Natural Allergy Relief

Natural allergy relief is the goal for those seeking an alternative to over the counter and prescription medicine. Allergies can be a seasonal or year round problem with symptoms ranging from mild to severe. Mild allergy sufferers can find relief the natural way. You may be surprised to find that you can end your suffering without prescribed medication. Those with moderate to severe problems should avoid self treatment and visit a doctor instead.

Change Your Diet

• Cutting out certain foods from your diet is the easiest way to resolve allergy issues. White flour and dairy products are known to encourage mucous. Eliminating these foods from your diet for a few weeks may result in allergy relief.

  Spicing up your diet might also help. Hot spicy food naturally helps thin and reduce mucous production. Ingredients like cayenne pepper, ginger, curry powder, fenugreek, onion, spicy peppers and garlic are ideal for natural allergy relief.

Acupuncture

• A visit to a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner for acupuncture may give you the allergy relief you're searching for. The idea behind acupuncture is that by stimulating certain points on the body you can create changes from within that affect the immune system which in turn affects allergy symptoms.

  A study of 26 allergy sufferers published in the "American Journal of Chinese Medicine" revealed that acupuncture helped eliminate symptoms in all 26 participants with no side effects.

Clear Nasal Passages Daily

• A saline, or salt water, spray in the nostrils helps rinse out irritating pollen and thin mucous. Add golden seal to a saline solution for a natural boost. Golden seal has an antibacterial effect to help reduce nasal swelling.

  Another mixture you can try is to fill a spouted spray bottle with a cup of warm water, add a teaspoon of salt, a drop of oregano oil and one drop of wintergreen essential oil. Gently squirt the mixture into one nostril at a time making sure to blow out the nose.

Bee Pollen Therapy

• Try taking a bee pollen supplement as a way to achieve natural allergy relief. You could also take a one daily teaspoon of local, unfiltered and unprocessed honey to relieve your allergies. Bee pollen is said to act like a vaccine against the antihistamines that cause allergy symptoms.

Remove the Source

• One of the easiest ways to end the allergy nightmare is to remove the source of your misery. It could be the fragrance from certain cleaners, a pet or the down feathers in your favorite pillow and comforter. Find the source of your problem and you'll find relief.