Homeopathic Allergy Spray May Be the Ticket

Last year, a friend and I attended a Civil War reenactment in southern Missouri. There, a woman with Josie's Original Soap Co., peddled her era-wares, including homemade soaps (one for poison ivy that works GREAT) and other items guaranteed to help with health issues. The one item that intrigued me was Nasal Snuff. This combustible mix of powdered pepper, and what appears to be cumin and other ingredients, is supposed to help alleviate severe allergy symptoms. You mix it until it is a thick paste and snuff it up your sinuses as far back as you can go. I'd just read in an allergy tome how peppers were good for allergy symptoms, something a doctor did not need to tell this jalapeno lover. I thought this could be the answer to my prayers.

I hate being medicated - no matter what the illness, I don't think sucking down a bunch of pills is a good idea. They ruin your liver and some make my heart palpitate until I think I'm going to pass out. I wanted something completely natural that could help me breathe again - and maybe, just maybe, give me back my original voice so I didn't sound like a stuffed pig while recording audio. I bought a package immediately, thinking I would try it in my neti pot, if nothing else.

Well, the more I smelled the potent mix, the more I thought about just how much it would hurt going down. Could I hack it? By the time I got brave enough to try it, I was stuffed up. (Have been throughout the year, frankly.) I could barely breathe through my nose. How would I be able to sniff it? I pulled out the package and mulled exactly what I should do. I decided I may have a cold with my allergies - even though it didn't feel that way, I thought I should try. After all, the antihistamine's just were not working this year. I sounded worse, even with the pill. Don't even ask what I sounded like without it.

While looking through the pharmacy for something suitable, I came across Sinus Buster. It's a homeopathic nasal spray with capsaicin pepper extract and eucalyptol. The best parts?

• Made in USA
• No animal testing
• No chemicals

As much as I hate nasal sprays, I was sold. I figured $12 wasn't much to try it. In fact, that was pretty cheap compared to the $100 I was paying for a prescription medication (which I had to give up because of cost).

I got home and immediately primed the pump. The first thing I noticed is no drip. The spray comes out in manageable measured doses. It didn't drip nearly as bad as other sprays.

The next thing I noticed was the pain wasn't nearly as bad as I thought.

An hour later, I realized I was breathing through both nostrils for the first time in months.

I sat and breathed in and out. In and out. I couldn't believe it. It was amazing to have results that fast.

This is my first day on Sinus Buster, so I'm not sure if the results will be long-term, but I'm definitely willing to test it out. Right now, I still have a bit of antihistamine in my body. I need to stop taking it completely for a few days and continue to use the spray to see if it could really do the trick. Even if I still have to take an antihistamine, Sinus Buster will be an excellent addition to the neti pot and pill, which do not allow me to breathe long-term through my nose.

You can find out more at http://www.sinusbuster.com/howitworks/index.html The photo included in this post is from the Sinus Buster Web site. The packaging is different from what I got, but it is the same product.

Since my digital camera is on the fritz, and I cannot take a photo of the box, I'll write out the text from the new box:

Sinus Buster
all Natural Nasal Spray
Sinus & Headache formula
Made with natural Capsaicin pepper extract
Relieves sinus pressure, nasal congestion, allergy symptoms and chronic headaches.

I should mention that I have never been tested for allergies, but I know that pollen, mold, ragweed, cedar blooms and oak (especially wood ash) put me through hell every year.