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Anyone used Tea Tree Oil in a nasal rinse for chronic sinusitis?

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Sep 9, 2019 | Replies (20)
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@sueinmn

I'm not trying to be alarmist here, but I will say adamantly - DO NOT INHALE that which is not intended to be in your lungs, no matter who suggests it.
Please look at the current news reports of young people, presumably with (formerly) healthy lungs, who opted to put CBD oil or THC oil in e-cigs, and are now facing serious lung damage, which may be with them for life.
Things that are designed to be put on your skin, or into an aromatherapy vessel to disperse into the room air, have NOT been tested and shown to be safe to put into your body.
My sister chose, 20+ years ago, to ingest an oil that was untested for purity and safety at the recommendation of an "alternative medicine practitioner" who we later learned had no academic credentials. As a result, she suffered serious, irreversible damage to her liver, kidneys and pancreas, has many health and central nervous system problems, and is an invalid to this day. She and her husband live their retirement from health crisis to health crisis.

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Jennifer, Volunteer Mentor | @jenniferhunter | Sep 5, 2019

@sueinmn @fdixon63 Thank you for your post, but I am not suggesting that anyone inhale any oils or substances. I agree that vaping is a serious problem and it is not at all the same as what I mentioned. What I suggested is a drop of oregano oil in boiling water and that was on the Doctor Oz show in a segment about sinus infections and he said his family did this treatment themselves. This is like putting Vick's ointment in your vaporizer which has eucalyptus oil in it. The grease stays in the vaporizer and you can smell the scent. You inhale the steam which is water that helps thin mucous.

Boiling water will leave all it's impurities behind and water has a phase shift from a liquid to gas (steam) that occurs at 212 degrees Fahrenheit or 100 degrees Centigrade or Celcius. That is how they make distilled water. Common oils on the other hand have a much higher boiling point than water and will not undergo a phase shift to a gas at 212 degrees and will remain liquid oil. You can sniff oregano oil and smell it, and that is essentially what I suggested. You can do that with or without steam. We probably have all seen that oils remain in the pot when liquids are boiled. One consideration could be about allergies from inhalation of anything a person is allergic too.

I have no experience with any e cigarettes or vaping products, but I'm guessing they use high heat to vaporize whatever is in them, and they probably don't work by boiling water. We always have to consider safety of anything we do, and I am careful about what supplements I do take which are on the advice of my medical doctors, and purchased from companies that market these supplements to doctor's offices and pharmacies.

Here is a link that explains the boiling points of oils vs. water.
https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1428

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