All my life I had sinus problems, and I’m 30 now! I live in NYC, and now that its really cold out there my nose is stuffed pretty much all the time. I don’t know how long I can take it, really. I need some serious help here. My ears (especially the left one) feel full too. If I yawn the ears open sometimes, but if I do yawn too many times my left ear feels inflamed. It pains too sometimes. That bothers me a lot. Sometimes I see some yellowish discharge in my ears.

Generally my sinus discharge are thick, and when it gets worse they become thick and yellowish. I’m a little bit of overweight. Don’t have strong muscle tone. Recently I started watching my calorie intake and I’m losing some pounds. My conditions get worse in the winter. I have craving for strong foods (steak, and other meats, spicy and really hot food etc.). Not a big fan of sweets.

I’ll provide any other information about myself to find the perfect remedy for my conditions. Please help.

Thanks
Rip

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Dear nyripon,
Please tell us whether you have any pain at
[a] root of the nose
[b]zygoma
[c] above eyes or forehead
on hearing frm you we can proceed
avps

Give Kali Bich a try. It's one of our main sinus remedies, especially if the mucus is yellow and thick.

Try a 30C three times a day for 3 days; stop the remedy if you see a significant improvement or an aggravation.

If the improvement wears off, start the remedy again.

Let us know what happens.

Snoopy

Thanks AVPS, and Snoopy for your responds. I don't have any pain around my nose, or forhead area. Its just that a lot of thick mucus in my nose.I know its not fun to talk about though! Sometimes I have thick cough too. No pain. I have hoarseness a lot. My nose pretty much stuffed up. My left ear pops sometimes when I even Swallow. There are some pain too sometimes, especially the left ear. Is it possible I have fluid inside my ear(s)? If thats the case will homeopathy able to help? I understand that my ear problem (feels stuffy) and sinus problems are very much related.

Please let me know if I still should go for the Kali Bich. Thanks a lot for all your help guys.
Hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks
Rip

[ 27 December 2001: Message edited by: nyripon ]</p>

You don't lose anything by trying it.

Snoopy

Thanks Snoopy. I'll try Kali Bich from tomorrow.
-Rip

Dear nyripon,
I agree with snoopy- yes please try Kali Bich.
If you do not experience any pain , then you can put the possibility of sinusitis aside- If the situation is becomeing worse during winter or aggravated by cold air , ofcourse Merc and Acid Phos are there- But with your hoarseness (as concomitent)I would suggest Arum Tri - please consider.
avps

[ 28 December 2001: Message edited by: avps ]</p>

Dear nyripon
I agree with Snoopy since in the acute state of your sinusitis KALI-BI can help you but as it's not an anti-psoric remedy it's recovery is not
permanent.
For adminstrating an anti-psoric remedy I need more information about your constitution but now with these data and every thing I understant
about your mind I prefer PHOS .So acording to your condition if you are in acut phase , use KALI-BI C6 solution and after controling acute phase then use PHOS C30 and if not at first PHOS C30 sol.
Remember :1-If you are sure that PHOS is correct remedy you can use higher potency at first but it should be in minimal dosage to decrease the
aggravation since agg is not accepted in classical homeopathy.
2-Anti-miasmatic treatment occasionally need time and more than one remedy,so I suggest you to continue treatment and do'nt be despair of homeopathy.
I hope you get your health soon.

Thanks mehrdad,Snoopy,and avps. I started taking Kali Bich since yesterday. I'm expecting some agg this moring. I have a bad stuffy nose now. According to mehrdad kali bich is not the permanent solutiong for chronic sinus. And I have a life long sinus problem. Do I go with Phos 30 three times a day?
I forgot to mention something earlier. I took hepar 30 few months ago for the sinus. It was able to open up my nose and ears a bit. I took it for a few days. But I didn't know if I should continue and what strength to take and how long etc. Now my question is hepar a solution for chronic problems? And if hepar is the right remdey for me how long and what strengh do I take it. I'm sorry I didn't mention this before. But now that I think about it I felt it was working when I took hepar and it might be the right one for me. Please help ASAP.

Thanks
Rip

Dear Rip,

If it appears to you that Kali Bich is not helping at all, and Hepar has helped in the past, I would certainly return to what worked.

Put some Hepar 30C in a bottle of water so you can succuss 10 times (raise the potency) before each dose. Succuss means pound the bottle into the opposite palm.

Take 3 times a day, back off as you improve. If you recover, we can then discuss what your constitutional remedy might be. The constitutional doesn't always treat the acute, this is why we learn "remedy relationships"; we know, for example, that Calc-carb. has Belladonna and Rhus tox. acutes, and Phos. has Arsenicum acutes, and so on, so, it gives us an idea of what a person's constitutional might be when his acute has resolved.

Keynotes of Hepar with regard to the nose are:
discharge offensive, smells like old cheese. Stopped up every time he goes out in cold air. Sneezes when he goes out in the cold. Nostrils sore. Post nasal drip. Thick offensive discharge.

Snoopy

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