WCVB-TV in Boston reports that ancient neti pot is a simple solution for allergy relief.

Dr. Matthew Kashima, head of the Department of Otolaryngology and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins Bayview, says the neti pot is hundreds of years old, and it can be incredibly useful to allergy sufferers.

‘They're very holistic, very natural and can supplement a lot of medications people need to use,’ Kashima says. ‘For people with allergies, those allergens get filtered out in the nose, and the longer the allergens stay in contact with the nose, the more chance the nose has to create symptoms, in reaction to that.’

The neti pot allows you to gently wash out the nasal passages with saline.

Allergy sufferer and singer Kyle Malone, 24, says that antihistamines and decongestants interfere with his singing by drying out his sinuses. His roommate suggested trying a neti pot.

‘One day I came home, and he was standing over the sink neti potting, and I was like, 'What in the world are you doing?'’ Malone says.

Now Malone loves his neti pot: ‘The after-effect is like after you've done wasabi, just opened up, really clean. It's a great feeling. You don't realize how clogged up you are until after you've done it. You say, 'OK, I can breathe free.'’