#sinus problems

Totally frustrated that I haven't been able to participate in all the games I've been tagged in. And I've missed a ton of posts too. So if I haven't liked or reblogged anything it's because I'm a mess and playing catch up.

(I had a septoplasty in addition to all the carpentry and remodeling done to remove the infection/open my sinuses and am doing much better than I expected for four days post-op. Hail prednisone.)

 – Basil:

Basil is good for sinus congestion.

You can make an Italian pasta, Spaghetti alla Genovese with basil.

You will need the following ingredients:

– 0,75 dl/ 0,3 cup extra virgin olive oil

– 2 bunches of fresh basil leaves

– 4 tablespoons of pine nuts

– 2 cloves of garlic

– 50g/ 1,8 oz grated Parmesan cheese or Grana Padano cheese or Pecorino cheese

– 500g/ 1,1 pounds of spaghetti

– salt to taste

– 50g/ 1,8 oz grated Parmesan cheese on top when you serve it

Cook the spaghetti. Toast the pine nuts. Grind half of it for the pesto, the other half will go on top when you serve the dish. Wash and chop the basil and the garlic. Blend the pine nits, the cheese, the basil and the garlic. Salt it to taste. Serve the cooked spaghetti with the pesto, and put some ungrinded pine nuts and some grated Permesan cheese on top.

 – Elderflower (Sambucus nigra):

You can make arugula salad with pomegranate, sheep milk cheese and elderflower vinegar.

You will need the following ingredients:

– 200g/ 7 oz arugula

– 1 smaller pomegranate

– 1 smaller shallot onion

– 1 clove of garlic

– 50g/ 1,8 oz sheep milk cheese

– 3 tablespoons of olive oil

– 1 tablespoon of elderflower vinegar

– pepper and salt to taste

To make elderflower vinegar put 10 elderberry flowers in 2 cups (5 dl) of apple cider vinegar. Let it stand for 2 months. It is ready when the vinegar becomes light amber-colored. Steep the vinegar. Now you can use it.

Chop and mix the vegetables, peel the pomegranate, then put the chopped sheep milk cheese and pour it with olive oil and elderflower vinegar. Add salt and pepper to taste.

 – Cinnamon:

You can make apple slices in pancake batter with cinnamon.

You will need the following ingredients:

– 300g/ 10,6 oz flour

– 3 bigger apples

– 3 dl/ 1,3 cup of milk

– 2 eggs

– 1 dl/ 0,4 cup of sparkling mineral water

– 1/2 tablespoon of sugar

– oil to fry the apples

– icing sugar, cinnamon to taste

Blend the flour, milk, eggs, water and sugar, and you will get the pancake base. Peel and cut the apples. Dip the apple slices in the pancake base. Fry them with a minimal oil. Sprinkle the fried apple slices with icing sugar and cinnamon.

 – Pine honey:

Pine honey contains limonen, felandren and other aldehids that can help sinus congestion.

You can make fried drumsticks with pine honey and mustard and garnish it with mashed potatoes and pumpkin.

 – Spiruline:

Spiruline alga according to studies can help both the symotoms of cold and sinusitis.

 – Red clover (Trifolium pratense):

Red clover herb has useful compounds to treat respiratory disorders, such as sinusitis.

You can use it freshly in a salad, or make tea from the dried herb.

Red clover tea: The tea is made from the dried herb. Pour a cup (2,5 dl) of boiling water over a teaspoon of herb, and allow it to steep for 10 minutes. Strain the tea. You can use stevia to sweeten your tea. Drink this tea three times a day.

 – Angelica (Angelica pubescens) (Du Huo):

Understanding Sinus Problems: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Options

Hour and a half to go. Had food. Need to lay down. Relax. Distract self. Enjoy games. Also need to deal with my sinus issues. Cause. I don't want this to become another infection. Or is it already an infection. The sinus problems are so 24/7 that I can't even tell when an infection begins or ends. This shit is BAD. Just progressively got worse since 2020. I say 2020, but I started noticing breathing difficulties when I was 12 and shit got real bad when I was in high school. So I've been getting regularly sickly since like I was 15. So uh- longer than 2020. The sinus infections just became more regular in 2020.