The Covid-19 Thread: News, Preparation Tips, Etc

thetall1

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Beautiful Ladies of LHCF, I leave you with this: Ephesians 6: 17 -18

The Full Armor of God

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed, and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.

In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

Stay Strong and Focused!​


I just want to say that you are absolutely amazing! God bless you! :bighug:
 

yamilee21

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This thread is so long, so I don’t know whether it has been mentioned, but regarding what @Chicoro mentioned about New York’s COVID-19 hotspot... yes, NY (along with NJ) most certainly has clusters of serious outbreaks, but they were driven primarily through a few specific communities, and connections between those communities. And it has nothing to do with the typical migrants or trafficked people in the N.Y. metro area. I do understand why there was such an effort NOT to specify the communities in which the spread has exploded, but at the same time, this “coverup” has contributed greatly to people not taking the threat seriously, adhering to safety recommendations, and the attitude that it is either being exaggerated or that it is too late for precautions.
 

Jmartjrmd

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This is a huge sign of how stuff is hitting the fan in our hospitals plus the boards of nursing waiving licenses to get more travel nurses in...we are NOT ok and with protection from PPE there is no way they are going to keep hospital personnel healthy. They already cut corners now they are scrambling. Stay as healthy as possible because the hospitals are in crisis mode. Many requiring nurses to reuse one time use masks or BANNING ppe citing " it won't help". In one of my nursing groups a nurse brought her own gloves to work and they told her she couldnt use them.
Hospital leadership will have a bigger problem when these hospital workers start getting sick and dying.

Hoping to increase number of practicing nurses, Gov. Abbott waives some licensing rules
[1:04 p.m.] Gov. Greg Abbott announced Saturday he would waive certain regulations to allow nursing students and retired nurses to easily join the workforce, as the need for medical professionals grows during the novel coronavirus crisis.

He said the state would allow graduate nurses and vocational nurses who haven’t yet taken the licensing exam to receive temporary permit extensions allowing them to practice. Students in their final year of nursing school can more easily meet clinical requirements. And nurses with inactive licenses and retired nurses can reactive their licenses.

“Nurses are essential to our ability to test for this virus, provide care for COVID-19 patients, and to continue providing other essential health care services. Suspending these regulations will allow us to bring additional skilled nurses into the workforce to assist with our efforts and enhance our COVID-19 response,” he said in the release. — Aliyya Swaby
 

rayne

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I posted previously about my dr's conducting business as usual. Well, not quite. One appointment was today. A couple of days ago, the dr called and conducted a screening over the phone. Surprisingly, even though I was getting over a cold she told me that it was ok for me to come in. I just knew she was going to reschedule my appointment. When I got there, a note was posted on the door to call the office to check in and wait in your car. They will call you when they're ready.

For my other dr's appointment on Monday, I was told that it will now be over the phone.

Since I was out anyway, I decided to stop by the grocery store to pick up a few things. A lot of the shelves were bare and there were signs posted all over. One was asking customers to keep a certain distance apart when they get in line, another was informing customers of their new hours and the time allocated for older and/or vulnerable customers. When I got home and told DH about it, he said that he saw pics of a store that had x's taped on the floor in the checkout lines to show customers where to stand.

After it's all over, I wonder what life is going to look like. Will things go back to the same ol' same ol' or is this an indication of our new normal?
 

Chromia

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I posted previously about my dr's conducting business as usual. Well, not quite. One appointment was today. A couple of days ago, the dr called and conducted a screening over the phone. Surprisingly, even though I was getting over a cold she told me that it was ok for me to come in. I just knew she was going to reschedule my appointment. When I got there, a note was posted on the door to call the office to check in and wait in your car. They will call you when they're ready.

For my other dr's appointment on Monday, I was told that it will now be over the phone.

Since I was out anyway, I decided to stop by the grocery store to pick up a few things. A lot of the shelves were bare and there were signs posted all over. One was asking customers to keep a certain distance apart when they get in line, another was informing customers of their new hours and the time allocated for older and/or vulnerable customers. When I got home and told DH about it, he said that he saw pics of a store that had x's taped on the floor in the checkout lines to show customers where to stand.

After it's all over, I wonder what life is going to look like. Will things go back to the same ol' same ol' or is this an indication of our new normal?
Customers have to stand behind a red line at the checkout at Wegmans. If you're next in line you wait until the customer before you is finished before you cross the red line.

