ORAL RINSE RECIPES

ORAL RINSE RECIPES

For do-it-yourself solutions, mix the ingredients, boil, and store the solution in a clean, air-tight container. A glass container with a screw-on cap is ideal (if you use a Tupperware-type container, the solution may take on an unpleasant plastic odor.) Home-made solutions should be discarded after one week (then prepare a fresh batch.) If the solution looks cloudy, or if you see particulate matter floating in it, do not use it– make yourself a fresh batch.
INGREDIENTS
Isotonic saline (salt water that is about as salty as your body fluids)

• 1 teaspoon salt (table salt is fine)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda (NOT baking powder!)
• 1 pint of water

Hypertonic saline (salt water that is saltier than your body fluids).

INGREDIENTS

• 2 teaspoons of salt
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 pint of water

Comment: this solution is well-tolerated as an oral rinse, but you will find it to be more irritating than
isotonic saline if you use it as a nasal irrigant. Nevertheless, it is safe and very effective as a nasal irrigant. In warm coastal communities (for example, Florida or other Gulf Coast states), many folks with sinus problems find that swimming in seawater helps them to heal faster. "Getting a noseful" of seawater is key– you don’t have to swim! In our area, the waters are too frigid for most people to tolerate a quick plunge in the ocean. This hypertonic saline irrigant is a very crude (but effective) approximation of seawater.
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