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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever heard of &#8220;Neti Pots&#8221; ? Apparently Oprah told the world how awesome they are, and now doctors are recommending them. Last week when I went to urgent care about a headache, sure enough the guy suggested I use a &#8220;Neti Pot&#8221; type thing. Actually, he suggested the Binford 2000 variety that uses [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.brainofshawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Photo-11.jpg" alt="No, this actually looks more normal than actually using the device I bought." title="No, this actually looks more normal than actually using the device I bought." class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1300" />Have you ever heard of &#8220;<a href="http://www.neilmed.com/usa/nasaflo.php">Neti Pots</a>&#8221; ?  Apparently Oprah told the world how awesome they are, and now doctors are recommending them.  Last week when I went to urgent care about a headache, sure enough the guy suggested I use a &#8220;Neti Pot&#8221; type thing.  Actually, he suggested the <a href="http://www.neilmed.com/usa/sinusrinse.php">Binford 2000 variety</a> that uses a squeeze bottle, but the concept is the same.</p>
<p><em>Squirt salt water up one nostril, let it circulate in your cranium, and then drain out the other side.<br />
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<p>It&#8217;s one of the strangest pseudo-medical things I&#8217;ve ever done.  It feels about as exciting as it sounds.  I don&#8217;t think it does anything useful, but there are a few interesting side effects:</p>
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<li>You can feel your sinuses fill with water.  It&#8217;s a little like getting a snoot full of pool water on accident, but without the chlorine</li>
<li>If your nose is slightly stuffy, the pressure induced by the squeeze bottle will do many interesting things to your eyes and ears.  Namely, make them uncomfortable.</li>
<li>You look and feel like a complete idiot, and the logic of sinus squirting rivals that of snipe hunting.  Apparently it&#8217;s a real thing though.  I guess.</li>
<li>The most interesting side effect however, is that minutes, hours, or even days later, a gush of trapped water will work its way out and and effectively spew soggy nose goblins all over the table/computer/dinnerplate/date you are sitting near.  You will have no warning, and no chance of stopping the flow.</li>
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<p>Thanks a ton, Oprah.</p>
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