Customers paying cash have to put the money on the signing shelf to prevent hand-to-hand contact with the cashier. Then the cashier will put the receipt in the bag instead of handing it to the customer.

This started 2 days ago. I haven't been in the store since they started that, but I read a press release about it.
 

Black Ambrosia

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Layluh

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This thread is so long, so I don’t know whether it has been mentioned, but regarding what @Chicoro mentioned about New York’s COVID-19 hotspot... yes, NY (along with NJ) most certainly has clusters of serious outbreaks, but they were driven primarily through a few specific communities, and connections between those communities. And it has nothing to do with the typical migrants or trafficked people in the N.Y. metro area. I do understand why there was such an effort NOT to specify the communities in which the spread has exploded, but at the same time, this “coverup” has contributed greatly to people not taking the threat seriously, adhering to safety recommendations, and the attitude that it is either being exaggerated or that it is too late for precautions.
Do you know which communities those were? I remember hearing something about Jewish communities there
 

King of Sorrow

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New York City is now only testing people who require hospitalization (and healthcare workers) and for whom a COVID-19 diagnosis would alter their course of treatment. No more drive through testing. Presenting symptoms is no longer good enough. In other words (and someone please correct me if I have this wrong):

Before: 1,000 people presenting symptoms and who have been in contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19 show up for a test:
  • Tested: 1,000
    • Other/Non-COVID-19: 900
    • Mild COVID-19: 80
    • Severe COVID-19: 20
      • Recover: 18
      • Die: 2
> COVID-19 Mortality: 2% ( 2 deaths out of 100 diagnosed cases)

Now: If that same group of 1,000 people showed up to a testing site today:
  • Not Tested: 975
    • Undiagnosed Mild Other/Non-COVID-19: 895
    • Undiagnosed Mild COVID-19: 80
  • Tested: 25
    • Severe Other/Non-COVID-19: 5
    • Severe COVID-19: 20
      • Recover: 18
      • Die: 2
> COVID-19 Mortality: 10% (2 deaths out of 20 diagnosed cases)

Same number of people walking around who are infected, same breakdown of mild vs severe, same outcome but a different "mortality" rate due to testing 25 out of a possible 1,000. I think we should brace ourselves for that and not panic. We're going to see a lower than reality count of infections but it's going to look like more people are dying.

I can see the benefit of saving those 975 tests and all the protective gear and equipment that the medical staff would have otherwise used to perform those tests and also avoiding the exposure to 80 additional people with COVID-19. Still. People really need to stay home, especially the 80 people who don't know they have it. I feel like compliance with a 14 day self-quarantine is more likely when you know you have it versus making believe.
 
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Black Ambrosia

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Have they called in the guard yet?
I've been rationing my news intake so I may be out of the loop but I don't think so. There are 2200 police officers so I guess it should still be okay but who knows how many others are infected but undiagnosed. I'm vacillating right now between dreading the idea of a national lockdown (and the guard maintaining order) or wanting them to come (to maintain order). Even if they only come to help with testing, it's timely. The count here is increasing rapidly. I know it's a reflection of doing more testing but it's unnerving just the same. I just want this to be over.
 

yamilee21

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Do you know which communities those were? I remember hearing something about Jewish communities there
Yup, the explosion in cases in NY and to a lesser degree in NJ, is largely in the ultra-orthodox communities. There are other cases of course, but the concentration of new cases are in their communities. That is probably why NY has changed the testing policy as well - in Crown Heights for example, just about everyone has been exposed, so it makes more sense to operate under the assumption that everyone has it. And the crazy part is that it took a conference call involving the White House Wednesday night, March 18th to get the rabbis and other community leaders to finally agree to completely close all the synagogues, yeshivahs and stop the public gatherings! That was only 3 days ago... way too late to stop, let alone slow, the spread.

It makes so much sense now why the mayor was hesitant to close the schools. He couldn’t say anything specifically about which communities were being affected; he has no influence in those communities, and he couldn’t do much to enforce the safety recommendations there. Even now, local mainstream media is keeping all of this very quiet, presumably not to inflame tensions. You have to really dig around to find the information, but it is all over media sources within those communities. It’s actually incredibly frustrating because not being forthcoming has made the situation much worse for everyone.
 

Chicoro

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Two schools have been shut down in the Bronx so its getting closer to me. Again I ask what are the demographics that this virus is affecting most...those 2 schools were 2 Jewish Yeshivas. NYC's Yeshivas are notoriously nasty.

