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By: Neti Pots for Sinus Congestion: Validated science? « Science-Based Pharmacy

Neti Pots for Sinus Congestion: Validated science? « Science-Based Pharmacy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:40:05 +0000

[...] as treatment in North America, too. This 1872 advertisement, courtesy of the fantastic blog The Quack Doctor, illustrates a similar product, but with the less attractive name of “Nasal Douche”. [...]

By: Caro

Caro — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:02:37 +0000

I hope you get some relief from the NeilMed. About a year ago I had a sinus infection and a neighbour helpfully said ‘once you’ve got sinus problems, you never get rid of them.’ So that cheered me up.

By: Jane Travers

Jane Travers — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:46:16 +0000

Utterly fascinating! As a modern sufferer of sinus problems, I’m astonished that such a remedy was available in the 1870′s. Check out NeilMed, which my daughter and I use daily for our stupid sinuses – it’s essentially the same thing, which claims to have been recently invented!

Thanks for another great post.

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uberVU - social comments — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:55:12 +0000

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