The Sinus Cure: 7 Simple Steps to Relieve Sinusitis and Other Ear, Nose, and Throat Conditions

by Debra Fulghum Bruce and Murray Grossan

Book Overview

From an award-winning medical writer and a board-certified otolaryngologist comes the definitive guide for sinus sufferers, revised and updated with additional medical treatments. If you're one of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345439716
• ISBN13: 9780345439710
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Sinus Cures by Grossan et al.

This book defines sinusitis and explains simple andinexpensive treatment modalities to manage the condition.Sinus troubles usually commence with inflammation of thefacial cavities around the nose. The sinuses are drawnto specification. These areas include the frontal, ethmoid andmaxillary sinuses. The author points to a PULSATILE NASALIRRIGATOR. This instrument is perfected by getting a WATER PIKand connecting an irrigator to it. The treatment involvesplacing the tip of the water pik in one nostril, bending over thesink, turning the device on and allowing a saline solution to pass from one nasal to the next. The process is calledGROSSAN'S PNI . The authors describe potential damage to thecelia of the nose via antihistamines. ice drinks, codeine andchromium dust just to mention a few. Certain herbal prepshelp sinusitis. These are anise, astragalus, bee pollen,borage oil, echinacea, eucalyptus, garlic, ginger, ginseng,sage, thyme and pycnogenol. Non-invasive chiropractic,hand massages and acupuncture are classic treatments whichare known to alleviate the classic symptoms. This book wouldbe very helpful to the average person having little knowledgeabout the sinuses . It is written in simple English.The information content of the work describes conventionaland alternative medicinal approaches. For this reason alone,the book is reasonable because it would cost thousands ofdollars to replicate the information contained herein . This workcontains many important diagnostic and treatment details whichyou may want to review with the family physician. It is aworthy addition to any health reference library.

SUPERB SINUS REFERENCE

This book helped me understand WHY my sinuses continued to get infected--even after staying on horrible antibiotics for weeks. Using the different therapies in this book (keeping mucus thin, avoiding triggers, using saline rinses), I have not had an antibiotic for seven months (a record for me!!). Anyway, easy to read and more importantly--EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND IMPLEMENT!!I'm just so grateful for this book. Unless you suffer with chronic sinusitis, you have no idea how miserable your life can be. Each chapter detailed more and more self-care steps I could use--and I did!! The many "success" stories of men and women "long-time sufferers of sinusitis" let me know that I could learn to manage this problem. The holistic program helped to put me back in control of my sinus problem--and overall health--and let me finally say GOODBYE to antibiotic therapy, which was nothing more than a bandaid for me. THANK YOU DR. GROSSAN AND DEBRA BRUCE. The book changed my life.

Indepth, scientifically accurate, excellent resource.

An excellent read for those with allergies and sinusitis. The authors talk about how sinusitis occurs, triggers that may start the miserable chain reaction of congestion, post nasal drip, cough and headache pain, and treatments--ranging from alternative medical therapies to the most effective medicine available. I highly recommend this book. The best of all I've read--and the most down to earth. I read Iker's book and it was too ethereal--never found another that gave really strong science along with practical "how-to"--until this book came along. Good luck. Best book on the topic.

Very credible. Well written. VERY HELPFUL with high pollen.

This is VERY IRONIC!!! I just heard the author Debra Bruce on the radio in Atlanta, Georgia this morning. A friend gave me her book three weeks ago and I read it--cover to cover. An interesting and easy read. This was BEFORE tree pollen season hit the South. I used the techniques suggested in the book--the nasal saline irrigation, avoiding iced drinks, avoiding key pollen times, and a nasal steroid spray. I changed my medication to a decongestant/antihistamine combo. For the FIRST time in my life--I have MY LIFE. It's super. I'm not a shut-in anymore. Thank you for a very credible book. A must read for ANYONE with sinusitis.

EXCELLENT BOOK--VERY HELPFUL FOR SINUSITIS

This book is great. I read it and gave it to a friend. We both have been plagued with sinusitis--but this book has REAL ANSWERS. Now I know some reasons my sinuses have been awful. A great book and very easy to read.