@discodumpling asked a key question. Seems she was close to the truth too. That was post #315 of this thread, with the posted date of March 3rd, 2020.


This thread is so long, so I don’t know whether it has been mentioned, but regarding what @Chicoro mentioned about New York’s COVID-19 hotspot... yes, NY (along with NJ) most certainly has clusters of serious outbreaks, but they were driven primarily through a few specific communities, and connections between those communities. And it has nothing to do with the typical migrants or trafficked people in the N.Y. metro area. I do understand why there was such an effort NOT to specify the communities in which the spread has exploded, but at the same time, this “coverup” has contributed greatly to people not taking the threat seriously, adhering to safety recommendations, and the attitude that it is either being exaggerated or that it is too late for precautions.

Yup, the explosion in cases in NY and to a lesser degree in NJ, is largely in the ultra-orthodox communities. There are other cases of course, but the concentration of new cases are in their communities. That is probably why NY has changed the testing policy as well - in Crown Heights for example, just about everyone has been exposed, so it makes more sense to operate under the assumption that everyone has it. And the crazy part is that it took a conference call involving the White House Wednesday night, March 18th to get the rabbis and other community leaders to finally agree to completely close all the synagogues, yeshivahs and stop the public gatherings! That was only 3 days ago... way too late to stop, let alone slow, the spread.

It makes so much sense now why the mayor was hesitant to close the schools. He couldn’t say anything specifically about which communities were being affected; he has no influence in those communities, and he couldn’t do much to enforce the safety recommendations there. Even now, local mainstream media is keeping all of this very quiet, presumably not to inflame tensions. You have to really dig around to find the information, but it is all over media sources within those communities. It’s actually incredibly frustrating because not being forthcoming has made the situation much worse for everyone.


@yamilee21 ,
Thank you for the corrections and the clarification! We appreciate the intel! Keep it coming!
 
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Chicoro

5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
This thread is so long, so I don’t know whether it has been mentioned, but regarding what @Chicoro mentioned about New York’s COVID-19 hotspot... yes, NY (along with NJ) most certainly has clusters of serious outbreaks, but they were driven primarily through a few specific communities, and connections between those communities. And it has nothing to do with the typical migrants or trafficked people in the N.Y. metro area. I do understand why there was such an effort NOT to specify the communities in which the spread has exploded, but at the same time, this “coverup” has contributed greatly to people not taking the threat seriously, adhering to safety recommendations, and the attitude that it is either being exaggerated or that it is too late for precautions.

https://www.cjnews.com/news/interna...rthodox-rabbis-to-urge-coronavirus-compliance

White House holds conference call with Orthodox rabbis to urge coronavirus compliance
By
JTA
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March 19, 2020


The White House in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Embassy, Jakarta/CC BY-ND 2.0)

Take the coronavirus seriously and follow Trump administration guidelines on limiting gatherings of people.

That was the message from the White House in a conference call with New York Orthodox rabbis and Jewish leaders on Tuesday afternoon. Among those on the call were haredi rabbis. The haredi community in some cases has been slow to tamp down on large gatherings and close synagogues.

The White House asked the rabbis to close yeshivas and schools that are still open.

Avi Berkowitz, an assistant to U.S. President Donald Trump and an Orthodox Jew, led the call. Berkowitz went over the guidelines with the leaders, The Jerusalem Post reported, citing an unnamed source with knowledge of the details of the conversation.


“He explained to the rabbis how critical the situation is,” an administration official told the Post.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the administration’s coronavirus task force, was not on the call, the Vos Iz Neias news website reported.

Berkowitz told the rabbis that not adhering to the guidelines, including not holding prayer services, would see the situation “turn into a serious issue of pikuach nefesh,” or saving a life, according to VIN.
 

Chicoro

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This thread is so long, so I don’t know whether it has been mentioned, but regarding what @Chicoro mentioned about New York’s COVID-19 hotspot... yes, NY (along with NJ) most certainly has clusters of serious outbreaks, but they were driven primarily through a few specific communities, and connections between those communities. And it has nothing to do with the typical migrants or trafficked people in the N.Y. metro area. I do understand why there was such an effort NOT to specify the communities in which the spread has exploded, but at the same time, this “coverup” has contributed greatly to people not taking the threat seriously, adhering to safety recommendations, and the attitude that it is either being exaggerated or that it is too late for precautions.


social distancing
Following the call, the Satmar Rebbe ordered all shuls, yeshivas and schools in Kiryas Joel to close


Avi Berkowitz/White House

By
Jacob Kornbluh
March 18, 2020

Assistant to the President Avi Berkowitz implored Hasidic rabbis and leaders of the Orthodox community in a conference call on Tuesday to take the government’s strict measures to tackle the coronavirus seriously. Following the call, the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, ordered all shuls, yeshivas and schools in the upstate enclave of Kiryas Joel to close.


