Find out about simple, easy remedies you can do at home to stop or reduce snoring. Learn about natural products that can help you with snoring.

1. Five at home remedies for snoring
Remedies you can do at home for snoring
In trying to stop snoring for yourself or your spouse, especially if you are first dealing with
snoring consider trying simple remedies. The advantage of the simple remedies is they can be
done in the privacy of your own home, they are non invasive and are relatively inexpensive. For
these remedies no doctor appointment or prescriptions are required.
Know what causes snoring
What snoring is can be summed up into one word “vibrations” it is the vibration of a part of
usually your oral caviety that causes snoring and what causes the vibrations to occur is restricted
air flow. When sleeping the muscles in the mouth throat-larynx relax which restricts the flow of
air as you breathe when sleeping. This restriction typically causes the soft palate-tissue on the
upper jaw behind the upper teeth to vibrate as well as the uvula the skin flap that dangles down
from the top of the throat. Other factors that can affect this are breathing through the mouth
instead of the nose, which causes air to come in at a different angle.
Remedy #1 Saline solution and acupressure
A very simple solution to nasal congestion is to use a saline solution from sea salt and distilled
water. Put ¼ of a teaspoon of sea salt to a cup of boiling water cool and put into a sanitized spray
bottle. An additional technique you can do with nose spray is to do acupressure you apply gentle
pressure with the thumb and forefinger at any of two pressure points above the nostrils or below
the nostrils. A third point is below the earlobes, which can help with nasal congestion.
Remedy #2 Nutrition based snoring aids
For nasal congestion and general heath, these nutritional aids are an option. For nasal congestion
essential oils such as peppermint, eucalyptus and coconut oils can help to clear the nasal
passages. For overall heath which can help with snoring mangosteen juice, blue green algae and
spriulina can help to build the immune system and help with snoring.
Remedy #3 Simple home remedies
Very simple home remedies are: sleeping on your side rather on the back which causes the
tongue to fall away on the side of the mouth, removing a potential obstruction. Some simple
nutritional items that may help you to get an edge on snoring, melatonin can help you to reduce
stress, while robotics of yogurt can help strengthen your immune system.
Remedy # 4 Local exercises

2. Local exercise consists of exercises for the tongue, jaw and mouth and the purpose is to firm up
the muscles so that they are firmer causing less air obstruction. A couple of common ones are
tongue stretching stick your tongue out and hold for 3 to 5 seconds repeat 5 times. Jaw push push
out our lower jaw and hold for 5 seconds repeat 5 times as well.
Remedy #5 General remedies
These are general remedies for snoring: lose weight, if you are overweight and/or have a large
neck width losing weight can help the muscles in neck and chin to firm up. Avoid consuming
alcohol or dairy products close to the time you rest. By combining these remedies can get you
closer to reducing or eliminating your snoring.