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Beating The Flu

By The Courtland Journal staff
The Courtland Journal of Courtland, Kansas
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(NAPS)--The best way to avoid the flu may be to turn yourself into a bad host. That means washing your hands regularly and-- according to experts--using a saline nasal rinse.

Saline neti pot rinse kits cleanse the nasal cilia of airborne viruses just as washing cleanses the hands of germs. In fact, University of Wisconsin researchers followed patients for six months and found that participants' who "rinsed" daily experienced decreased cold and flu symptoms and needed to use less medication.



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Original Publication Date: September 3, 2009

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