A congested nose happens due to inflamed blood vessels. Congestion can also be caused due to runny nose including colds, allergies, sinus infections, and the flu. At times overuse of some nasal sprays or drops can also lead to congestion.
Causes of stuffy nose
Stuffy nose is caused by any of the following reasons
- Common cold or the flu -- often accompanying watery discharge plus fever, cough, headache, joint aches, muscle aches, or sore throat
- Hay fever -- with a clear, watery discharge, itching eyes, and sneezing
- Sinus infection with thick, cloudy, yellow-green nasal discharge and pain can also cause a stuffy nose.
Home and herbal remedies for stuffy nose
- Sniffing an onion often stimulates the nose to run and unblock the stuffiness
- Having spicy food cures a stuffy nose and helps to make it runny
- Try to have some hot soup or liquid, the steam of the liquid helps unclog nasal passages
- Inhalation of steam also helps treat the stuffy nose condition to great extent.
- Prepare your own salt water solution at home and spray inside your nasal holes. This will help you out to a great extent.
- Breathing strips are available in most drugstores. Some supermarkets also sell adhesive strips that you place across the bridge of your nose. These strips open the nasal passages, allowing you to breathe more freely.
- Gentler options such as steam, nasal rinses and breathing strips are more effective and don't have side effects.
Homoeopathic remedies for stuffy nose
Stuffy nose can be treated by taking various homoeopathic medicines like nux vomica, pulsatilla, spongia and ferrum phosphoricum. You are suggested to consult a homoeopathic physician to know the dosage of medicine.
When to consult the doctor?
You should see the doctor when you have stuffy nose with sore throat and pain in jaws. A persistent stuffy nose with cold and cough may also lead to serious trouble. So, you should consult your doctor in such a case too.
