Health Tips for Days When You Feel Sick : Curing a Stuffed up Nose

It doesn't matter what medicine you've tried, your nose is clogged and your sinuses ache. You are ready to try anything to relieve the pressure.

Take a pair of green whole green onions and slice the top of the fronds. Stick the onion in your nose, bulb out, and watch as your nose and sinuses magically clear. As a bonus the nose plugs stop the dripping snot that usually accompanies a stuffy nose.

Green onions, or scallions, like all onions contain compounds (sulphuric amino acids) that make your eyes water when cut and tongue sting when tasted. The same is true for the nose. Exposure of these compounds to the nasal cavity promotes running and relieves the built up pressure.