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2/18/2011 11:12:21 AM EDT
Got the sniffles and my ears are clogged up.  Any suggestions for a home remedy?  Im taking OTC meds and nasal spray.  

2/18/2011 11:13:47 AM EDT
[#1]
Pinch your nose, close your mouth and try to blow out.
2/18/2011 11:14:42 AM EDT
[#2]
Quoted:
Pinch your nose, close your mouth and try to blow out.


Umm, yeah, I cant valsalva.  They are clogged..
2/18/2011 11:18:40 AM EDT
[#3]
Sit on the couch with your head between your knees, or as close as your gut and back will let you.

Then relax like that for a few minutes, get your heart rate really low, then stand up ram-rod straight REALLY FAST IN ONE FLUID MOTION, THEN STAND STOCK STILL.

You'll feel faint, and the blood pressure in your head will drop momentarily. It might shrink your sinuses just long enough to allow them to equalize pressure. Swallow and yawn if you feel it getting ready to pop/click and equalize.
2/18/2011 11:20:08 AM EDT
[#4]
A neti pot will clean your sinus cavity.
2/18/2011 11:20:36 AM EDT
[#5]
Quoted:
Pinch your nose, close your mouth and try to blow out.


That way, you force the infection from your throat up into your eustachian tubes.

Good call.

2/18/2011 11:20:51 AM EDT
[#6]
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Pinch your nose, close your mouth and try to blow out.


Don't do that.

That pushes mucous and infectious material up your tubes into your ears, and has been shown to be a contributor to ear infections.
2/18/2011 11:28:58 AM EDT
[#7]
steam room
gum chewing
holding a "yawn"
saline solution in your snout
2/18/2011 11:31:06 AM EDT
[#8]
Best way is to clear the sinuses. That will help the ears equalize pressure.


For sinuses, I'm a big believer in salt-water. Run it 'til it burns, then do it twice more. Get all that shit out. It helps you heal up from the virus, too.
2/18/2011 11:31:24 AM EDT
[#9]


That stuff is fucking magic.
2/18/2011 11:33:44 AM EDT
[#10]
Do some self massage...



Do a thumb strip of your SCM's, starting at your mastoid and going inferior towards your heart.




2/18/2011 11:34:02 AM EDT
[#11]
Spin around in circles until you get dizzy and fall down. Then tilt your ear up and put in a few drops of Debrox.
2/18/2011 11:44:12 AM EDT
[#12]
The best way I've seen to clear out your sinuses is to get hit in the face with a blast of fox labs.  Yeah there the whole flesh melting heat thing, but your sinuses will be clean as a whistle.
2/18/2011 11:46:02 AM EDT
[#13]
it's true.  the results are great but the side effects suck.


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The best way I've seen to clear out your sinuses is to get hit in the face with a blast of fox labs.  Yeah there the whole flesh melting heat thing, but your sinuses will be clean as a whistle.






 
2/18/2011 11:48:56 AM EDT
[#14]
Huh?
2/18/2011 11:52:19 AM EDT
[#15]
Quoted:
Huh?


Oh, and an orgasm can also cause a sympathetic deflation in swollen tissues elsewhere.
2/18/2011 11:57:43 AM EDT
[#16]

Olive Oil will soften up wax.



If it's really bad, soften it up first, then get a nurse to syringe it - though not actually a syringe any more, it was an awesome warm water squirting machine.

2/18/2011 12:00:34 PM EDT
[#17]
You wont believe how good this works,...thank me later.
http://www.amishearcandles.com/
2/18/2011 12:02:32 PM EDT
[#18]
Quoted:
You wont believe how good this works,...thank me later.
http://www.amishearcandles.com/


I didn't know the Amish had web access
2/18/2011 12:03:43 PM EDT
[#19]
Sudifed.  The behind the counter stuff.
2/18/2011 12:04:14 PM EDT
[#20]
Quoted:
Quoted:
You wont believe how good this works,...thank me later.
http://www.amishearcandles.com/


I didn't know the Amish had web access


There are other brands.lol
2/18/2011 12:07:25 PM EDT
[#21]
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Sudifed.  The behind the counter stuff.


I use advil cold & sinus with the real sudafed in it and a neti pot as I posted earlier. Together they work wonders
2/18/2011 12:07:45 PM EDT
[#22]
Use your finger to press one nostril closed (press you nose not pick it), take a deep breath, aim,  exhale forcibly through the other nostril to discharge excess mucous.  Then do the other nostril

 
2/18/2011 12:25:17 PM EDT
[#23]
A better alternative to the FOX Labs recommendation.  Just eat a bowl of super spicy soup. That'll get your sinuses moving,and give your ears some relief.  Myself I like spicy Mexican style soups.  Caldo de Queso (cheese soup) or albondigas (meat ball soup)
2/18/2011 12:30:12 PM EDT
[#24]
Quoted:
Pinch your nose, close your mouth and try to blow out.


this

J-
2/18/2011 12:54:01 PM EDT
[#25]
I have had some luck with sinus or ear issues with a larger than good idea scoop of wasabi.



It jangles all sorts of nerves and seems to make some swollen tissue shrink.  Follow it up with a nasal wash and GENTLE nose blowing.




I wouldn't hold the nose while blowing, that's a good way to get an ear infection or hurt yourself further. Sinus cavities are not designed for high pressure.
2/18/2011 12:58:20 PM EDT
[#26]
Quoted:
Use your finger to press one nostril closed (press you nose not pick it), take a deep breath, aim,  exhale forcibly through the other nostril to discharge excess mucous.  Then do the other nostril  


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