Sinus congestion is one of those irritating ailments that bugs me constantly. I don’t know if it’s living in Kansas or if it’s just my make up, but I get congested a lot.
Over the weekend I concocted what I like to call a sinus bath. It’s bath salts with my favorite essential oils for keeping my airways clean. The result is a relaxing bath that will hopefully provide some relief. (If you don’t have time for a bath, try these shower bombs instead.)
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How To Make a Sinus Bath
To make this, you’ll need the following:
- 1 cup of Epsom salt
- 1/2 cup of baking soda
- A mason jar or airtight container
- Peppermint essential oils
- Eucalyptus Radiata essential oils
- Optional: green food coloring
Mix the baking soda and Epsom salt together. Once it’s mixed, add in the food coloring if you’re going to complete that step. All this does is make it look colorful, otherwise it will be white.
Then add 5 drops of peppermint oil and 10 drops of eucalyptus oil. Mix it all up, and put it in a jar. Now you have this ready to go when you feel congested and all around icky. Just draw a warm bath and put a couple of scoops of this in with the water.
More All Natural Relief for Sinus Congestion
Sinusalia – I always keep this on hand for when I start to feel sinus trouble coming my way. This medicine is homeopathic and it works better than anything else I’ve tried.
Sleepytime Sinus Soother Tea – This will help you to relax, get some rest and hopefully feel a little better when you wake up
Pain Relief Mask and Eye Pillow – This is genius! This compression max conforms to your face and the beads inside massage right around the eyes. It feels soooo good.
Personal Steam Inhaler – Soothing steam penetrates nasal, sinus and throat passages naturally.
Liz is a just a mom trying to keep it real about how little she sleeps, how often she gets puked on and how much she loves them. You can find her here every day writing about real-mom moments.
What a great idea- I am the queen of sinus infections- I’ll definitely be pinning this for the next one. Thanks for posting!
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A dumb question,but with a color, where does one get a natural one???
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What is Frankenstein? Or did you mean frankincense
How many drops of each oil did you use?
This doesn’t work. Don’t waste your money!
What doesn’t work Mad??? Essential Oils? They have changed my family and my life for sure! And yes they do work! You just need to make sure that you use quality oils! 🙂
it probably would if you used the detox amounts: 2 cups of epsom salts, 1 cup of baking soda, and the essential oils…. I don’t think the amount in the recipe would be useful for the size of my bath.
What exactly is the baking soda for? My understanding is it’s awfully drying and acidic to be using in a bath soak all over you skin. I believe it’s fairly popular right now for homemade beauty remedies, but it does mess up your skin’s pH balance…skin is normally a pH of 4.5/5, neutral is a 7, baking soda is a 9 (>7 being acidic). It’s great to hear that the EO’s help your congestion, but the baking soda may be something to reconsider. (-:
baking soda is “base” and is alkaline. diseases and illnesses only grow in an acidic body. 1 tsp of baking soda in 6 oz of water will stop burning of bladder infections and itching of yeast infections. RN who uses it on my patients.
Aislinn, I agree. You really don’t need the soda. People like it because it makes their skin slippery. I’ve always just used oils and Epsom salt. 2 cups salt and however much oil you need to smell it. 40 minutes in the tub. Keep it as warm as you can and drink water during that time. Love it!
Soda is a great way to cleanse, im a nurse & personally I would keep it in the recipe ‘
I just wanted to say that baking soda is not acidic. Acids have a pH7). And acids are used in lotions all the time and are not harmful unless the pH is severely low (i.e. 4). For example, orange oil contains citric acid which is quite nice in say a body scrub. It will make your skin more photo sensitive for a time, but just because something is acidic or basic does not mean that it is harmful.
Could I ask you? I want add the olive oil? How much olive oil put there? Thank you
I made this and put in my mason jars right after I mixed everything and a few days later it was all hard in the jars. Is there anyway to avoid this ? Thank You
You can spread it on a cookie sheet and put it in the oven on low heat just to dry to oils. It will adhere to the salt and remove any moisture.
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I think it is living in Kansas. I have been suffering with sinus trouble for 6 months and I am always looking for something natural to help.
Have you used this with children? My granddaughter is 16 mos old and gets frequent cods with thick nasal secretions which leads to bronchiolitis.
I know I will be crucified for saying this. Essential oils should never be used on anyone under the age of 2. However hydrosols are a fantastic alternative to essential oils. The are the water byproduct of the distillation process when processing essential oils. They are safe for newborns, cats (in which many essential oils are toxic) and the elderly. Hydrosols have many of the benefits of the essential oil but are much milder.
Thanks for the recipe. It was really great and informative. I think I need this recipe today…..
All winter long we seem to fight off the sinus issues. I am so happy you posted this. we are running to the store to get everything….. I’m actually going to make some as gifts too! Thanks for sharing how to make it.
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“Sinus Bath”- sounds good to me. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I must give it a try…
I want to thank sharing the things which help you. Plus suffering with poche trouble regarding 6 months and that i am constantly looking for anything natural to aid. Thanks for the content. It was great and useful.
I am suffering from sinus infection now, glad I found this. Any excuse to soak too. Thanks
It is a nice idea Liz. I am thinking to do it. But, a few things aren’t clear here. How many drops need to use of each oil?
Certainly. You really rarely need the particular soda. Folks like it as it makes their particular skin dicey. I’ve constantly just applied oils along with Epsom deserving of. 2 mugs salt in addition to however significantly oil you should smell that. 40 mins in the hot tub. Keep it since warm since you can and beverage water in that time. Enjoy it !!!
Hi. I’m highly allergic to Epsom salts. Is there anything else I can use? I really need to do this ASAP as I am very sick. Please get back to me soon. 🙂
Hi. I’m highly allergic to Epsom salts. Is there anything else I can use? I really need to do this ASAP as I am very sick. Please get back to me soon. 🙂
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Hi there, Liz
I would like to know if Sinus Bath and Sinusalia will be good for my asthmatic boy.
He is currently an asthma patient at one of the children’s hospital here in my country, Singapore.
Have a nice saya ahead.
Thks
Vin
Definetly going to try it. I have chronic sinusitis and 2 burst eardrums that wont close anymore after repeatedly bursting. The air here in Gauteng, South Africa is dreadful. Feel like a druggie the way i live on sinus pills and not to mention the damage to my kidneys.
I don’t know this before. Seems to be new to me. Thanks for your suggestion and advice.
I don’t have Eucalyptus Radatia I have blue and Globulus could I sub one of those in?
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thank you for the article