It's time to talk about airborne allergies again. Instead of focusing on the usual culprits of trees, flowers and grasses, this blog will focus on mold, a form of fungi. While mold grows year round, spring is just [...read more]
Recently we had a customer share with us that she had started to use our French Atlantic sea salt on her food. She told us she preferred the taste of it over regular table salt, but wanted to [...read more]
Every once in a while I want to write about a remedy that has uses beyond the sinuses. There is no better reason to deviate from that than to discuss the benefits of stinging nettles (Urtica dioica). My [...read more]
While traveling in South America, I landed in Lima, Peru where I picked up the worst sinus infection I've had in a decade. Initially, it started out as nasal inflammation possibly because of the high pollution and mold [...read more]
Probiotics are a common topic of discussion as of late, mostly related to intestinal health. Now there is research suggesting the use of probiotics can alleviate sinus infections. According to Susan Lynch, Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF, [...read more]
The most frequently asked question we get at Baraka is “What kind of water should be used in a neti pot?” The water you use in your neti pot is as important as the type of salt you [...read more]
Unless you're congested, you probably don't spend much time thinking about the volume of air you breathe into each nostril. Surprisingly, each nostril delivers a different amount of air to your lungs through a mysterious phenomenon called the [...read more]
With so many neti pots on the market these days, I can't help but write about the plastic ones. In 1996 when we began producing our Baraka neti pot, there were only a handful of companies making them, [...read more]
Recently I flew with a cold that I hadn't given much thought to until take off. Suddenly it became a flight I'd never forget! My ears started to crackle and my head felt as if it were in [...read more]
Do you ever wonder why a child is more bothered by the change of air pressure on an airplane than you? Or why an infant, who has been silent the whole flight, starts screaming as you approach the [...read more]