Replied by Bill (San Fernando, Philippines) on 07/06/2012

You can simply use lugol's iodine -- a few drops in a capful of water. Use a dropper and squirt this solution into each nasal passage. Let the diluted iodine completely soak in to the gunk in the nasal passages(and to the back of your throat if possible) for a minute or two and then just blow your nose and you're done. Do this 2 or 3 times a day. Iodine is a mucolytic(actively reduces mucus and gunk in the nose) and is also a a very effective broadband pathogen killer which kills most pathogens -- including bacteria, fungus, viruses and protozoa -- in about 30 seconds. I also see no reason why tincture of iodine cannot be used in exactly the same way -- since you are effectively using the iodine topically here.

Another option for you is to use 3% Hydrogen Peroxide in the same way as iodine. Dilute this down to 1.5% HP with an equal volume of water and then use a dropper to squirt this into each nostril in the same way as for iodine.

Another good product is an all-natural nasal spray shown here whose ingredients have been clinically proven. This product contains all natural bacterial/fungal killers in an alkaline solution of saline and sodium bicarbonate and contains no synthetic chemicals. And here is what the product contains. My son's grilfriend uses this powerful product for her sinusitis/rhinitis problem (also a bacterial/fungal problem). And even during the Spring -- when her sinusitis should be raging at its very worst -- she only had to use this product two or three times a week. This product also completely removed the gunk in her nose. The result was -- no more headaches, no more red nose and she was able to sleep soundly through the night without further problems.

Replied by Dryvway (Sparks, Nv, U.s.) on 07/06/2012