Background: An administration official told Jewish Insider’s Jacob Kornbluh that the White House reached out to the most relevant leaders from the community to “get people to be cautious by walking them through the guidelines.” The White House relayed that the guidelines were issued by President Donald Trump “and they are not something to be taken lightly.” The 45-minute call “went pretty well,” the official said. “There was a widespread understanding how serious this issue is and we are hopeful that it will lead to serious results as quickly as possible.”

The mediator: Berkowitz, who is Orthodox and had a Hasidic grandfather, was tapped by the White House to lead the call since he’s familiar with the community and “would be the right voice” to speak their language, explain the guidelines and the implications to their religious practices and traditions, as well as hear their concerns, the administration official said.


Hasidic men take part in a ‘social distancing’ minyan in Williamsburg last night.

Growing numbers: More than 100 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood, according to the local Asisa urgent care clinic, which told JTA it has conducted 1,000 total tests as of Tuesday. The number of confirmed cases in New York City rose to over 800, with more than 1,500 in New York State overall as of yesterday. The New York City Fire Department broke up a wedding in Williamsburg on Tuesday afternoon after hundreds defied the restrictions issued by federal and state officials.

Speaking up: Met Council CEO David Greenfield, who represented Borough Park and Midwood in the City Council until 2018, told JI that he’s been sounding the alarm for days. “These are hard communities to break through to,” Greenfield explained. “That is why I spent the last few days working directly with their respective leadership to close down the yeshivas. I am genuinely concerned because these are such tight-knit communities that eat, pray, shop, study and socialize together.”

 

Chicoro

5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
Xylitol Post 1/3


Remember those cilia I mentioned up thread? You want to optimize your body functions!

Xylitol nasal spray might be a consideration to possibly help keep your nasal area clean

https://www.rdhmag.com/patient-care/rinses-pastes/article/16408779/keep-your-nose-clean

Nasal and upper respiratory benefits of xylitol use
by Susan Clark, RDHEF

Dr. Matti Uhari is one of the world's leading xylitol researchers. He works in the department of pediatrics at the University of Oulu in Finland. Knowing that xylitol inhibits the growth of Streptococci mutans in the mouth, he then hypothesized that xylitol could also affect the growth of other nasopharyngeal bacterial flora, an important factor when considering respiratory infections. He studied this in vitro by adding xylitol to a medium and observed that 1% and 5% xylitol markedly reduced the growth of alpha-hemolytic streptococci, including Streptococcus pneumoniae. If xylitol reduced the growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the nasopharynx, he concluded that xylitol could also reduce the carriage of this pathogen and thus have clinical significance in the prevention of pneumococcal diseases.

Finnish researchers also found that xylitol decreased ear infections. They looked at what happened when the bacteria in the nose were exposed to xylitol. Dr. Uhari's group reported their findings in the British Medical Journal in 1996 and in Pediatrics in 1988. They showed that ear infections in children could be reduced by up to 40% with eight to nine grams of oral xylitol every day.

Building on the studies of Dr. Uhari and other researchers, Dr. Lon Jones, a board certified osteopathic physician based in Plainview, Texas, developed a xylitol-based nasal spray. Since these studies suggested that it was possible to create better upper respiratory health using a natural product such as xylitol, he began administering it to his granddaughter who had chronic ear infections. He administered the xylitol-based nasal wash after every diaper change and observed her ear infections ceased. Dr. Jones then had 10 children in his practice use the nasal wash in the same manner. Over the next 11 months of regular use of this xylitol-based spray, these 10 children experienced a 93% reduction in ear infections.

Bacteria usually cause an ear infection, but a virus can also be the culprit. They begin in the back of the nose, when fluid builds up in the area behind the eardrum, and then becomes infected. The bacteria that live on the mucus travel down into the eustachian tube that leads into the middle ear and cause otitis media in children.

