Regain Health with Allergy Relief Supplements
With allergies, you certainly understand why things that help are called "allergy relief supplements". It's hard to believe that allergies aren't "serious" when you are having an attack. Your nose is running, you're sneezing, the inside of your mouth is itching and burning, and you're completely miserable. Then there can be more serious complications such as asthma attacks, skin reactions, and even the life threatening complication known as an anaphylactic reaction.
My Allergy Experiences
When I was a kid, I didn't have allergies. I first developed them while I was in college. Every spring I would think that I had caught a cold...only I could never seem to get over it, and after a few weeks, it would go into bronchitis that lingered for months.By my junior year, someone finally told me that I was having allergy attacks and not just a "cold". The symptoms were the same, so how was I to know? I think the allergy specialist I finally saw diagnosed it as "allergic rhinitis". I started taking about a thousand milligrams of diphenhydramine hydrochloride a day. I've also taken Allegra, Claritin, and Zyrtec over the years. Nothing really seemed to work very well for long. I was even on desensitization shots for over five years after a specialist informed me that my allergies were bad enough I might develop asthma if I didn't take them. However, in spite of the shots, I never saw my symptoms improve much. I could control them with the prescriptions, but they never went away.
What causes Allergies?
I've always understood that allergies are caused by an overzealous immune system that reacts to some harmless particle in the environment as though it were a deadly invader. For example, I've tested allergic to almost every pollen under the sun, as well as dust mites (a microscopic animal found in common house dust). Since some type of pollen is almost always in the air, and house dust is impossible to entirely eliminate, I have problems with allergies most of the year. Of course, this is a simplification of the process, but after having rechecked my understanding by reading through Wikipedia's explanation, I believe it is fairly accurate.
Allergy Relief -
Prescriptions or Allergy Relief Supplements?
Most prescriptions used to control allergies are antihistamines. They work by short circuiting the bodies immune response so that you don't get allergy symptoms. If the allergic reaction is severe and life threatening, sometimes adrenaline is also used or other drugs that interrupt the immune system's over response. Another form of treatment is desensitization shots. I was on these shots for several years myself, but never reached a point where I quit having allergy symptoms. However, medical literature still says it is possible. From the time I developed allergies in college until about three years ago, I was on prescriptions to control my symptoms most of the time. They controlled the worst symptoms, but never gave complete relief.
Supplments Provide Relief!
Then I discovered allergy relief supplements that helped! I can't tell you exactly how they helped, I just know they did. The first I took was a super food supplement. I started taking it to help with the "whatever". The doctor's had diagnosed it as irritable bowel syndrome, but I didn't think I had those symptoms at all. The doctor's didn't know what was wrong, so that's the label they gave it. Anyway, after I started taking the super food regularly, I noticed that I quit having allergy symptoms. However, I had to take so much of the super food, that eventually I decided it would be better to take less of the super food and a little allergy medicine too, since my insurance paid for the allergy medicine. For more information on the concentrated super food supplement that I'm still using, please click the preceding link.
Then a few years ago, I read about a herb called Indian Winter Cherry, or
Ashwagandha.
It is an antioxidant adaptogen. Herbalists say it helps your body adapt to stress of all kinds. I discovered that I could take this herb, and not need to take any allergy medicine. My husband has been able to do the same thing. I need to take it four times a day, and he only needs it twice. I can't know if they would work for everyone, but these allergy relief supplements did work for us. They are more economical than our insurance deductibles for the medicines were, and I believe they are better for us too.
A Final Supplement From Research
Another allergy relief supplement that I've read about, but never tried, is bee pollen. Dr. Mark Stengler author of Natural Physician's Healing Therapies: Proven Remedies that Medical Doctors Don't Know , says that he used it himself to overcome symptoms of hay fever. He started taking 8 capsules a day and after six days of usage was mostly symptom free. He continued with that dose for about a month, and then slowly cut back his dosage over the course of about three months. After about three months he stopped taking the bee pollen entirely. He says his symptoms never returned. He tried bee pollen on the advice of colleagues and patients who had been helped by it. I think it might be worth a try if you aren't getting relief from other things. His biggest caution about bee pollen is that you should not use it at all if you are allergic to bee stings. He also says that some people might get some digestive upset with it. He says the usual dosage is two capsules daily for chronic health conditions, but for relief of severe symptoms four to eight capsules can usually be taken without harm. He recommends opening one capsule and placing a small amount on your tongue. He says if you have any allergic reaction at all, you should avoid it, but otherwise you should be safe. He also cautions that some sources can be contaminated from air pollution or chemicals, so he recommends that you be sure the company you buy these allergy relief supplements from offers a quality product and that they test for purity.
Recommendations
When you try allergy relief supplements, I would recommend that you start by taking the supplements along with your prescriptions for a week or so, then cut back on the medicines to see if you still need them. That will give the supplements a chance to start working before you don't have the medicines in your system to stop your symptoms. Also, I would keep a few of the allergy pills on hand until you are sure you won't need them. Of course you should talk with your doctor and let him know what you are planning to do, and keep him informed of what helps you. I have certainly been thankful to find allergy relief supplements that have eliminated our need for prescription allergy medications.
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