Showing posts with label symptoms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label symptoms. Show all posts

Monday, March 28, 2011

Natural Allergy Relief

So I posed the question on facebook today about finding natural remedies to combat seasonal allergies. I asked two friends in specific who do a lot of natural remedies and both of them said they have tried nearly everything natural but nothing has helped with sneezing and sinus pressure. One gal said she even has to take prescription meds and that basically was her last ditch effort. The other hasn't found much relief but takes a lot of supplements to aid but nothing to eradicate it. So, another friend, who owns a gluten free business, suggested ALJs which she has given her son and has also changed his diet completely to GF. There's a Herb Cottage in a city about 20 miles north of me and I'm going to check it out tomorrow. I'll update with what I find and how the ALJs or whatever I pick up work out for me. What's great about this ALJ is that it can be safely administered to babies as young as 6 weeks and pregnant women. This is great to know! I hope it works out for me because this would be better than taking sudafed when I'm pregnant in the future. I want to avoid prescription meds as long as possible. I have always envisioned not being on meds until I was in my 70s. Hopefully not then either. I know sometimes you have to take antibiotics but that's temporary. I don't want to be dependent on pharmaceuticals is what I'm getting at. 


The ALJs come in gelatin tabs (gluten free) and vegitabs (some have gluten). I'm going to find out what other forms it comes in - liquid, gel etc., since it can be given to infants, it should be easily converted to an easier dosage.


I'll update soon. 


In the meantime, what products have you used that combats allergy symptoms?