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Yes, nasal irrigation (sometimes with a neti pot)...with tap water is not the best or wisest thing to do. But with warm purified water...and a little bit of salt to make a saline solution, it is probably one of the best things you can do to beat allergies etc...and just have a healthier life. It is recommended by many healthy professionals including Dr Andrew Weil, Dr Mehmet Oz and the doctors on the television educational show, The Doctors. But you are spot on that doing it with impure and possibly infected tap water can cause problems - as anything infected would.
Yes, nasal irrigation (sometimes with a neti pot)...with tap water is not the best or wisest thing to do. But with warm purified water...and a little bit of salt to make a saline solution, it is probably one of the best things you can do to beat allergies etc...and just have a healthier life.
It is recommended by many healthy professionals including Dr Andrew Weil, Dr Mehmet Oz and the doctors on the television educational show, The Doctors.
But you are spot on that doing it with impure and possibly infected tap water can cause problems - as anything infected would.