Friends and family are not having any luck getting rid of their headaches with pills, herbs or rest. Truth is the Sahara Desert has more moisture than most of our homes this time of year. Comfortable humidity according to the EPA is 30-50%. I don't have a hygrometer yet to test our home but with a wood stove we keep two pans of water on at all times. Bacteria can't grow well in the 50% humidity range that is where I want it. Airplanes keep the humidity at around 4% humidity, that is part of the reason we often get sick after a flight.
What I have found after living in the Mojave Desert is nothing gets rid of a dry sinus headache but a hot shower , hanging out over a cup of something hot and steamy or pouring water in my head, the Netti pot.
Hench the humor. If you haven't tried a Netti pot to rinse and hydrate your nostrils you are missing a wild ride. No it doesn't hurt if you use body temperature water and 1/8 teaspoon sea salt dissolved completely in your pot. "YouTube", using the Netti pot and if you can get over the gross factor it is amazing. Allergy and hay fever sufferers find rinsing the physical irritant from their breathing pathways a cheap safe easy method of getting rid of their symptoms. If the headache from, well you know, lands on your face go wash it out with a warm saline solution. Oh and if you have had a broken nose, or deviated septum you may want to skip this idea. Now head down over your sink and pots up and let it flow.
love ya Pixie
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