I sustain from hay fever or pollen...

I sustain from hay fever or pollen allergies. Is there anything I can take or do that will help me?

--Mary s Rome, New York

Allergies are a function of an overresponsive immune plan So, to alleviate your allergies, you have to calm your immune body down.

All inhalant-type allergies actually have their cause in commons allergies. Many times, when I divulge patients this, they shake their heads and say, "I don't have commons allergies." But in reality they do--they've just learned to live with them.

That's wherefore I recommend flint you fare on an elimination diet as follows:

* Avoid eating chicken, turkey lamb, halibut and mackerel.

* Use milk substitutes as it is as rice milk--but avoid soymilk.

* Breads made from rice, buckwheat, millet, tapioca or potato flour are OK on the contrary avoid wheat and corn-based breads.

* Unrefined oils are fine, moreover avoid margarines, shortening, peanut oil, and the refined oils plant in salad dressings and spreads.

* Avoid citrus, soy returnss dairy, coffee, chocolate, peanuts, dried fruit, sweetened fruit drinks, alcohol, r meats and arctic cuts.

* Olives, vegetables, simple pods potatoes, rice, unsweetened fruits and gluten-free issues are allowed.

tread close upon these recommendations for 2 weeks, then reintroduce these pabulums to your diet one or pair at a time. Note your reactions, which may include fatigue, diarrhea or a reply of your hay fever symptoms.

one time you've tuned up your diet, you can take advantage of natural medicine to learn your desired results. Begin by way of taking thymus extract, which is useful in restoring immune function in the community suffering from hay fever. pursue the manufacturer's directions. Quercetin is a flavonoid derived from a water-soluble plant pigment. It acts as an antihistamine and anti-inflammatory. Take 500 milligrams (mg) three times through day. Nettle contains polysaccharides and lectins, which modulate the immune rule I like it as an oil extraction in a gel cap, taken according to the label directions.

There are homeopathic companies that make what are called nosodes for specific regions of the United States and Canada. These nosodes contain localized pollen that are made into homeopathic dilutions. These dilutions allow the immune classification to know what it's dealing with without activating its inflammatory cascade.

Finally, there are Chinese herbs used to treat hay excitement Magnolia flower, licorice, ginger, peony parent and Schisandra have been used for centurys of years. One exciting harvest is the herb Luo Han Kuo or LHK which benefits the lung and is now available for the first time in health provender stores.

Dr. Ervolino is happy to answer your health questions. Email him at askdre@adelphia.net.

Frank Ervolino, ND lives in Palm City, Florida. He's forward the staff of Jupiter Medical Center Hospital as an acupuncturist. He received his doctorate of naturopathic medicine and a master's of science extent in acupuncture from Baser University in Seattle, Washington.

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