Nasal Rinsing- Your Best Allergy Season Defense After 15 years of educating people on the benefits of nasal irrigation, I've found that most people remember to nasal rinse during cold and flu season but forget about it during allergy season. [...read more]
Photo by Fabian Blank The Ability to Smell Really Matters! Until now my blogs have primarily focused on neti pots, sinus congestion and allergies. But if I am to write about the nose, I can't ignore smell. Why [...read more]
Pollen Count and Your Sinus Allergies Since we sell Baraka sinus products all over the country, it gives us an opportunity to talk with a lot of people about their sinus congestion. During the spring, the conversation naturally turns to [...read more]
Photo by Joshua Micaller Understanding Sinus Headaches What causes your sinus congestion or sinus headaches? Each of us is unique and we find that different triggers cause our sinuses to get congested and different solutions help give us [...read more]
Photo by Elaine Casap Building Community by Building Relationships Community shows itself in many forms. At Baraka we have tried to create and sustain our own local sustainable community by supporting other US manufacturers and suppliers. Over the [...read more]
Learn What Your Body Needs for Cold Relief Science writer Jennifer Ackerman authored a book called Achoo- The Uncommon Life of the Common Cold. Ackerman reports that the latest scientific research indicates that products such as zinc and Echinacea don't [...read more]
Why We Make A Ceramic Neti Pot Over the years people have asked us why we don't make a plastic neti pot. We only have one reason: we don't want to contribute to the mounting plastic problem in our world. [...read more]
How Neti Pots Can Help Sinus Congestion If your sinus congestion has lasted over 3 months, you're likely to have a chronic sinus condition. The symptoms can range from a mild post nasal drip to head pressure so severe it [...read more]
Can You Imagine Putting Water Up Your Nose? When I started working at Baraka in 2003 I was completing my college education and looking for a job flexible with my class schedule. I began in Baraka's quality control and [...read more]
Why Hypertonic Salt Rinses Work Most nasal rinsing devices teach you to make what is called an isotonic rinse (about a 1/2 teaspoon of mineral salt to 10 oz of water). This means there are equal amounts of salt in [...read more]