widely used in cooking recipes and pharmaceutic prescriptions. In English it is
abbreviated as tsp. or, less often, as t., ts., or tspn. The abbreviation is never capitalized
because a capital letter is customarily reserved for the larger tablespoon ("Tbsp.", "T.",
"Tbls.", or "Tb.").
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Users of Xylitol should be aware that it needs to handled with care. It is highly toxic to dogs
and once they eat even a small amount of it there is nothing the vet can do. Fortunately, our
dog ate a very small amount and had vomiting & diarrhea but survived. After I contacted the
emergency animal hospital and was told the dog might not survive, I read about Xylitol
online and had a stressful 24 hours. Of course there is no mention of any danger on my
lozenges for dry mouth. I now keep them in the nightstand drawer instead of on top of it.
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Magu Recio
April 10, 2015 at 7:08:00 PM EDT
Wow !!! amazing stuff i just but xlear and works wonders you can feel the difference right
away and now i found this recipe, even better thanks to you i will make some good remedy i
been searching i even put lime juice in my nasal and hurst like you have no idea i got even
got head it that how desperate i was to just get rid of this mucus one time i breath nice one
side and all the the sadent clog and the other one clears up the point is that very rarely i
have both pasajes clear.
i hope this help clear everything for all
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Ano nymo us
December 10, 2015 at 10:53:00 AM EST
Swear by it. Each of my family members has their own saline xylitol rinse bottle. For noses
and occas. Throat squirt. We clean well after awhile or if allergies occur. We never get
colds.
QUESTION: any info on using it for EYE rinse?
I have had a slight eyes infection.. Rx antibacterial drops sort of helped but the Steam Rm
at my gym helped Much more! A little eucalyptus oil and steam. I cant find Research on
xylitol rinse for eyes. -Anyone? Thx!
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December 11, 2015 at 4:16:00 PM EST
I have no experience with xylitol for the eyes, but I have used Similasan and it
worked excellently. I had been suffering with alerting severe itching and equally
severe dryness. I used the Redness & Itchy Eye Relief formula and was shocked my
how fast it worked.
It did not sting at all, but it contains no heavy preservatives, so you only get a 30
day window per bottle and have to purchase more. I only had to use it a couple of
days and I was fine.
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at 12/17/2011 / Posted by Fauquier ENT / 28 COMMENTS
Given the unusually large reader response to my
last blog regarding xylitol nasal rinses regarding
the "recipe," I thought it easier to write a blog
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about it!!!
To be brief, xylitol is a naturally-occurring plantbased sugar substitute that apparently has all
sorts of anti-bacterial as well as anti-fungal
properties. Given these properties, daily xylitol gum chewingor xylitol nasal sprayuse has
been shown to help prevent recurrent acute ear infections and sinus infections... safe for
use even in infants.
When used as part of nasal flushes to the nose, it seems to work even better than
traditional saline flushes to the nose (read more about this here).
So, I have provided below a few different recipes to make xylitol nasal flushes at home. One
may be more comfortable than the other, but it is user dependent. Obviously, convenience
will play a role as well.
Just as an FYI, you can also purchase pre-packaged packets that contain xylitol for the
ultimate convenience. Just open one packet and mix it in with water inside your nasal flush
kit of choice (Nasopure, Neti Pot, Neilmed, etc)
Recipe #1 (Co mplex):
1 cup of water (8 ounces)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp of xylitol crystals
1/4 tsp baking soda
4 drops of grapefruit seed extract
Recipe #2:
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Recipe #3:
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Dr. Christopher Chang is a private practice otolaryngology, head & neck
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February 21, 2013 at 11:01:00 AM EST
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I have already used a homemade mix of salt and baking soda - it was good. Therefore, I am
going to use the complex mix as it is the same but with the addition of xylitol.
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I've just tried it (the complex recipe) and I can't believe that for a nose which was not
blocked at all, there is such a lot of mucus releasing. Much more than when I used saline
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March 18, 2013 at 3:55:00 PM EDT
is it safe to pe putting all sorts of stuff up the nose, like grapefruit seed extract etc?
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It is safe as all of the ingredients listed above are anti-microbial and are in low
enough doses to not irritate your mucus membranes. I have been using
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xylitol/saline nasal spray for a couple of years now and my allergy symptoms are
much less severe then they were before then.
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Spencer C. Payne, M.D.
April 29, 2013 at 8:29:00 PM EDT
These recipes might be too strong for most. The article which showed that xylitol
irrigations might be better than regular saline used 12 gms/8 oz water or roughly 3 tsp/8oz
of most commercially available xylitol. Usually I have patients add 1/4 tsp each of salt and
baking soda. Higher concentrations can help in the short term, but lead to problems in the
long term by disrupting the normal mucous in the nose. A half & half mixture would be 1.5
tsp of xylitol with a 1/4 tsp of salt and baking soda in 16 oz of water.
