Protect
yourself outdoors with a 'pollen trap'! You can coat the inside of your
nose with
and the sticky layer will trap spores, pollens, dust
etc. before you inhale them. It stops immediately the irritation in
your nose.
can help a lot fighting hay fever symptoms.
You just rinse
off all the irritant air-born pollens, fungal spores, dust and animal
dander.
If you are not allergic to herbs, your irritated allergy eye will find
this herbal eyewash very soothing:
Pour
250ml boiling water over the herbs. Cover, and steep for a
quarter of
an hour. Strain through a coffee filter to remove all herb particles.
Use as an eyewash or soak cotton balls in the herbal tea and apply to
your eyes at least three times a day for ten minutes.
Caution:
Make
sure
you are not allergic to any ingredient herbs!
If you do not
have the time to make the herbal tea,
put just a wet camomile teabag on
your eyes.
Homeopathy
for Pollen Allergy and Hay Fever
Homeopathy
offers a wide range of remedies helpful in different allergy
conditions, like seasonal allergy etc. Most of them needs
individualization of symptoms, but there
are a few remedies good for hay fever as a general diagnosis.
One
of them is
Histaminum C30,
potentized histamine, which is released in great amount
during the allergic reaction. Homeopathic Histaminum is able to
decrease the release and the effect of material histamine.
Other
useful option is to take your allergen potentized, in a homeopathic
form which can desensitize your body (the method is called isopathy).
- If
you are allergic to pollens, have a pollen allergy, take homeopathic Pollen C30,
made from local pollens in your neighbourhood. Start taking it 1 month
prior the hay fever season (two times a week) and continue during the
whole season, taking it daily.
- If
you are sensitive to dust mites, take regularly homeopathic House Dust Mite C30.
- If
you are allergic to mold, take the homeopathic remedy Aspergillus niger C30,
which is made from the fungi.
- If
you are sensitive to certain animal hair (cat or dog or horse etc.)
than take a remedy made from this special animals fur.
Take
this remedies 2-3 times a week, long term.
During
the hay
fever
season you may take:
- Histaminum
C30 in
the morning and
- Pollen
C30 in the evening.
Let dissolve
2-3 pills under your
tongue and do not eat or drink 10 minutes before and after taking the
remedy.
Read more about natural
allergy
remedies.Diet Tips for Pollen Allergy
Reduce
your intake
of diary product, especially cows milk, since they are mucus-forming.
Cut off refined sugar and wheat products, because both promote
discharge.
Eat in
abundance
citrus fruit (including some of the pith and skin, but only from organic fruits), first of all
lemons.
- The best is to make a
lemonade (squeezed lemon + water + honey) and drink in the morning after rising.
- Following lozenge is really lovely: Chop up the peels and white inner rinds
of organic lemons. Place in a pot and barely cover with water, simmer
covered for ten minutes. Sweeten the mixture to taste with honey and
eat one teaspoon 3-5 times a day.
Eat plenty of
onion, garlic,
pineapple,
horseradish and local honey. Season often with turmeric. Drink in
abundance
lemon, orange and pineapple juice. May be pineapples are the best, they
can stop hay fever symptoms immediately after consumption. Increase
your fluid intake to
maintain the water content of the mucus membranes and avoid drying out.
Find more information about
allergy treatment...
General
Tips for Pollen Allergy Sufferers
- When
you have to go out, wear wraparound
sunglasses to keep pollens away from your eyes.
- Wash
your hair
before going to bed, so you do not transfer a head full of dust and
pollen to your pillow.
- Stay
indoors
and keep the windows closed early in the morning and late in the
evening, when pollen concentration is the highest. Shelter indoors during strong wind,
since the wind stirs up all the settled pollens.
- Fit
your car with pollen
filter and keep the windows closed when traveling.
- Do
not dry outdoors
your bed-clothes, since they work like a pollen trap.
