Sneezing can be treatment
AHHH - CHOO! God bless you! If you just sneezed, something was probably irritating or tickling the inside of your nose. Sneezing is your body’s way of removing an irritation from your nose. A sneeze is a semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the nose and mouth. This air can reach a spe
By Harriet Birungi
and Louis Mwijuka
AHHH - CHOO! God bless you! If you just sneezed, something was probably irritating or tickling the inside of your nose. Sneezing is your body’s way of removing an irritation from your nose. A sneeze is a semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the nose and mouth. This air can reach a speed of 252km per hour.
Sneezes also spread disease by producing infectious droplets. About 40,000 of such droplets can be produced by a single sneeze.
Sneezing occurs when a particle passes through the nasal hairs and reaches the nasal mucosa. This triggers the production of histamines, which send a signal to the brain to initiate the sneeze.
According to Wikipedia, an online encyclopaedia, there is a special part of your brain called the sneeze centre which sends a message to all the muscles that have to work together to create the amazingly complicated process that we call the sneeze.
Almost anything that can irritate the inside of your nose can start a sneeze. Some common things include dust, cold air and pepper. Other causes are when one catches a cold. This means a virus has made a temporary home in your nose, causing lots of swelling and irritation. Some people have allergies and they sneeze when they are exposed to certain things, like pollen from some plants.
According to popular belief, a sneeze without an obvious cause is a sign that someone is talking about you.
Wikipedia says that in English-speaking countries, it is common for at least one person to say “God bless you†after someone sneezes. This tradition originated from the Middle Ages, when it was believed that when one sneezed, the heart stopped, the soul left the body and could be snatched by evil spirits. Today, it is said mostly in the spirit of good manners and is usually followed by the sneezer saying ‘Thank you’. In Islam, Al-hamdu-Lillaah (Praise be to Allah), is said.
In traditional medicine, sneezing was induced to expel the germs and alleviate infection or unblock the nose when one had flu.
“Sneezing unblocks the nasal cavity,†says Amai Corn, the head of Network on Medicinal plants and Traditional Medicine Project. “It releases pressure that builds up around the nasal cavity, leaving the nose unblocked.â€
Corn adds that sneezing helps to alleviate pressure around the nasal cavity that may cause headaches. That is why there are plant concoctions to induce sneezes.
Nalongo Nambalirwa, a herbalist in St. Balikuddembe Market, says headaches and flu are sometimes treated by inducing sneezing using herbs like ekikimbo, enkondwe and ekogolo. The leaves are dried and pounded and the powder is sniffed in small amounts to induce a sneeze. With sneezing comes relief and release of pressure.
However, she warns that sniffing in too much may cause damage to the blood vessels, which may lead to nasal bleeding.
Edrisa Kikura, a herbalist from Ntungamo, says tobacco leaf, grass and omwetsyamuzo roots are some of the things that she uses to induce sneezing. She may stick a piece of grass into the nose to stimulate a sneeze or give omwetsyamuzo or tobacco powder to sniff.
Kikura says you dry the tobacco leaf and crash it into powder then inhale. “You can also warm a fresh leaf over fire till it wilts. Then squeeze the juice into the nose.â€
For omwetsyamuzo, Kikura says you dry the roots and pound them into powder. The same herb can be used to treat febrine convulsions locally known as ebihungu.
and Louis Mwijuka
AHHH - CHOO! God bless you! If you just sneezed, something was probably irritating or tickling the inside of your nose. Sneezing is your body’s way of removing an irritation from your nose. A sneeze is a semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the nose and mouth. This air can reach a speed of 252km per hour.
Sneezes also spread disease by producing infectious droplets. About 40,000 of such droplets can be produced by a single sneeze.
Sneezing occurs when a particle passes through the nasal hairs and reaches the nasal mucosa. This triggers the production of histamines, which send a signal to the brain to initiate the sneeze.
According to Wikipedia, an online encyclopaedia, there is a special part of your brain called the sneeze centre which sends a message to all the muscles that have to work together to create the amazingly complicated process that we call the sneeze.
Almost anything that can irritate the inside of your nose can start a sneeze. Some common things include dust, cold air and pepper. Other causes are when one catches a cold. This means a virus has made a temporary home in your nose, causing lots of swelling and irritation. Some people have allergies and they sneeze when they are exposed to certain things, like pollen from some plants.
According to popular belief, a sneeze without an obvious cause is a sign that someone is talking about you.
Wikipedia says that in English-speaking countries, it is common for at least one person to say “God bless you†after someone sneezes. This tradition originated from the Middle Ages, when it was believed that when one sneezed, the heart stopped, the soul left the body and could be snatched by evil spirits. Today, it is said mostly in the spirit of good manners and is usually followed by the sneezer saying ‘Thank you’. In Islam, Al-hamdu-Lillaah (Praise be to Allah), is said.
In traditional medicine, sneezing was induced to expel the germs and alleviate infection or unblock the nose when one had flu.
“Sneezing unblocks the nasal cavity,†says Amai Corn, the head of Network on Medicinal plants and Traditional Medicine Project. “It releases pressure that builds up around the nasal cavity, leaving the nose unblocked.â€
Corn adds that sneezing helps to alleviate pressure around the nasal cavity that may cause headaches. That is why there are plant concoctions to induce sneezes.
Nalongo Nambalirwa, a herbalist in St. Balikuddembe Market, says headaches and flu are sometimes treated by inducing sneezing using herbs like ekikimbo, enkondwe and ekogolo. The leaves are dried and pounded and the powder is sniffed in small amounts to induce a sneeze. With sneezing comes relief and release of pressure.
However, she warns that sniffing in too much may cause damage to the blood vessels, which may lead to nasal bleeding.
Edrisa Kikura, a herbalist from Ntungamo, says tobacco leaf, grass and omwetsyamuzo roots are some of the things that she uses to induce sneezing. She may stick a piece of grass into the nose to stimulate a sneeze or give omwetsyamuzo or tobacco powder to sniff.
Kikura says you dry the tobacco leaf and crash it into powder then inhale. “You can also warm a fresh leaf over fire till it wilts. Then squeeze the juice into the nose.â€
For omwetsyamuzo, Kikura says you dry the roots and pound them into powder. The same herb can be used to treat febrine convulsions locally known as ebihungu.