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Sounds right. My Grossan has a 16 oz container for irrigation. It's also really
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important not to over do it and dry everything out thus opening the door for more
infections. I'm new to the xylitol and going to try it and the grapefruit extract. Tried
the surgery (septoplasty and removal of polyps, bone spur and necrodial tissues)
which was good for a couple of years and now I'm back to regular infections. Have
the polyps returned? Maybe. I will check with ENT but I also know non of the
antibiotics (Biaxin, Levoquin etc) work any longer and are doing more harm to the
rest of me than not. Trial and error. But thank God, people report their trials and
that ENTs like Chang advocate the latest less invasive techniques like irrigation,
which my ENT (Mark Shikowitz LIJ) also recommended. Good luck to all. Lucinda
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March 26, 2015 at 4:58:00 AM EDT
Since you are mixing yourself, you can try different amounts and see how well you
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I feel really stupid, is it that obvious, I must not be reading something here, I don't see any
reference to dosage. do you use the entire solution in one session. That seems like an
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I put mine into a sprayer bottle that I wash in soap and water after I empty the
bottle. It has an extremely long shelflife as the ingredients are all anti-microbial. If
you feel like it has been too long, dump it out and make some more. It is very
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measuring exactly. As long as it isn't too strong for you to tolerate, it will be just
fine.
If you are planning to use a netti-pot to flush your sinuses, a cup is really not that
much.
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Mike, you're not stupid at all, there's not enough info here. It's also really important to
mention you need to boil the water or use bottled so it's sterile. You don't use it all at once,
I use it a few times a day, and just one spray up each nostril is usually enough. It will keep
for ages as the salt will preserve it. I just use the water, salt and xylitol. Since using it, I
have not had a single sinus infection for about 3 years and I used to have 2-3 infections per
year.
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March 26, 2015 at 5:09:00 AM EDT
Very good point. The water needs to be boiled prior to mixing the solution. Make
sure to let it cool prior to pouring it into a plastic sprayer bottle or a netti-pot. I
once melted my pot and had to throw it away.
Ano nymo us
April 20, 2015 at 3:17:00 PM EDT
It cannot be simply bottled water, it has to be sterile water, hence the boiling. You
can use distilled water!
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Just boil your tap water for 5 mins, add the ingredients while hot to help them dissolve
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Ano nymo us
February 26, 2014 at 1:10:00 PM EST
I apparently got a bad reaction from using xylitol sinus rinse for about 3 weeks to cure a
persistent fungal sinus infection: sore throat, earaches, slight cough, chest pain. After
realizing that xylitol was the cause of these problems, I quit using it 1-1/2 weeks ago.
However, I still have the sore throat and other problems. Any idea how to get rid of the sore
throat, earaches and other problems caused by xylitol?
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Anonymous, Your "bad reaction" was probably the result of the infection (more likely
bacterial and not fungal) that had been residing in your sinuses now being flushed out by
the xylitol. I've had congested sinuses for 15 years. It's really entrenched in there and I've
tried many rinses, antibiotics, etc. Now I'm using the xylitol, I feel the irritation on the back
of my throat as it flushes the mucus out. I find that following up with the xylitol mist during
the day helps a lot. I'm putting 3 drops of hydrogen peroxide into each ear twice a day as a
precautionary measure, because I've read that any rinse can spread the infection to the
ears. The fact that you're symptoms are persisting after the xylitol convinces me even more
that you have a lot to flush out and the xylitol has started the process. If you don't want to
go back to xylitol, perhaps you can try a saline rinse like Neilmed and hydrogen peroxide
gargles and drops in the ears until your sinuses stop flushing. If I were you, though, I'd keep
up the xylitol to speed up the process.
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Ano nymo us
April 1, 2014 at 1:05:00 PM EDT
I hope you're right that I didn't have a bad reaction to xylitol as I am starting to use
Xlear again. I thought that it had cleared up my sinus infection but it seems to only
have killed off the infection in the left side of my sinuses and I have been having
pain in the right side. Previously the infection seemed to be concentrated in the
left side with little problem in the right side. However, I don't think it's bacterial
since I have not had a fever at all. And I'm pretty sure it is fungal since I breathed
some dust when I was pulling nails out of our deck to replace them with screws. It
was a strange dust like nothing I have seen before and the nails had a bad looking
deposit on them. I should have worn a mask to keep from breathing the dust.
Ano nymo us
May 11, 2014 at 2:40:00 PM EDT
Yes Anonymous March 11, 2014, it was my goofs, not adequately cleaning my
NeilMed squeeze bottle, otherwise I simply spread the fungal sinus infection to
other and all my sinuses causing the sinus headaches, earaches, aches in the
temple areas, sore throat and coughs. Once I learned that I should use the liquid
dishwashing soap and also a bottle brush to clean the squeeze bottle, I carefully
cleaned my NeilMed squeeze bottle and my sinus infection cleared up quickly, in
two or three days. So I suffered for months, reinfecting my sinuses because I did
not adequately clean the squeeze bottle. Perhaps the salt and sodium bicarbonate
sinus rinse would have killed off my sinus infection and perhaps the xylitol wasn't
necessary, but I'll never know, since my sinus infection is over and gone. I am
feeling very dumb and terribly embarrassed that I missed the NeilMed instructions
and did not realize that it was necessary to thoroughly clean the squeeze bottle.
