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Hello, I didn’t read about the nasal cycle in this forum so far, so I decided to open a topic, because I think that the nasal cycle is quite unknown and it could actually get interesting if you want to protect your nasal mucosa. What nasal cycle means is basically, that you mainly use only 1 nostril to breath at the same time. The other one is in a period of dormancy. The interesting about this is that the process occurs “only” at about 80 percent of human beings, and is used for regeneration of the nasal mucosa. For healthy people, the cycle lasts between 30 minutes and 14 hours, with an average of 2.4 hours. For snuffers this could mean, that you could watch at your nasal cycle and only snuff with one nostril to allow your nose to regenerate the nasal mucosa. What do you think about this fact? Do you have a nasal cyle? Did you know about it? With best regards, LittleSnuffY.

H

Yeah I’m aware of it but I’m afraid I don’t save my mucosa at all, I just sniff in the “closed” nostril first so that I won’t snuff snuff in the “open” nostril into my throat haha.

S

Well, this is a new one to me. But it could help explain a feeling I get at times. When I use menthol snuffs the turbinates in my nose tend to swell causing a deal of trouble breathing through my nose. I have noticed for some time that often as this situation improves, one nostril (or snortle as my kids called them) clears and then some time later the other does. Hmmmm. certainly comething to consider. Other than what I have mentioned, how would I know one was working and not the other? I guess I am a neanderthal and just dont pay attention to breathing through one nostril and not the other, although I definitely do attend to one eye for close up activities and the other for distance.

D

What nasal cycle means is basically, that you mainly use only 1 nostril to breath at the same time. The other one is in a period of dormancy. The interesting about this is that the process occurs “only” at about 80 percent of human beings, and is used for regeneration of the nasal mucosa. For healthy people, the cycle lasts between 30 minutes and 14 hours, with an average of 2.4 hours. LittleSnuffY.

Ummm yea I really tried to get into this. Went online and researched “nasal mucosa” and “nasal cycle” but after reading I got too busy taking snuff up both nostrils and then… wait what was I typing about again :-S

L

yes i know that cycle but my nose is not straight so one of my nostrils is everytime closed. I snuff first to the closed one too.

M

So when one nostril doesn’t want to take snuff it is my nose saying “Sorry, closed for repairs”

B

Well it’s not really sure that is why it happens. More like when the cycle is going on that is one thing that happens. Considering it’s the body it’s more likeily that is one of many reasons for the cycle then it’s the reason. Though I find it funny how often the cycle comes up always because someone just noticed it and is wondering if snuff caused it.

M

@bob you don’t know how many responses just popped into my head (laughing) I guess everyone that just starts to learn about snuff and start to realize senses that normally go unnoticed, would often ask if it was caused by snuff

B

precisily

T

I used to have adenoid problems as a kid, and my nasal cycle was very noticeable . I don’t deal with the frequent adenoid problems anymore, but i do notice that one nostril is less open than the other (depending on what i’m doing or what time of day it is). I just change how I sniff in the “less open” nostril so I still get the snuff where I want it to go (instead of oversniffing to compensate for).

H

I mentioned this in passing in a thread about a week or two ago as a mere personal observation. I said how my left nostril is dominant about 80% of the time.

B

Being right handed, my right side is open more then the left side and the left is always the side that stops up first.

M

Ayurveda has quite a bit to say about this. According to what I’ve read about it, in a nutshell: your system goes through a cycle of “element/phases”. For example, when one is in a certain phase, one breathes through the right nostril which cools the right side of the brain and the left side of the brain (which corresponds to the right side of the body, and associated energies) is more active. Vice-versa with the left nostril, and there are other phases too, when one breathes through both nostrils simultainiously(sp?) that cools down both sides and is associated with the “ether” element (the coldest element). I think there are 5 elements recognized by it. They consider the left or right dominance to be better suited to different activities such as creating poetry best with the left dominance, and martial arts practice best with the right side dominance. Also there are practices to deliberately change which side is dominant at the time. Just passing along what I’ve heard, not my own opinion- but it seems to make sense to me

T

Ya I noticed this the first day I started snuffing only one of my nostrils works at a time and it switches every hour or two