Hello
This was exposed a couple of years ago by our consumer association in
Australia which assesses a range of products and compares them with like
products, usually giving a rating.
Since the normal saline works better than some proprietary products, you
recipe is most valuable.
I have tried mixing just salt and water. What does the carb soda do?
Cheers,
Anna.
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Sent: Wednesday, 28 February 2001 0:03
Subject: Nasal Decongestant Ripoff
> 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
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/
>
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