sinus

This full moon is high in energy.
sinus are very bad over here too…since few days I wake up in the middle of the night with clogged sinus…then in the morning some mucus and sneezing
Today is full moon, mucus is very strong
Although I m doing neti pot everyday!
I wonder if neti pot is making things better or worse? Or it is just full moon sinus purification ? Or maybe it is none of the above just regular sinus problem :clown_face:

maheswari,
do you eat diary products?
anyway, it sounds like a very nice poem :grin: , you made me smile :slight_smile: .

Hi maheswari,
I have had problems with sinuses up to 5 times a year. I found fasting a few years back, that helped me a lot. When I start to feel like having sinus problems, I start to fast. I just drink water, and after 3 days it is gone (usually it would last for 5-7 days).
While it lasts, I know that I still have it because my sinus is swelled up, but I do not have any mucus because of the fast. So it was symptom free (for me) almost. This last year or two I did not have problems with it, so my memory is maybe a little off, but I think it was (almost) completely symptom free.
Anyway, there are traditions in which fasting is recommended 2 or 3 days before both full moon and new moon. Didn’t ask why while I was in one, but it is starting to make sense with your post and Shanti’s in another thread. Back then it was just a chore to be done.
PS: Just to clarify, I do not fast unless I feel like it. Definitely not doing it every other week. Just a couple of times a year. Mostly in the summer, in the form of raw food diet.

Ayiram: yes I eat dairy. …sinus isn’t a chronic problem so diary is not the cause
Mykal k: I m vatta dosha…so fasting is not recommended :grin:
Amaroli helps and I have been doing it on and off , unable to sustain this practice due to overload…will resume Amaroli after full mon
:sunglasses:

Thanks for that, never thought that fasting wouldn’t be recommended for someone, except if that someone was very very hungry :stuck_out_tongue: .
Sorry, I am in a jovial mood today. :grin:

Vata body/mind handles fasting very uneasily…
Cheers to your good mood :grin:

:grin:

Maheseswari
I have similar issues from the last week as well. High energy as well sinuses are bad as well. I tried Amaroli it helps but it does the overloading. so I am not doing it after few days. May be start once things settle down. Also lot of Soma/Amrita as well. Long walks along with Yoga helps. Also i am drinking Pitta balancing Tea. I did the neti pot and it helps to clear the sinus.

hello pkj…what you say is exactly what is happening with me…we are on the same boat :grin:

i have to say that my sinus are very accurate…every full moon they are dripping :wink:

I am also having sinus problems here, but of course it is spring in Florida so tons of pollen in the air! I do find that the neti pot helps more than anything else. I was previously putting a drop or two of eucalyptus oil in the neti pot, however, I noticed that it was leaving a thick sticky film in the neti pot so I stopped doing that (because it could be leaving a film like that in my nose as well!) hope you feel better soon.

Radharani :heart: i do use the neti pot :slight_smile:

it seems that sinus is active not only on full moon but also on new moon

Hello Maha
I get these sort of episodes too. My impression is that they are a symptom of what’s going on further along the sushumna (purification? rebalancing?) I can feel a could current travelling up from the lower spine and the nose gets runny. It clears in the following few hours. Sometimes it’s accompanied by a lengthy bout of sneezing and watery eyes.
I have given up neti pot myself when I realised the source of the issue is not in the nose or sinuses. I just let it be and treat it like scenery.
I hope you are not getting too uncomfortable when these episode do occur.

hello Blue :slight_smile:
yes it lasts few hours :slight_smile:
i am still doing the neti :grin: