A co-worker of mine as soon as had a bothersome cold a while back for weeks on end and because I had to add to my workload by splitting his share up with the rest in the workplace, I told him of a technique to make use of as a remedy for the common cold used by the Indians and also some West Africans. (Okay, I’m not that insensitive-I told him this since I cared!).

This technique is known in Sanskrit (the Indian Language) as Neti or “Nasal Watering).
It is the cleaning of the nasal part of the …