Natural Remedy For Snoring
By Ivan Brown
With an estimated 45% of normal adults snoring occasionally and 25% habitually, according to the American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAO). It is more frequent in males and overweight persons and becomes worse with age.
You'll find hundreds of cures for snoring, some more reputable than others, certainly some natural remedies that are more effective than others.
Lifestyle changes:
All the usual vices worsen snoring: alcohol, smoking, overeating, under exercising, caffeine. What did you expect?!
Sleep Posture Correction:
Many of us snore especially loudly when we sleep on our back. Various pillows and strap-on devices are available to get you unsupine.
Homeopathic remedies:
Some people have had success with natural remedies available in health food stores and over the Net.
Throat sprays:
These coat the soft tissues of the throat in lubricating oils, allowing the air to move more freely and lessening the noisy vibration.
Nasal Dilation:
These include adhesive strips which hold open the airways of your nose, plastic devices to hold open your nostrils, and nasal sprays which reduce congestion or the swelling of nasal tissues.
Mouth Breathing Correction:
Many people would snore less if they would just learn to breathe through their nose. There several products on the market including chin straps, mouthpieces to stop you breathing through your mouth.
Mouthpiece Devices:
Devices are available — some custom-fitted by your dentist — which pull your lower jaw or tongue forward, thereby creating enough space in the throat to prevent breathing obstruction.
CPA (Continuous Positive Airways Pressure):
Machinery which blows air through your nose via a mask, preventing disruption of breathing and eliminating snoring.
Palatal Inserts:
The approach here is to reduce the vibration of your throat tissues by stiffening them with permanent (but reversible) inserts of polyester material.
Palate Stiffening by Scarring:
You can achieve palate stiffening and reduce noisy vibrations by injecting a scarring solution (injection snoreplasty) or surgically by creating scarring with laser or scalpel.
Radiofrequency Tissue Reduction: Somnoplasty and Coblation
Radiofrequency Tissue Reduction (RFTR) consists of piercing the tongue, throat or soft palate with a needle connected to a radio frequency generator. Inner tissues shrink, but outer tissues, which contain your taste buds, are left intact.
Surgery:
Various surgical procedures with names like uvulopalatoplasty are available which remove or shrink palate and throat tissue, making it easier for you to breathe.
Alternative Snoring Cures:
Hypnosis, singing, throat muscle toning, tongue training, magnetic therapy, acupressure, anti-snoring bracelet and aromatherapy.