How to relieve the symptoms of hayfever!As well as conventional remedies for hay fever, there are also some very effective nutritional and homeopathic alternatives that have proved extremely successful in controlling hay fever. Hayfever sometimes gets a lot less of a problem as we grow older. Drink lots of nettle tea, at least three to four cups a day, and it will help you to detox as well. Also German Chamomile tea is great and you can mix it with nettle. Put nettle and chamomile in the same teapot at the same time. Try to avoid using herbal teabags, they are not as good. Elderflower is another useful herb that can help, just make a tea with it, and drink plenty of it. At night a few drops of chamomile essential oil on your pillow may help too. Hay fever is often induced by an allergy. Avoid pollen, or dusty situations, (good excuse to move to the beach) and get off wheat and dairy products, and reduce or eliminate coffee intake. If you need calcium take a supplement. Rooibos tea from South Africa has strong reputation in helping with hay fever too. The nutritional approach: Nutritionists take the approach that hay fever is an indication that the immune system is not working properly and that the digestive system is failing to absorb nutrients effectively. Nutritional suggestions that can make quite a difference include: 1. Cut out caffeine, wheat, refined sugar and if you can manage, dairy products from your diet for one month. 2. Step up your intake of calcium rich foods such as dark green leafy vegetables, live organic yoghurt and soy milk. 4. Add extra garlic and ginger to your food or take a daily garlic capsule. 5. Vitamin C has antihistamine properties, so increase your intake to at least 500-1000mg per day. 6. Eating one teaspoonful of honey a day, before the hay fever season starts, is effective in reducing those unpleasant symptoms. The homeopathic approach: Homeopathic treatment for hay fever is most effective if you start in winter when no symptoms are in evidence. You can buy remedies, over the counter, such as: Euphrasia, Nux Vomica, Allium Cepa, Gelsemium, Pulsatilla All the above help to reduce or eliminate hay fever symptoms. However, research has shown that they can achieve only a 25% success rate compared with a 75% success rate if the sufferer consults a homeopathic practitioner. A homeopath will treat the whole person and work out what makes an individual particularly hypersensitive to pollen. If you are a hay fever sufferer, why spend the summer months hiding indoors? Try some of the above alternatives. They are harmless and in most cases, extremely successful.
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