In older people, and while properly termed lower respiratory infections, bacteria and viruses that are able to get airborne in the nose are aspirated to cause bronchitis and pneumonia. When working effectively, any fluid that enters this area leaves quickly through the eustachian tube, which connects the middle ear to the back of the nose and throat. However, if the eustachian tube is blocked – which is common during colds, sinus infections, and even allergy seasons – it traps the fluid in the middle ear. Germs like to grow in dark, warm, and wet places, so a fluid-filled middle ear becomes the perfect breeding ground. As the infection worsens, so may the inflammation in and behind the eardrum, resulting in pain.

Babies are particularly susceptible to ear infections because their eustachian tubes are short (about 1/2 inch) and horizontal. As they grow to adulthood, their tubes triple in length and become vertical, so fluid can drain more easily. Ear infections are one of the most common childhood illnesses. Be sure to include questions on the health history with children in your practice about ear infections and asthma. These conditions are now considered risks factors for early childhood caries.

In 1999, Dr. Jones patented using xylitol in nasal application and formulated the product that became known as Xlear Nasal Spray. This nasal spray line contains xylitol, purified water, salt, and grapefruit seed extract as a preservative. It contains no drugs, has no side effects, is safe for all ages, and is completely non-habit forming. Its principal ingredient is xylitol. It functions to wash bacteria and pollutants, while soothing and moisturizing the nasal passageway.

The nasal spray works in three ways:

  • First, it decreases the adherence of harmful bacteria to the cells in the nose.
  • Secondly, the concentration of xylitol stimulates our own defensive washing of the nose.
  • Thirdly, the xylitol decreases the concentration of salt in the airway surface fluid.
If you could look with a microscope inside your nose, you would see all of the pollutants and infecting agents stuck in mucus that coats and protects your airway. The mucus would be moving slowly, toward the back of the nose. The mucus is secreted by special cells, scattered among those lining your airway and swept by microscopic hairs called cilia that extend into the airway from the other cells in the airway. Between these ciliated and mucus-secreting cells and the mucus layer is the airway surface fluid that provides some space for the cilia to help trap and propel bacteria and pollutants out of the nose.

The thin layer of airway surface fluid is also the home of several protein substances called defensins. These antimicrobial substances help trap and kill foreign bacteria that are constantly being deposited in the lungs. When it is working properly, it is a very effective cleaning mechanism.

Xylitol helps the defensins because it has low transepithelial permeability, and is poorly metabolized by several bacteria, so it can lower the airway surface liquid salt concentration. Bacteria lose their ability to adhere to sinus tissue, thus allowing the body to more easily clear them away.

Irritants, toxins, allergens, and dust accumulating in the nasal passages cause the cilia to become disorganized. This underscores the cilia's natural defense system to work properly. The mucus is dry and does not hold on effectively to the bacteria or other pollutants. When a person's natural defense is blocked, and when harmful bacteria make their home in the upper respiratory passages, they breed and multiply, leading to upper respiratory infection and disease, ear infections, sinusitis, and asthma.

Using a nasal spray with xylitol on a daily basis helps your body rinse away infection-causing bacteria and hydrates the nasal passage and sinuses. In addition, unlike prescription remedies, this daily use will never damage tissues, nor result in antibiotic resistance.

Irritants in the back of the nose trigger asthma and allergies as well. Again, the immune system's response to get rid of these irritants is to wash them out. It does this by stimulating the release of histamine.

According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, histamine accomplishes four steps in the nasal passageway.

  • Opens small blood vessels under the cells lining the nasal cavity. By doing this, it provides the water for the washing, it replenishes and increases the airway surface fluid with its defensins, and optimizes the water available for the mucus to be wet, sticky, and moveable. Thus, histamine helps the nose get cleaned out faster and easier.
  • Increases the mucus to pick up more pollutants.
  • Increases sneezing
  • Constricts the bronchi, closing down the airway to protect the lungs.
A child's immune response to pollutants in the nose is a runny nose. Traditionally, antihistamines were developed to block histamines, induce rhino rhea, and shrink swollen membranes to allow easier draining of sinuses and the eustachian tube. What they do in effect is turn off nasopharyngeal washing by drying the membranes. Antihistamines block histamine – the "water" is never turned on. Decongestants close down the leaking blood vessels, turning off the water, and do not respond to the pollution in the nasopharynx.

An open nasal airway helps to avoid mouth breathing and is essential for proper orthopedic and orthodontic development. I have already discussed chronic middle ear infections, sinusitis, and upper respiratory infections. Mouth breathing can particularly affect the growing face.

