Sinus Survival: The Holistic Medical Treatment for Allergies, Asthma, Bronchitis, Colds, and Sinusitis

by Robert S. Ivker

A revised and expanded edition for sufferers of sinus ailments and respiratory problems offers up-to-date medical guidance, including diagnostic tips, a variety of traditional and holistic techniques, and preventive recommendations. Original.

Genres: Health, Self Help, Reference, Nutrition, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published October 17, 1995

Reviews

[East Bay J · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book when it was published and have hung on to it for years because I could never get it started. Now that my lungs don't work as well as they used to, I decided I'd better check it out.

This is a fantastic, awesome, excellent book! If you suffer from allergies, asthma, bronchitis or sinusitis, you will find how to make it better holistically in Sinus Survival. Dr. Ivker has filled his book with practical knowledge and excellent information about what causes respiratory illness and what you can do to help yourself. Rather than teaching you to "live with your disease," he teaches you to cure it. It's amazing what you will learn about yourself and the relative health of your body. The information in this book is important to everyone, especially considering that the quality of the air we breath is deteriorating so rapidly.

This third edition was published in 1995 but there is a new revised edition out that I'd like to read. That edition contains updated information, holistic and medical. I would recommend anyone interested in reading Sinus Survival seek out the new printing, but that everyone read Sinus Survival.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have suffered from sinus pain & sinus infections for years now. I also have bad allergy problems so I thought this book may provide me with some ways to help myself without drugs. I found this book to be very helpful, it seems to cover all the angles. Because of this book I now take a lot more vitamins/minerals, I do the nose spray like it recommends, & I went out & bought a steam inhaler too. I have been feeling pretty good lately too, this book its pretty awesome. It might not help you to prevent sinus problems 100% but if you do all the things the author recommends it sure does help out a lot & you will feel better.

[RH Walters · Rating 4 out of 5]

Technically skimmed this. Ivker can be sort of terrifying about breathing problems and poor air quality and some of his solutions seem rather extreme, but all these things make immediate sense -- no caffeine sugar or alcohol and lots of water when your sinuses are sensitive, and neti pots are awesome. My own two cents -- yoga inversions are also very soothing to cranky sinuses.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some basic sinus information on how to improve your life, but a lot of this stuff seems either basic or old fashioned. A whole section about what Holistic Medicine is? That seemed appropriate in 1992 but not in 2008. A lot of the stuff seems obvious: exercise, diet, good mental health, etc. I don't think this book helped me, although a neighbor claimed it changed her life.

[Lianna]

More interested in learning how my nose works and why it hates me than the promise of "hope shining through the mucus" in the summary

[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first winter without sinus pain since birth!!! The suggestions in this book work.

[Kiki · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must read if you live in Memphis!