Chronic Sinusitis

 
I was recently asked what would I do for someone with chronic sinusitis.  Usually I would want to ask so many questions but this was all the information I had to go on so here is my general advice for sinusitis (inflammation of the mucosa of the sinuses)
 
Chronic sinus inflammation, in my experience, will be accompanied by some form of gut inflammation, which commonly is linked to a food intolerance.  The sinusitis is a symptom of a deeper issue.  
 
As a naturopath I believe in working on the route cause rather than the symptom.  So I always start with WHY

• Why is this person showing these symptoms?
• Why did this start when it did?
• Why has it not resolved?

 
So with most cases of chronic sinusitis I would do the following:

• Check for food sensitivities – most common I find is Dairy, quickly followed by wheat and sugar
• Increase vegetable intake to help repair any gut disturbance
• Introduce easy to digest foods – soups, stews, fish, vegetables
• Introduce a good probiotic
• Saline nasal washes can be very helpful, I prefer the neti pot
• Kitchen Herbs that can help when used regularly are: ginger, horseradish, garlic, mustard – in ayurvedic medicine a mucous forming condition would be cold and damp (Kapha) and should be treated with dry and warm/hot herbs.
• Slippery elm and marshmallow capsules
• Make sure you are drinking enough water 
• Hot compress over the area – a flannel rinsed in hot water
• Facial steam (head over a bowl of hot water with a towel over your head) 
• Drastically reduce your, sugar, fast food, processed foods, fried foods intake

 
If you are aware of any digestive issues, however insignificant you think they may be, deal with those first and you may notice the sinus issues goes as a result.
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