| When a sinus infection attacks, it can linger for weeks | | | | your body and enable it to get stronger and fight off |
| and not only cause physical symptoms, but emotional | | | | infection for good. |
| distress. Faced with a flood of over the counter | | | | The key to beating and keeping sinus infections at bay |
| medications, many consumers are opting for herbal | | | | is to get your immune system healthy. Echinacea is |
| remedies to treat sinusitis. | | | | one herbal immune booster that helps with |
| It's more than just a runny nose or a headache that | | | | inflammation and protects your mucus membranes |
| won't go away. When sinusitis strikes, your entire body | | | | from being pierced by infectious bacteria. A single |
| is fatigued and it seems as if it's a common cold that | | | | capsule of 150-300 mg or 1 teaspoon fluid extract |
| you can't get rid of. In reality, your sinuses are in need | | | | mixed with 1 cup of water is sufficient to treat your |
| of an herbal treatment to repair the damage being | | | | sinuses. |
| done to your body and set you on a path to wellness. | | | | Goldenseal is another natural herbal remedy used to |
| The National Center for Health Statistics says that | | | | treat sinus infections. Its immune-enhancing properties |
| sinusitis is the single most common disorder affecting | | | | help with the natural flow of mucus, helping your body |
| American today. Herbal remedies treat the symptoms, | | | | get rid of toxins that are slowing you down. You can |
| including congestion, headaches, and pressure in the | | | | start treatment with a 250-500 mg capsule or 1 |
| head. | | | | teaspoon of fluid extract combined with a cup of |
| Unlike a viral or bacterial infection, sinusitis just means | | | | water. |
| that your sinuses are inflamed. Herbs can help cause | | | | Two other herbs commonly used to treat sinus |
| the sinuses to return to normal quicker, since many | | | | infections are nettle and licorice, using the same doses |
| sinus infections last for three months or longer. | | | | as in Goldenseal treatments. Regardless of which herb |
| Doctors will generally prescribe antibiotics, but they do | | | | you use to treat your own sinus infection, make sure |
| nothing to prepare the body against a recurring attack. | | | | you take every available precaution to fortify your |
| Plus, they tend to compromise the amount of good | | | | immune system so that your body has it in it to fight |
| bacteria living in your sinuses to help ward off infection. | | | | off infection the next time it's faced with an unfriendly |
| Herbs, on the other hand, provide a natural balance to | | | | bacterial infection. |