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.

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.

Fighting the Virus. Defence Ginger

Antioxidant

Fresh ginger is an excellent antioxidant; therefore, it's a cool protector against various diseases, including infection, i.e. virus.

However, it is quite pungent and spicy, so it's not very pleasant to eat it raw. As a result,  people prefer whether to skip ginger or to cook it.

But is there any way to enjoy ginger fresh?

Yes, it is!

Ginger Dessert Recipe

Every day I have three big spoons of the raw ginger dessert at the end of my breakfast, and this is my recipe. 

For three big spoons of the dessert from raw ginger, you need the following ingredients: 

• Ginger: about 2,5 cm
• Lime: 1/2
• Liquid honey: about two small spoons

Step-by-step

1. Cut a piece from the ginger root ( the length depends on root thickness) and cut half the lime.

2. Wash the ginger and the lime.

3. Peel the ginger and cut the lime on four smaller pieces

4. Cut the ginger on the tiny pieces.

5. Fill a big spoon with ginger, moisten it with lime juice and squeeze a small portion of honey on it.

You can eat it plain, with turmeric or cinnamon. 

It's not only super healthy, but it's super enjoyable too!

And, by the way, lime and honey are great staff to boost your defence mechanism as well.

Stay healthy!

A hint:

Cut the lime peels, which were left, on the smaller portions and add them into a cup of your coffee or tea. Cover the cup and let it brew for 2-3 minutes.

Squeeze the fourth piece of the lime into the same drink. You will get great taste there.

As a result, you will delight a pleasant fresh taste of the extra antioxidant and vitamin C.

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