Nasal congestion is a very common disease in life. It mainly occurs when you catch a cold. This disease will bring a lot of inconvenience to your life and great harm to your health. Therefore, you need to go through some treatments. Methods of conditioning and recovery, so how to quickly clear nasal congestion? What should I do if my nose is blocked? Let’s learn more about how to clear your nose quickly.
1. What to do if the nose is blocked
1. Disease treatment
Nasal congestion is very uncomfortable, but nasal congestion is not a disease, but a symptom of the disease, so If you want to eliminate nasal congestion as soon as possible, the first task is to treat related diseases. Diseases that can cause nasal congestion include colds, colds, rhinitis, nasal polyps, nasal cysts, sinus tumors and deviated nasal septum. First, find out the cause of nasal congestion, and then treat it accordingly. . Symptoms disappear naturally after the disease is treated.
2. Moderate exercise
Runny nose and stuffy nose in autumn and winter are mostly caused by colds. If you are in good physical condition, you only need to take some cold medicine to treat this kind of cold. A cold can be cured by increasing the amount of exercise, and exercise can relieve nasal congestion.
3. Thermal therapy for nasal congestion
Hot water foot bath
Nasal congestion caused by colds and colds can be relieved by foot bathing. Keep soaking your feet in hot water every night. , when boiling hot water, you can add some ginger slices or mugwort leaves appropriately. The temperature of soaking your feet should be just tolerable. When it gets cold, heat the water to replenish the temperature. Soak until your whole body feels slightly warm and you sweat slightly. Generally, It can achieve the effect of sweating in about 15 minutes, which can prevent colds and treat nasal congestion.
Blowing hot air on the face
In the first few days of the cold, blow the temple, Fengchi and Dazhui points with a hair dryer for 5 minutes every day, which can effectively relieve nasal congestion. To help treat colds, blowing hot air directly into your nostrils can also have a certain effect.
4. Green onions treat nasal congestion
Eat raw green onions
Friends in the Northeast all have the method of eating green onions rolled into flatbreads. This method is actually a kind of relief. To treat nasal congestion, when eating raw green onions, the pungent smell of green onions can stimulate the nasal cavity and relieve nasal congestion.
Drip green onion juice from the nose
Wash the green onions and squeeze out the green onion juice directly. Dip it with a cotton ball and apply it to the inside of the nasal cavity, or use a small straw to suck it up and lean back. Dropping it into the nasal cavity can effectively treat nasal congestion.
5. Diet therapy to treat nasal congestion
Ginger to treat nasal congestion
20 to 30 grams of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped, put into a large bottle of Coca-Cola, sprinkle with aluminum Bring the pot to a boil, let it cool slightly and then drink it while it's still hot. It has a good effect in preventing and treating influenza. When you first catch a cold by breathing steam, pour boiling water into a cup and breathe deeply into the hot air until the water in the cup cools down. Several times a day can relieve the symptoms of nasal congestion.
Sesame oil treats nasal congestion
If the nasal congestion is serious, you can put an appropriate amount of sesame oil in the pot, heat it until the oil is warm, add a small amount of Sichuan peppercorns, fry the Sichuan peppercorns and filter out the Sichuan peppercorns. Prepare the Sichuan peppercorn sesame oil and drop it into the nasal cavity after cooling, which can effectively relieve the symptoms of nasal congestion.
6. Other ways to treat nasal congestion
Gargling with salt water
When you have a cold, not only the nasal cavity is filled with various germs, but the mouth is also the same. During a cold, Rinse your mouth with salt water, which is very effective in treating colds and relieving nasal congestion.
Cold water nasal wash
Use cold water to clean the nasal cavity when washing your face. After washing your face, the nasal cavity will be clean and dry. No nasal congestion will occur for a long time, but the cold will be more serious. Do not use cold water to wash your nose and face when you are pregnant to avoid aggravating the cold.
Vitamin C can stop nasal congestion
Crush vitamin C tablets into powder, scoop them up with a spoon, put them in front of your nose and inhale some powder to stop nasal congestion. If there is no vitamin C, When taking tablets, you can also point fresh orange peels at your nostrils and squeeze some orange peel juice into the nasal cavity. The effect is similar to that of vitamin C tablet powder.
2. How to clean the nasal cavity
1. After getting up in the morning, take a deep breath, then use two thumbs to massage up and down the bridge of the nose, back and forth, until the nose feels smooth. If there is When the liquid comes out, just let it flow naturally. Then, press one nostril with your fingers, blow your nose to let the fluid drain out, and then press the other nostril in the same way as before. Just wipe it clean with a wet wipe and that's it.
2. Before washing your face in the morning, dip a cotton swab in water and then wipe it inside the nostrils. This can not only clean the nostrils, but also prevent colds.
3. Cut your nose hair frequently to avoid exposing it, but don’t cut it too short. If it is too short, it will not block dust.