{"id":145,"date":"2007-09-10T08:10:33","date_gmt":"2007-09-10T12:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/?p=145"},"modified":"2007-09-10T12:01:20","modified_gmt":"2007-09-10T16:01:20","slug":"neti-pots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"Neti pots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It occurs to me that Nettie Potts might make a good character name, but today I&#8217;m passing on medical advice.  As one of those uninsured Americans, I&#8217;m always looking for cheap, effective alternatives to prescription drugs.  After my doctor tried me on a couple of different nasal sprays to combat chronic congestion ($110+ for a tiny bottle with side effects), he suggested I try sinus irrigation based on the testimonials of a few of his patients.  Basically, you pour water in one nostril, and it comes out the other.  You can add salt and baking soda to the water to increase its efficacy.  It works like a charm, costs almost nothing, and has no side effects that I&#8217;ve discovered.  I bought a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinucleanse.com\/\">SinuCleanse<\/a> pot from Walgreens which comes with measured packets of salt and soda.  When those ran out, I mixed my own using a kitchen scale.  If you find yourself snuffling or constantly clearing your throat, try a neti.  I use one daily.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dennisdanvers.com\/pictures\/neti2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It occurs to me that Nettie Potts might make a good character name, but today I&#8217;m passing on medical advice. As one of those uninsured Americans, I&#8217;m always looking for cheap, effective alternatives to prescription drugs. After my doctor tried &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/?p=145\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dennisdanvers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}