How to Stop Nasal Drainage

Nasal drainage is one of the worst parts about having a cold or allergies. When you're going through nasal drainage, you start to think it will never stop. But there are some things you can do to stop nasal drainage faster than it otherwise would.

Instructions

How to Stop Nasal Drainage

• 1

  Blow your nose thoroughly into a tissue. You want to start by clearing out your nose and your nasal passages the best you can in order to try to put an end to the nasal drainage.

• 2

  Create a mixture of water and salt in a small bowl. Stir the mixture with a spoon. Use a new syringe to scoop up some of the salt water and squirt it into your nose. Nasal drainage and salt water do not get along. So this can go a long way to solving your nasal drainage problem.

• 3

  Take a hot shower. Hot showers produce steam, which is very good for your nasal passages when you're trying to stop your nasal drainage. You might also want to try boiling a pot of water on your stove. If you stand over the pot and breathe in the steam, this can help solve your nasal drainage problem.

• 4

  Take some over-the-counter medication aimed at solving nasal decongestion. Sudafed is one drug that you can buy at your local drug store that usually works well at stopping nasal drip.

• 5

  Remove whatever is causing the nasal drainage from your life. If you are allergic to dogs, stay away from wherever it is that you are running into dogs that is causing your nasal drainage. If you have allergies due to a high pollen count in the air, go where the air is clean.