JOG -
Fortunately I have found a remedy recently – slow jogging. I jog in front of a mirror slowly for 5 mins at a time, whenever I can for around 30 mins a day. The cold goes away in 5-10 days.

The cold keeps coming back for me as I get exposed to some of the triggers knowingly or unknowingly. I have to keep patience to spend 5-10 days jogging again before I am back in form.

I suspect good amount of rigorous running may help me solve the problem completely. But suffering with sinusitis / rhinitis makes me susceptible to EIA or Exercise Induced Asthma. To save myself from EIA, I have planned (for next 2-3 years) to slowly but gradually increase the pace and duration of my jogging (which keeps falling behind as I get cold again and again as I get exposed to triggers.) I hope making rigorous running part of my lifestyle will help me cure this problem over the next few years. I am patient and determined (because I have no other choice anyway.)

SAVE FROM TRIGGERS –
To get relief from my problem, I had to make few strict changes in my lifestyle. Little deviation and I get my cold back and have to jog again for 5-10 days:
1. Strictly no ice-cream, no cold-drink, milk shakes, sugarcane juice or curd. (it hurts but I cherish a clear nose more than eating these stuffs)
2. No milk or milk products (can have a cup of hot milk boiled with 1 tablespoon of turmeric and ½ tablespoon of ginger powder or ginger piece)
3. No juicy or watery fruits or vegetables like melons, guards, ladies finger etc. I can eat cauliflower, potatoes, beetroot, eggplant, carrot, beans, etc.
4. Strictly no exposure to household dust at any cost.
5. Drink lukewarm water until the symptoms exist. Afterwards can use normal water. But strictly no chilled water or ice at any cost.

DIZZINESS?

There may be dizziness, giddiness or vertigo due to excess accumulation of fluid in the ear owing to the cold. The remedy is to eat/drink ginger in any form. E.g. ginger candy, ginger tea (boil a crushed piece of ginger or half tablespoon dry ginger powder in a cup of water. Add few drops of lemon juice and two tablespoons of honey) or eat dry ginger powder mixed with sugar.

The above three things should give most of the relief. But, the following things may help even more:

NASAL WASH –
Nasal wash with saline water helps clean mucous. I do it in morning and before sleeping.

MEDICATION –
I take Himalaya Geriforte and Himalaya Septiline (one tablet each twice daily). I am not sure if it has helped me but I don’t want to keep any stone unturned.

CLEAN STOMACH –
According to Ayurveda, ‘aama’ or toxins in the body are responsible for ‘kapha’ or mucous. To keep my body clean, I drink one liter of water every morning as soon as I get up (drink whole thing in less than 5 mins). This cleans my stomach well. (Don’t try this if you have ulcers or other problems.)

EAT LIGHT –
Also, to clean stomach clean, don’t eat deep fried food items or difficult to digest stuffs, fast foods etc. Eat lot of fresh vegetables, fruits, dryfruits. Take light dinner.

NO SLEEPING IN DAY –
Day sleeping is taboo for ‘kapha’ (mucous) tendency people according to Ayurveda. One should sleep early and get up early and avoid sleeping in the afternoon to fight sinusitis/rhinitis.

KEEP HYDRATED –
I drink 2-3 liters of water everyday to keep myself well hydrated. This helps body to keep nose linings hydrated. Dried linings trigger production of mucous in the nose to moist it, which results in causing cold again.
Also, when I feel my nose too dry, I apply coconut oil (virgin oil or not, doesn’t matter much) with my figure inside each nostrils many times a day.

NASAL DROPS –
Ayurveda suggests using nasal drops containing pippli. I use ‘Panchendriya Vardhan Tel (Oil)’ twice daily. Has helped me indeed.

Implementing all above may be overwhelming. Just start with the first two – jogging daily and avoiding triggers. Should give you 80% of the benefit at least. Plus, by now, most of you might have learnt to keep patience for sinusitis / rhinitis. Getting irritated with it gives you nothing.