Friday, January 6, 2012

NETI POT USERS, BE CAREFUL!

I know that a lot of Pagans use neti pots, so I thought I would share this news with as many people as possible. USE FILTERED OR DISTILLED WATER FOR YOUR NETI POT. This is no joke, 2 people have died from brain-eating amoebas contained in the tap water they used in their neti pots. NPR has an article about it here:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/12/19/143960631/second-neti-pot-death-from-amoeba-prompts-tap-water-warning?sc=17&f=1001&fb_source=message















Image from methodsofhealing.com Note: this particular neti pot has absolutely nothing to do with the 2 deaths mentioned above. I simply googled "neti pot" to show what one looks like.

Be safe!
-Anouchka
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3 comments:

  1. GrimJanuary 6, 2012 at 11:07 PM

    What exactly is a Neti Pot used for?

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  2. AnneElizabeth514January 6, 2012 at 11:12 PM

    It's for clearing out your sinuses. Generally, you mix some water with some salt, heat it up, and poor it through your sinuses. It clears you out pretty well. I have one. I think one of the reasons a lot of Pagans use Neti Pots is because they are such natural people & would rather use a natural way of getting better than to turn to stuff like pills. Annnnd it's effective! lol.

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  3. GrimJanuary 7, 2012 at 11:14 AM

    Ah, Gotcha.

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