# Mr. brown caves and uses neti pot - and he loves it

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 5, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brown-caves-and-uses-neti-pot-and-he-loves-it/475878 "2008-12-05T17:04:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brown-caves-and-uses-neti-pot-and-he-loves-it/475878/201 "2009-01-22T22:07:09Z")

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I think its time to contact the Neti Pot Corp and have them start paying for all this free advertising!

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brown-caves-and-uses-neti-pot-and-he-loves-it/475878/202 "2009-02-10T07:33:01Z")

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Since I’ve been doing this (not using a neti pot as such, but a bottle that I can pour from) I have yet to suffer a cold or flu this winter. A couple of mornings, I’ve had _one_ snot-filled nostril, and on occasion I’ve sneezed. But this is a complete contrast to my usual during cold and flu season.

Normally, I get a cold or flu, and my who head gets stuffed up and, inevitably, the cold or flu ends but I’m left with a week or more of bronchitis, coughing and hacking like a consumptive.

But nothing this winter!

Is the salt providing an inhospitable environment for the bugs?

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**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brown-caves-and-uses-neti-pot-and-he-loves-it/475878/203 "2009-02-10T12:03:55Z")

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I’ve had the opposite of **gaffa** ’s result. As noted earlier in this thread, I started using a neti pot, but at the end of January I developed a cold. This has been the first full-blown cold I’ve had in at least two years.

On the assumption my catching the cold was coincidental, I have continued using the neti pot every day, frequently resulting in ropes of mucous hanging from my nose once the water finishes draining my sinuses.

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brown-caves-and-uses-neti-pot-and-he-loves-it/475878/204 "2009-02-10T14:42:13Z")

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My brother in law told me yesterday that sometimes he mixes ginger tea and mint tea and adds the salt and it gives an extra boost when he’s congested.

StG

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**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-brown-caves-and-uses-neti-pot-and-he-loves-it/475878/205 "2009-02-19T14:19:34Z")

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My current neti like experience. It is amazing what I will do when congested to the eyeballs.  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10847506&postcount=8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10847506&postcount=8)

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