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March 13, 2014 at 1:40:00 PM EDT
I have been using Xlear for quite some time now, so was very excited to find this recipe. I
made it for the first time several months ago (complex recipe, because it seemed closest
to the Xlear ingredients list) and I use it every morning and evening, or more frequently if I
think I feel a cold coming on. It is awesome! I haven't had a cold all winter. I'm quite certain
that this is part of the reason, along with a grass fed and organic diet, of course.
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Isn't it great, Kat? You went from paying about $13 a bottle, to probably about
$0.13.
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Ano nymo us
August 5, 2014 at 6:05:00 PM EDT
I'm glad I found this site, and maybe some of you can weigh in on your experiences relative
to mine. When I was young (pre-20), I had no allergies. I began having seasonal allergies in
my 20s and then basically year-round allergies at some point after that. Eventually I got a
sinus infection that lasted about 3 months in 2003 and it was basically the worst I've ever
felt. I didn't know anything about sinus cleansing at that time and the doctor just gave me
various different antibiotics, the last of which (levaquin) worked. He then put me on
nasonex and clarinex-d to treat my symptoms.
My allergies are pretty much in check, but I have not been able to smell very well for years.
If I run or do heavy exercise, I can smell pretty well for a short while, but apart from that,
basically I have to really breathe in a lot of air to get the smell of something, and that
doesn't always work. Naturally my sense of taste is dulled proportionately.
What I want to know is, would rinsing with any of these solutions help this problem? Also,
what is the most likely cause of this problem? It is not like my olfactory sense doesn't
work; it works, but only if my nasal passages open up or I get a large volume of air through
them. I assume rhinitis and/or biofilm gunking up the cilia and olfactory sensors could be
the cause of this. Any experience with this problem? Thanks.
John
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Ano nymo us
September 21, 2014 at 2:51:00 AM EDT
Please correct your recipe(s).
In writing volume-based recipes, an abbreviation like tbsp. is usually used, to differentiate it
from the smaller teaspoon (tsp.). Some authors additionally capitalize the abbreviation
Tbsp., while leaving tsp. in lower case, to emphasize that the larger tablespoon, rather than
the smaller teaspoon, is wanted.
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Ano nymo us
January 21, 2015 at 2:42:00 PM EST
Anonymous you need to read what you said. The recipes are written right. In some
countries, a teaspoon full (also "teaspoonful" or simply "teaspoon") is a unit of volume,
especially widely used in cooking recipes and pharmaceutic prescriptions. In English it is
abbreviated as tsp. or, less often, as t., ts., or tspn. The abbreviation is never capitalized
because a capital letter is customarily reserved for the larger tablespoon ("Tbsp.", "T.",
"Tbls.", or "Tb.").
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Users of Xylitol should be aware that it needs to handled with care. It is highly toxic to dogs
and once they eat even a small amount of it there is nothing the vet can do. Fortunately, our
dog ate a very small amount and had vomiting & diarrhea but survived. After I contacted the
emergency animal hospital and was told the dog might not survive, I read about Xylitol
online and had a stressful 24 hours. Of course there is no mention of any danger on my
lozenges for dry mouth. I now keep them in the nightstand drawer instead of on top of it.
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Magu Recio
April 10, 2015 at 7:08:00 PM EDT
Wow !!! amazing stuff i just but xlear and works wonders you can feel the difference right
away and now i found this recipe, even better thanks to you i will make some good remedy i
been searching i even put lime juice in my nasal and hurst like you have no idea i got even
got head it that how desperate i was to just get rid of this mucus one time i breath nice one
side and all the the sadent clog and the other one clears up the point is that very rarely i
have both pasajes clear.
i hope this help clear everything for all
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Ano nymo us
December 10, 2015 at 10:53:00 AM EST
Swear by it. Each of my family members has their own saline xylitol rinse bottle. For noses
and occas. Throat squirt. We clean well after awhile or if allergies occur. We never get
colds.
QUESTION: any info on using it for EYE rinse?
I have had a slight eyes infection.. Rx antibacterial drops sort of helped but the Steam Rm
at my gym helped Much more! A little eucalyptus oil and steam. I cant find Research on
xylitol rinse for eyes. -Anyone? Thx!
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December 11, 2015 at 4:16:00 PM EST
I have no experience with xylitol for the eyes, but I have used Similasan and it
worked excellently. I had been suffering with alerting severe itching and equally
severe dryness. I used the Redness & Itchy Eye Relief formula and was shocked my
how fast it worked.
It did not sting at all, but it contains no heavy preservatives, so you only get a 30
day window per bottle and have to purchase more. I only had to use it a couple of
days and I was fine.
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