Sinusitis

For sinus congestion and headache, please think mold allergy. For sinusitis, please think of mold allergy and mold infection. For chronic and recurrent sinusitis, please think of mold allergy, mold infections, and mold toxins. If your symptoms recurred after sinus surgery, please think of mold allergy, mold infections, and mold toxins. For the "mold problems," please think bowel, bowel, and bowel.

Chronic sinusitis is a problem of four stages:
-The first stage of mold allergy,
-The second stage of mold infection,
-The third stage of viral infection and blockage of sinus opening, and
-The fourth stage of bacterial infections.

Antibiotic therapy is necessary for acute bacterial infections—the fourth stage representing complications of the preceding three stages. It controls bacterial infections and sinus symptoms, but worsens the problems of the first three stages.

Sinus surgery for chronic sinusitis is often helpful but the results are rarely long-lasting, not surprising since it does not address the first three stages of the disease.

Being One’s Own Personal Physician
I define disease as a state of separation from one's nature—from rhythms of one's life. Since no one can truly know the degrees of separation from nature of someone else's chronic "unwellness," it follows that the only authentic physician a person can have is oneself. No one can truly know the rhythms of someone else's life. That means no doctor can truly be your primary physician. The case of acute illness is different. A person cannot learn to be a physician on short notice, especially when in distress due to acute illness. For example, a forty-year-old man who develops acute sinusitis and fever cannot be his primary physician for that acute illness. However, the health of his sinuses two years later will depend far more on what he can learn about sinusitis and how he manages it than on the efficacy of his drugs.

Guidelines for Nondrug Remedies for Recurrent Sinusitis
For acute symptoms, a physician evaluation is necessary. I offer the following guidelines, listed in the order of importance, for nondrug remedies, whether or not your doctor prescribes antibiotics. I suggest the readers use as many of the items as possible for five days.

-Sublingual mold drops One drop two or three times a day
Sublingual drops based on an individuals’ blood mold tests usually give superior results. However, generic homeopathic mold drops usually work well as well.

-Castor/Sesame oil rubs Rub the oil gently over the sinus regions (forehead,
cheeks), temple, and neck. Castor/sesame rotation 3 to 1)

-Eucalyptus oil rubs
Rub the oil gently over the chest

-Castor/Sesame oil rubs
Rub the oil gently over the front, sides, and back and abdomen. C
Castor/sesame rotation 3 to 1

-Nasal/Sinus Vapor Cayenne/ginger or thyme
(begin with gentle inhalations)

-Nasal/Sinus hygiene - Neti pot twice daily (can use a squeezed paper
cup to make a spout, if Neti pot is not available)

Use warm water with salt and baking soda 1/2 teaspoon each or with peroxide 3% 10 drops in 3 ounces of water

-Turmeric + Vitamin C
Two capsules of turmeric with 1000 mg vitamin C three times a day

-Throat Protocol Gargle
with seven drops three times daily if 'viral symptoms' or respiratory congestions occur. The Institute’s “Throat Protocol includes Vitamin A and E, and glycerine.

-Probiotics
Yogurt/kefir (preferably of goat milk) three times/day

-Mucine
-If necessary, OTC one tab twice daily (guaifenesin)

-Mold control

-Overhydration

-Antihistamines Benadryl 25 mg, if necessary on a short-term basis.

Please note that these guidelines are not a substitute for an examination by a doctor.

List of Related Tutorials

* The Bowel-Nose Connection

* Sinsusitis and Sinus Polyps

* The Nose

* Lungs

* Classification of Lung Diseases

*  The Pleura

* Asthma - Simplified

* Sinuses: Anatomy and Physiology

* Lung Cancer Stats

* Sinsusitis and Sinus Polyps

* The Nose