Tongue thrust and digit sucking are harmful to the developing child as well. There is a direct relationship between the degree of mouth breathing and the severity of the malocclusion. This picture shows the results of open mouth breathing, tongue thrust, and digit sucking. Open mouth posturing can cause dental and cosmetic problems too.

Infants instinctively are 100% nasal breathers at birth. When babies are born, their sinus passageways are not connected to the throat like children and adults. This helps them to nurse without aspirating milk. They can only breathe through their nose, so when their nose is stuffy, they will be very uncomfortable

The largest increments of growth occur during the earliest years of life. Consequently, if a child has chronic nasal obstruction, it is essential to correct the problem as soon as possible.

The decision is clear. Regular cleansing of the nasal passage is an important step to preventing illness. Using a nasal spray with xylitol is an effective tool for washing the nose and flushing away harmful bacteria and pollutants that might otherwise lead to sinusitis, ear infections, and upper respiratory disease.


So remember, keep your nose clean.

Susan Clark, RDHEF, is a key opinion leader, speaker, and author of "Exploring Dental Hygiene, Finding the Hidden Rewards." She is the West Coast Region Product Educator for Xlear Inc. She is also actively involved with her local component and California Dental Hygienists' Association and the California HY-PAC committee. You can visit her web site at www.sgclark.net orcontact her at [email protected].

 
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Chicoro

5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
Xylitol Post 2/3

http://www.xyless.com/p/how-to-make-your-own-xylitol-nasal.html


How to Make Your Own Xylitol Nasal Spray


With the onset of cold and flu season, many experience the misery of a stuffy nose. It is particularly unpleasant to be in bed at night, attempting to get some much needed rest, and not be able to breathe. Using a xylitol nasal wash helps prevent and clear up congestion associated with the common cold.

Over the counter Xylitol nasal sprays are expensive - up to $15 a bottle, plus shipping if purchased online, but you can make your own for a lower cost or to avoid certain chemicals in commercial preparations. It is not difficult, and once you get accustomed to making it, you will be able to do it easily and quickly.

Getting Started

First, find and prepare an appropriate nasal spray bottle. It is preferable to have one with a cap that twists on and off. If you have one that used to contain another type of nasal spray or a commercial preparation, wash and sanitize it. You can purchase nasal spray bottles online, if you do not have an old one that you can sanitize and re-use. You will also need a small pan for boiling, and some purified or distilled water.

Making the Spray

To make the spray, you need to mix 1 cup of water, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tbs. of xylitol crystals, 4 drops of grapefruit seed extract and a pinch of ordinary household baking soda.


The water should be warm, and you should mix the ingredients until they are completely dissolved.

Xylitol crystals and grapefruit seed extract are available to order from multiple online sources, or can be purchased at your local natural/health foods store.

To use the preparation, pour into nasal spray bottle and spray two sprays into each nostril as needed.

As with any nasal spray or natural remedy, always consult your doctor before use.
 
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Chicoro

5 Year Shea Anniversary: Started Dec 16th, 2016!
Xylitol Post 3/3

Why I Am Mentioning Xylitol to You
(This is the third post!)​

Despite being confined to the house for about seven (7) days, I woke up with a stuffy nose and my nostrils felt funny. Simultaneously as I was between the cusp of sleeping and awakening, I also received an image, an impression,a message or picture in my mind to use a product in my cabinet. There was some dried blood and mucous in my nose and some very light bleeding when I blew my nose.

The product is a natural nasal spray called Xlear (pronounced Clear) created by Lon Jones. I got it out my cabinet. I did my due diligence with this product before I bought it and brought it to my home. My eyes were blood shot all the time and at the time, I was looking for a way to cleanse my nasal passages to help clear my eyes. I later discovered sugar and gluten were the likely culprits. Since I stopped eating sugar and drastically limiting my gluten intake, my sclera or eye whites have become a pretty, bright white.


My bottle looks like this:

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If you buy it now it looks like this:



I sprayed my product into my nose and my nasal passages felt better instntly. Although my bottle had not been opened and had the plastic seal around it, the expiration had passed. It still worked. The numbness around my nostrils and the stuffiness went away in about 5 minutes.

Can't buy the product? Here's the homemade recipe once again:
Making the Spray

To make the spray, you need to mix 1 cup of water, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tbs. of xylitol crystals, 4 drops of grapefruit seed extract and a pinch of ordinary household baking soda.


http://www.xyless.com/p/how-to-make-your-own-xylitol-nasal.html
 
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Chicoro

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