During allergy season, Neti Pots are talk of the town. These small pots with a handle on one side and spout on the other are usually made from plastic, clay, metal, glass or ceramic. Neti pots are used to perform saline nasal irrigation, a process best recommended for treating symptoms of sinusitis, hay fever, nasal allergies, cold and flu.

NeilMed’s NasaFlo Neti Pot system for saline nasal irrigation is the most common method of nasal irrigation for adults and children to reduce or eliminate nasal/sinus symptoms regardless of the cause.

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Spring time is known as the “season of growth” and culturally associated with rebirth and renewal. Spring is also the time when buds bloom into flowers and a large amount of pollen are released in the atmosphere. In short, spring is also a time for allergies!

Although this is true, the nasal allergies in general don’t seem to be restricted to a particular time of the year. In fact, people experience allergies at various times during year, depending on the source of the allergy and geographic location. For instance in the US, allergies from trees, grasses, ragweed and mold tend to follow distinct seasonal patterns with tree allergies starting from February in the North/Northwest US states to ragweed allergies extending till November for Southern US states.

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