Recently, while visiting some of the local supermarkets and drugstores, I
came across what must be one of the greatest "ripoffs" in the cold industry -
'new', 'natural' nasal sprays that contain nothing more than salt water
(sometimes with a cheap preservative) selling at between $3-$5 for a 30ml (1
fl oz) squeeze bottle. The contents state something like "sodium chloride
2%", so, maybe the general public think that this may be some new wonder
chemical that magically unblocks and disinfects noses. This is nothing more
than blatant daylight robbery by drug companies and nobody seems to comment.
That is surely the most expensive dilute salt solution on earth and somehow
people are buying it - talk about snake oil!
Anyway, when I was a child, my grandparents made a mixture of dilute salt and
bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) solution as a nasal decongestant, so I
recently went back to this remedy by mixing about a quarter teaspoon of each
and dissolving it in a quarter cup of water (quantities are not at all
critical, because these substances are not harmful in doses hundreds of times
bigger. I poured the solution into some old nasal spray bottles and I now
have enough to serve my nasal needs for many months to come - at a cost of
less than 1 cent a bottle! I have been trying this mixture and it really
works as well as the most expensive saline and other nasal decongestants on
the market. Try this for yourselves and save yourself several dollars a
time! Pass the message on.
Dr Mel C Siff
Denver, USA
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