What are some natural or herbal remedies for allergies?
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I suffer from seasonal outdoor allergies and indoor allergies, probably due to my pets. I refuse to give up the pets. I vacuum daily, brush them, and dust often, we have an air purifier that is hooked into our central heating system. For over a year, the doctors have had me on nasal steroid spray,(Nasonex) and Zyrtec, but I have gotten five ear and sinus infections that required antibiotics in the past year. I tried the neti pot, and don’t know if I used it incorrectly, or what, but it made things worse, and I got awful headaches.
I would like to get off this medication regimen. I stopped the Zyrtec and nasonex, and am finishing up a prednisone treatment and am taking Sulfa antibiotics. This last infection travelled to my lungs as well, and I have really low energy. Any ideas?
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Sounds like a complicated case. There are lots of things a qualified Naturopathic Doctor can suggest to treat allergies and chronic sinus infections.
The thing is, an ND will have to examine you and get your history to find out all of the pieces of the puzzle that are contributing to the problem. She’ll develop a plan specifically for you… and then you may have to work together, tinkering with the treatment to optimize your results.
Sorry, it isnt a simple “here, take this herb” kind of answer… but yes, you have options!
To find a qualified ND in Canada check http://www.cand.ca. In the US check http://www.naturopathic.org.
Good luck!
I’m assuming these infections started out as a cold? I don’t have a spleen and used to get secondary infections whenever I got sick. They’d give me an antibiotic, I’d wind up having an allergic reaction.
Then my GP told me about Echinacia. It’s and herb that comes in powdered capsule form. As soon as I feel symptoms coming on I take 3 a day for a week. No more secondary infections.
Allergy shots have really helped my with my allergies. I have been taking them for about a year now. I have tried all the allergy medicines and have not got much relief from them. First you must be tested and find out what you react to. Then they make a serum special according to the results. It doesn’t fix all the problems, but it does eliminate the allergans that you can’t avoid. I have been able to cut back on the medicine I take to control the allergies but I’m not off it completely… Yet. Make sure you take multi-vitamins that your body absorbs.