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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 11:52 PM
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It's late, no 24-7 drug stores around, and I've got a stuffy nose....
Edited on Wed Sep-24-03 11:55 PM by northwest
...What do you think I should do?? I'd like to get rid of it, but I can't go and get some nasal spray. It's too late at night.

Ideas??:shrug:

On edit: No, I'm not doing 8 balls, or anything...
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 11:55 PM
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1. Eat some hot peppers if you have them
Jalapenos or pepperocinis work beautifully. Hot salsa is fine also, or even some Tabasco. Hopefully there's something along those lines in your kitchen. I guarantee you'll have totally clear sinuses for an hour or two afterwards, at least.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 11:56 PM
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3. you are correct
I think it's the capsecum that does it. When I get stuffed I eat a few tablespoons of hot chopped red peppers and breath my way to happiness for a couple of hours afterwords.

Nice to know I'm not the only one that does this. My wife, however, thinks I'm insane.
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 11:59 PM
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5. Peppers are out of the question. I've got a very weak tongue.
I can't even stand Buffalo Wild Wings' MILD sauce. One drop of Tabasco is HELL for my mouth.
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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 11:55 PM
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2. If you have any Vicks or Mentholatum etc

put some in a teaspoon and hold it over a flame till it melts, then hold one nostril closed and snort the fumes with the other nostril, then repeat on the other side.
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eileen from OH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 11:57 PM
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4. Okay, take a washcloth
and get it really, really, as-hot-as-you-can-stand-it, wet. Lay down, but with pillows supporting your head so it's higher than your torso, and put the washcloth across your face/nose. Rellllllaaaaxxxxx, Enjjjjjjjjjoy. Blow your nose from here to Kingdom Come as need be.

Also, switch to menthol cigs.

eileen from OH
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-03 12:01 AM
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6. I haven't smoked in 5 1/2 years, but thank you.
I'm gonna try the washcloth thing you said along with a hot, steaming shower.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-03 12:03 AM
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7. Hot steaming shower
always does it for me. I have allergies, though, and with the changing seasons, I'm pretty clogged. Zyrtec and Nasonex and I'm still all stuffy.

Hope you feel better.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-03 12:03 AM
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8. Put 1/4 tsp salt in a cup of water, and dribble into nostril. Homemade
Edited on Thu Sep-25-03 12:07 AM by MrsGrumpy
nose drops.

Hope you breathe better soon!
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-03 12:05 AM
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9. quarter teaspoon of what?
??
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-03 12:06 AM
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10. oops....
look again.

We need a blushing face smiley....
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-03 12:11 AM
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11. that would be a cool one!
this one is still my favorite... :hi:

I guess I'm a traditionalist
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Oreegone Donating Member (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-03 12:24 AM
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12. Try this.....if you have any hydrogen peroxide...
http://www.mercola.com/2002/mar/13/hydrogen_peroxide.htm
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-03 12:51 AM
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13. I boil halved lemons in water...
and hold my head above the pot with a towel covering my head. It cleanses the nostrils and sinuses. You can use salt instead of lemons if you have no lemons. Sounds silly but works on me.
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Matilda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-03 01:25 AM
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14. Keep some Friar's Balsom handy ...
half a teaspoon in a bowl of boiling water, then breathe in with a towel over your head, one nostril at a time. Will clear your nose
for about 8 hours. It's one of Grandma's recipes, still works.
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-03 01:46 AM
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15. two suggestions . . .
find a supermarket that's open all night . . . they usually have most anything you can get in a pharmacy other than prescriptions . . . or . . .

get some Altoids and chew a couple of them . . . clear you right up . . . :)
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-03 03:12 AM
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16. The hot shower works for me.
If you have sinus problems, the best thing that ever worked for me was a yoga class. It just drained and didn't come back!:-)
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