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My son who just started yeshiva and he came down with a pretty nasty cold that completely stuffed his nose. A freind of mine I was talking to sent me this new thing he bought online called vapor soothers. Its hard to explain what it is without seeing it but maybe if you imagine this really small nose clip like the shape of the letter ” u ” or a horse shoe. You put it on the tip of your nose and 2 sides of the ” u ” goes into both nostrils and release this minty vapory scent. Kitzur davar, when my son put it in his nose the shayla didn’t really enter my mind because he couldn’t smell a thing anyway, but after a few minutes his nose started clearing up and he told me he smells this peppermint scent. Bottom line (I apologize for the arichus) does he have to make a בורא מיני בשמים when he uses it? On the one hand he isn’t using it to smell bidavka, on the other hand, he is mamish having hana’a from it.
Also even if you wanna tayna that peppermint isn’t besamim but the problem is they also have a cinnamon scented clip and nobody argues its not a besamim! People use it for havdala all the time…So bracha or no bracha?
You don’t make a bracha on medicine. The purpose of the spray is not to get pleasure. You should still consult your local Rabbi.
I hope you’re not planning to go outside with this thing on your nose. Especially on Shabbos if there’s no eruv.
It’s medicine, it heals congestion, and a brachah would be l’vatalah.
The fact that it’s organic is irrelevant. So are “natural” belladonna alkaloids.
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