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Dugdha Neti - Neti with Milk
Using milk in the Neti pot, pre-warmed to body temperature, is suitable for
those who may suffer chronic nose bleeds or those who initially find intense
irritation from the use of salty water. Milk Neti can be done in instances where
airborne chemicals or particles have already stripped and/or irritated the nasal
lining, for example after sanding plaster or fibreglass. It is best done after a
normal pot of warm salty water of Stages 1 and 2. The milk does not need to
flow through from one side to the other for half a pot as in the water methods.
It only fills the ingoing nostril and is then withdrawn. Once from each side is
sufficient. Milk Neti should not be done without qualified advice for your
specific problem, and even then, it should not be done excessively.
Swamootra Neti - Using Ones Own Urine
The idea of pouring urine through your nose would be, for nearly
everybody, a very strange concept! Here we will not be dealing with the
subject in any detail, as this is a whole branch of yogic science, about which
there are more complete texts. The principle of Swamootra Neti functions in
the same way as that of Homoeopathy, where “the ingestion of like cures like”.
The daily by-products of body metabolism such as urine, have within them tiny
amounts of tell tale substances which indicate the condition of the body’s
internal health. The smell and taste of urine, when used in Swamootra Neti, is
a method of bio-feedback to the brain, which stimulates it to gradually
reprogramme the body’s metabolism towards a better function with lesser toxic
waste products. This has a very potent healing effect on many illnesses. When
learning Swamootra Neti, there are certain dietary guidelines which must be
followed. To overcome any aversion to urine, one is eased into acceptance of
the practice, by beginning with weak solutions and eventually moving towards
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