Hydrogen Peroxide: Safe Sinus Infection Relief

I'd like to thank Charles and Earth Clinic. a solution of Hydrogen Peroxide and water in a netti pot (or what I used, a decorative tea pot) and pouring it down through my nose cleared up the horrible pain I had. My pain on a scale of 1 (non-exisitant) to 10, 10 being the worst (pulling teeth because it would be easier to deal with), it would have been an 8. Not because of the bad sinus infection it's self but because of my bad (bad!!) tooth the infection was bothering.

Did you put salt in the Neti pot along with the water and hydrogen peroxide? If so, how much?

I have had sinus congestion for the past several days real bad. I decided to try the 50/50 Peroxide/Water mix and squirt in each nostril. It burned like people said on your site and my nose started running like crazy, but it did NOT clear up my sinuses. Actually it increased the pressure in my sinuses so much that I did not sleep well at all, had a sinus headache, and my cheek bones hurt. I would not try that again.

If using H2o2 burned your nose... you used too much. You should have only used about a tablespoon of 3% hydrogen peroxide to 8 ounces of water.

Awesome!!!! Just did it... 4:01 in the morning. Awesome!!!!!

I'm sure 'Modern Science' found it doesn't work. Anything that is cheap and easy to use is dangerous! More and more of modern studies are being found to be fraudulent.

Hi Lee – Try switching to ACV nasal douching for a week to see if this improves your sinus. You can read more here. https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/sinus_congestion.html#acv

I think you're using too much peroxide in the mix.

Make sure you're using filtered water.

but we are talking about 3% not 35%, the product is already @3%, so why the ratio 4:1 could be too concentrate?

Sounds scary - I think I'll try it in my ears first - thats supposed to work isn't it?

Thank you so much for sharing all of your experiences with doing this. I found it all very helpful. I was actually on the net looking for remedies for my CAT'S Congestion problems..didn't think I'd actually find a remedy for myself and my HORRIBLE Allergies.

Has anyone noticed if this also helps post nasal drip?? If not, anyone have any suggestions?? ALL the meds I take for allergies, and colds NEVER work well enough for it. It's disgusting and VERY ANNOYING!

Thanks! Good Health to you ALL!! :-)

How much water to how much peroxide? and how often a day?

No, we didn't use salt with the hydrogen peroxide, but my wife did use a saline solution after the peroxide mix. She's been using it for 3 days now and for the first time ever she gets a steady stream out of both nostrils using her neti pot.

I have another question for people - can you use too much hydrogen peroxide? At what point should you just use salt and water?

I tried the hydrogen peroxide, 1/2 cup warm water and 1 capful of the peroxide and I got the worst nose bleeds possible. I do not recommend this. Good thing I didn't do the 50/50!

If your sinuses burn you are using too much peroxide! you should only use about a half a teaspoon per 10 oz of water. you should definitely NOT be putting a 50/50 mixture into your nose. It can and WILL make sinus symptoms worse if you use too much peroxide. Also, I would recommend using about a tsp of salt in the mixture as well.

I spoke to my doctor about hydrogen peroxide. He is actually quite open to these things because he uses a neti pot himself. He said a few drops of 3% hydrogen peroxide in a neti pot might be okay to use. He said peroxide will generally burn/sting the nasal tissues so proceed slowly! He said 110% do NOT swallow it since, according to him, "it's basically bleach." I took his advice to mean to be careful even not to swallow any that might trickle down the back of your throat after using a neti pot.

You do realize that the article you are quoting is from 1895, and that medical science has advanced a great deal since then. Most modern sources recommend NOT using hydrogen peroxide in the nasal passages, and you DO NOT EVER swallow it. If you searched for some articles (say post 1960) you just might find that the article you quoted has been disproven quite effectively.