Health & Fitness
6 Ways to Get Natural Allergy Relief
Why not try these simple interventions before reaching for a prescription medication for hay fever and seasonal allergies?
Spring allergies are a real issue for many people. Big Pharma would like you to think that the best remedy for seasonal allergies are drugs, but at what cost? There is no drug without potential unwanted side effects.
Fortunately You Can Get Natural Allergy Relief:
1. Allergy help can be as simple as a teaspoonful of sea salt. Mix one teaspoon of salt (I prefer Himalayan sea salt) into a large bowl of warm water, immerse your hands and face in the water, and blink several times. This will clean the pollen from your eyes. You can also draw some of the water into your nostrils and expel it to flush pollen from your nasal passages.
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2. Stay away from mucus-producing foods that can aggravate sinus congestion. These include dairy products, especially milk, cream, and cheese.
3. Avoid wine or drink organic varieties, in order to minimize allergy-inducing sulfites.
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4. During days of high pollen activity, keep your car windows up and stay indoors as much as possible.
5. Use a good air purifier system in your home and especially in your bedroom. I like the Airocide air purifier.
6. Clean up before you retire for the night. Many people inadvertently bring pollen into their bedroom on their clothes and skin and in mucus membranes. Remove your clothes outside, not inside, your bedroom. Plus, in addition to soaking your face in water, take a shower and wash your hair before you go to bed. If you don’t suffer with allergies, but your partner does, then a bedtime shower is a helpful way to limit their exposure to allergens.
A Bonus Idea:
Eating local raw honey. The pollen contained in local raw honey can act as a homeopathic type of treatment. Many allergy sufferers report a reduction in symptoms from consuming a teaspoonful of raw local honey a day. Don’t overdo it, honey is still sugar!
Why not try these simple interventions before reaching for a prescription medication for hay fever and seasonal allergies? What do you have to lose? Sneezing, itchy eyes and a watery noses are annoying, but they are not life threatening. But asthma is a different situation, which has the potential to deteriorate to a constrictive airway situation. Those with a history of asthma should be super-avoidant of allergy triggers as much as possible and rely on their doctor’s advice.