Now I will be the first to admit that am not an all natural/organic/homeopathic kind of girl.  Certain sections of Whole Foods scare me.  I shave my legs with regularity, don’t believe babies who can speak to ask for food should be breastfed and recycle only because I’ve been guilted into it.   And when it comes to colds and other sicknesses, I feel that anything manufactured by a mega-corporate pharmaceutical company, with the FDA stamp of approval is the best way to go.  However, being that you have to be in the process of actively dying these days to get an antibiotic sometimes a little open mindedness is not a bad thing…  enter the Neti Pot.  

 I was, at best, skeptical of the Neti Pot.  The name alone sounds like you should smell like patchouli and be listening to Cat Stevens.  However, with my head filled with mucus and no prescriptions to be had for love or money, I decided that I had nothing to lose except my dignity.  And let me tell you, there is nothing dignified about the Neti Pot.  You fill it with warm water and insert the tea pot looking tip into one nostril and with your head slightly inclined some sort of reverse gravity/osmosis takes place and the water is sucked up one nostril and out the other.  You then repeat the process on the other side.  Despite it feeling like a colonic for your nose, it was pretty effective in relieving my excess snot and did effectively clear my head to the point where I actually thought I may not have to go back to school to become a doctor just so I could write myself prescriptions. 

Rating 2 carats.  Its no substitute for a Z-pack, but does provide some relief.   I will still shop with abandon at corporate America and use artificial sweeteners, but its nice to know that natural is not all that bad.