Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts

Sunday, August 16, 2020

Fighting the Virus. Defence Nasal Wash


Pic. 1. Nasal Wash Guide


Nasal Wash has been an integral part of the yoga tradition and every morning life in the Indian ashram starts with Nasal Wash. 

Typically it's done in the garden by using your personal nasal cleansing pot and the room temperature boiled water with dissolved sea salt in it. 

In this article, I introduce a more efficient recipe to cleanse the nose, a great help to stay healthy in the pandemic time. 

Defence Nasal Wash Recipe

Pic. 2 Nasal Wash Ingredients

For the Defence Nasal Wash, you need the following ingredients ( Pic.2) :

  • Room temperature water: 400ml = 1,7 US cups
  • Sea salt, 1 teaspoon
  • Tea tree oil: 4 drops
  • Hydrogen peroxide: 4 drops
  • Iodine: 4 drops
  • A glass or ceramic teapot or a glass jar
  • Neti pot

Preparation

For the morning nasal wash: 

  1. *Boil the water at evening and pour around two glasses of it into a teapot or a glass jar. Add sea salt. The water will cool down during the night; the salt will be dissolved
  2. In the morning: add tea tree oil, peroxide and iodine to the water with salt. Mix well.
  3. Fill the Neti Pot with the solution.  
  4. Do Nasal Wash leaning over a sink or basin. Slowly pour the solution into the right** nostril first. The liquid will wash your nose inside, and it will get out of the left nostril. 
  5. Do the same procedure through the left nostril**.
  6. Blow your nose several times to completely remove mucus.

It's a good idea to do the nasal cleansing at least once per day, but it's useful to make it twice per day if you got a flue or your nose is stuffy.

You can make Nasal Wash even if you don't have the Nasal cleansing pot; however, this simple tool simplifies the process. You can find it online or pharmacy shop.

Why Tea Tree oil?

Tea-tree oil has luxurious antibacterial and antiseptic properties.  

Why Sea Salt?

Saltwater washes help keep the nasal passages open by washing out thick or dried mucus. This can help prevent the spread of infection to the other sinuses and reduce postnasal drip.

Why  Iodine?

Iodine is beneficial for preventing infection and treating a range of pathogens, including bacteria, protozoa, fungi and viruses.

Why Hydrogen peroxide?

Hydrogen peroxide is active against a wide range of microorganisms, including bacteria, yeasts, fungi, viruses, and spores.


*NOTE: The water must be boiled and cooled down

**A tip: Always start the procedure from the right nostril, then you will not get confused and make both nostrils. 

*** Supportive video  for a Nasal Wash


Stay Healthy!


Use of the recipes is the self-responsibility of the reader.






Sunday, April 12, 2020

Fighting the Virus. Defence Dentifrice and Mouthwash


Pic 1. Preparation of dentifrice


To be well, we need protection from infections and virus for every day.
The easiest way to archive it is by creating a daily defence routine.

In this article, I introduce a recipe for an affordable Defence Dentifrice and Mouthwash, a great help to stay healthy. 

Dentifrice ( tooth-power) 

You need: 
Ginger powder - 2 teaspoons
Clove powder - 2 teaspoons
Cinnamon powder - 3 teaspoons
An empty jar, for example from a face cream.
A teaspoon

Preparation of the dentifrice:
Mix well all the three ingredients in the clean jar ( pic. 1-2). 

Pic. 2.  Ready defence dentifrice powder

Use::
  1. Rinse a toothbrush under the water.
  2. Soak the toothbrush into the defence dentifrice.
  3. Brush off any excess tooth-powder.
  4. Add a small amount of toothpaste ( pic.3). 


Pic 3. Defence dentifrice with toothpaste

Brush your teeth 2-3 times per day. 

A tip: use a toothpaste without strong flavour, preferably organic.

1. Why clove?
Clove powder is high in antioxidants and can kill bacteria.

Discard clove if you have high blood pressure.

2. Why Ginger?
Ginger powder has potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. 

3. Why Cinnamon?
Cinnamon is loaded with antioxidants.  Also, it has anti-inflammatory properties.

Don't have clove?  Use a mix of the ginger and cinnamon powders.
Don't have ginger?  Use a mix of the clove and cinnamon powders.

You can also use only cloves or ginger. However, they are very spicy and cinnamon softens the pungent taste of dentifrice.


Mouthwash


You need:
Tea tree oil
Water
A glass

Pic 4. Tea-tree oil and glass of water

Preparation:
Dissolve five drops of tea tree oil in the glass of water ( approximately two deciliters).

Use
Rinse your mouth, teeth, and throat 3-4 times a day, especially before leaving home and after coming back.

For efficiency,  store the mouthwash in the glass bottle.

Pic 5  Bottled mouthwash 

Why tea-tree oil?
Tea-tree oil has luxurious antibacterial and antiseptic properties.  
It also whitens your teeth.

Pic 6. Tea Tree Oil

A tip: since there are fakes, buy tea tree oil only in organic stores specializing in the sale of high-grade products. The price for the high-quality tea tree oil (10 ml) starts from five euros ( 5 USD dollars).



Use of the recipes is the self-responsibility of the reader.