1. We use PURIFY and CLEANSING and sometimes RESPIRATORY RELIEF and FRANKINCENSE. We dilute them with coconut oil and rub it over our sinuses. If it seeps into the eyes, it won’t sting for long, but if it really bothers you, you can put a little coconut oil into the eye to dilute more. If you don’t have coconut oil, use a good cooking oil.
  

We also use the same oils in a saline mix and spray up the nasal packages. My husband no longer uses commercial sprays in his nose.  His sinus headaches have basically found no place to set.

2. Sometimes when we have nasal issues, we use PEPPERMINT. When it is really bad, we use PLAGUE DEFENSE or PURIFY. We apply the oil to a Q-Tip and place it between the cheeks and the teeth in our mouth. It doesn’t burn us, but if it does, just dilute with a bit of good cooking oil like coconut or olive. The oils will slowly go to the back of the mouth and somehow, this helps us feel better.

3. I put PURIFY on a Q-Tip and put it up my nose for a sinus infection. Warning: For the first few minutes you’d be wondering “What on earth have I done???” But after that calms down and you blow your nose, you’ll be fine. Wait as long as you can before blowing your nose. RAVENSARA works like this as well, and can be done with children. I’ve tried Ravensara, and it works, but it takes more applications and is just too slow for me.

4. For our little one who is prone to sinus infections, we use MYRTLE on a Q-Tip and swab the nostrils. We started doing this when she was 4, but I wish I’d known about it sooner. It clears up the green “gunk” right away, and she welcomes the process with a smile and after the deed is done she promptly says, “Oh, thank you mommy.”

5. I use nasal therapy: Eight oz. of warm water with salt and a drop of  ROMAN CHAMOMILE or FENNEL.  It cleanses all the passages.

6. I put PEPPERMINT (1 or 2 drops)in a cup of hot water and drink this as a tea. Breathe the hot fumes, and then sip it. Sure helps to loosen mucous and move it out for me.

7. My son had sinus infections and they smelled terrible. My mom, who is a nurse, told me the smell comes from the Pseudomonas bacteria which are opportunistic pathogen that cause among other conditions, sinus infections.  These pathogens enter when the system is already compromised and my son, having Down Syndrome has low immune function.

Whenever I start to smell this pseudomonas on my son's breath he immediately gets ENDURANCE in a capsule and continues to take one for a few days. The smell usually disappears after one cap and no sinus infection presents itself. This is a huge change from before we found out about using essential oils. The smell was the precursor to weeks and sometimes months of unbreakable sinus infection.

8. I used to have bronchitis and pneumonia all winter and most of the fall. Now, I regularly diffuse RESPIRATORY RELIEF, PURIFY or PLAGUE DEFENSE or other oils and that helps a lot. I also apply Plague Defense on the bottoms of my feet when I am going around people who are ill.  I substitute teach and have to go into groups that are ill. Plague Defense has been a real blessing there. As for sinus infections, we no longer deal with that weekly like we used to. 

9. I woke this morning with a sinus headache and really congested head with my ears plugged also. This is what I did: I applied RESPIRATORY RELIEF and PURIFY around the rim of my ears, Respiratory Relief on the sinus point of my feet (at the base of the toes), a 00 capsule with 10 drops PEPPERMINT, 5 drops EUCALYPTUS RADIATA, 3 drops TEA TREE. I rubbed MUSCLE RELAX and Peppermint on my nose, forehead and neck. I went back to sleep for a couple of hours and when I awoke, it was gone and I was clear headed! I will be taking another capsule soon though just to keep it away!

10. I once tried a drop of peppermint on the tongue (then touch to roof of mouth) as a breath freshener and got a real shocker. I wasn't aware that my sinuses needed clearing, but it felt like someone blew an air hose through my sinuses. Everything opened up so quickly that it actually startled me!

P.S.: Don't try this while sitting at a traffic light!  :0)

11. I use PEPPERMINT across my check bones, nose and up temples. Be careful of the eyes – you’ll likely want to close them, and if the oil seeps in and burns, be ready to dilute with a carrier oil or cooking oil. I also use EUCALYPTUS in the same areas along with PLAGUE DEFENSE on the bottom of my feet. I also used IMMUNITION on the bone behind the ear and down under the chin and along side of the Adams Apple. I just got over a nasty sinus infection, and this is what worked for me.

12. I suffered with chronic sinus infections for years.  Nothing the doctor did for me cleared it up. In fact, it got so bad, I would call his office, say I was getting another one, and he's say, "What pharmacy?"  I didn't even have to go in to see him. Despite antibiotics, I would still develop a full-fledged episode of the infection, and it would always lead to an infection in my larynx, making me lose my voice. A good friend offered that I try her RESPIRATORY RELIEF. She suggested that I use the Respiratory Relief as I felt led to. I rubbed just a dab over my sinuses and put a drop on my tongue. My voice returned within the hour!

13. Our son suffered chronic sinus infections for years, and one day my husband got a brainstorm. He cleaned out some old leftover bottles from nasal spray prescriptions (misting type). Then we went to Walmart and bought nasal saline for just a few bucks and filled the misting nasal spray bottles with the saline and 2 drops each:  CLEANSING and RESPIRATORY RELIEF. Our son has never felt that his sinus infections were ever really cured, but he says this is working.  He feels better, sinuses are much clearer and he feels they will be totally cured of this chronic condition within a week or two!

14. I have gained some sinus infection/inflammation relief by swabbing my inner ear with a Q-tip dampened in hydrogen peroxide. It is absorbed almost directly into the sinus cavities. Never put essential oils into the ear. I use those on the outside, never inside!

15. Our favorite to diffuse for sinus issues is SINUS RELIEF. This clears up sinus issues in our family right away, and when we think it’s coming, I believe that consistently diffusing this keeps it away.