ALLERGIES. Not to be sneezed at!

By Genie Rowson

What are allergies?

Any dis-ease or disorder in the body is caused by internal or external stressors which come from many sources such as toxicity, trauma, pathogens, emotional factors (fear, anxiety, anger), pollution, poor nutrition, heredity factors, poor living conditions, lifestyle issues, lack of sleep, overwork, stress and environmental changes (temperature, altitude, damp, dryness, etc.) The symptoms that we see or feel are the body’s efforts to heal itself.

Allergies are, quite simply, an overreaction to something in our environment such as cat hair, grass, pollen or dust. If you encourage your body’s healing mechanisms and restore balance, your symptoms will disappear.

What are our symptoms?

Everybody reacts differently to different stressors, and at different times. Some allergy sufferers experience a dry scratchy throat, while others have violent sneezing and streaming eyes. Yet others may get hives, a violent itchy rash, skin disorders, swollen puffy eyes or a sore throat, and cannot tolerate a warm stuffy room. Allergies are also often accompanied by headaches, tiredness and exhaustion, or feeling chilly.

Suppressing our symptoms

Many thousands are spent every year on sensitivity/allergy tests, and then what? Well, most conventional medicines work by suppressing our symptoms – for example, by drying up a runny nose or suppressing a rash or a bout of eczema. However, these symptoms are the body’s way of dealing with and eventually overcoming an overreaction to a possible aggravating substance which we call an allergen . The allergen is not the cause, otherwise we would all have the same reaction to it.

Rather, the weakness lies with the person over-reacting to the allergen. Therefore, if we keep SUPPRESSING our symptoms, our body will never get the chance to heal and restore balance. A chronic illness is one that your body has never had the chance to overcome.

If you suppress your symptoms, your body will continue to overreact to those irritants. However, if you stimulate your body’s own healing mechanisms, for example through the use of a vibrational remedy which, balance will be restored and you will not keep experiencing the same symptoms over and over again. By stimulating a person’s vital force and restoring balance, homeopathic medicine encourages the body’s natural healing mechanisms and restores harmony to the body.

Recommended remedies for allergies

Always choose a remedy that most closely matches your symptoms:

Skin rash formula: Assists with the relief of acute symptoms such as itchy, allergic skin rashes, bumps, urticaria/hives, dermatitis, etc. Itching can be severe and persistent, and symptoms may be worse at night.

Skin disorders, eczema & psoriasis formula: This formula helps to relieve symptoms associated with psoriasis, eczema and stubborn chronic skin disorders. Symptoms may include thickened patches of skin; red, scaly, itchy, inflamed skin; scales; flaking, oozing, blistering, crusty or herpetic eruptions; cradle cap; pustules, blisters; intolerable itching anywhere on the body; swelling; rough, raw and scaly skin.

Allergies & hayfever formula: Helps to relieve all symptoms associated with allergies and hayfever, such as sneezing; puffy, scratchy or streaming eyes; blocked or runny nose; sore throat, headaches and tiredness. Helps to improve a person’s tolerance to allergens/irritants in the environment, especially during the change of season. By stimulating a person’s vital force and restoring balance, this formula encourages the body’s natural healing mechanisms and restores harmony to the body.

Sinusitis, rhinitis & postnasal drip formula: This highly effective formula helps to relieve symptoms associated with blocked and infected sinuses, rhinitis (runny nose), congestion and postnasal drip, as well as severe pain in the sinus and facial area (brows, around eyes, cheekbones). Symptoms may be accompanies by sneezing, nasal discharge and sore throat.

Eye infection, inflammation & conjunctivitis formula:  For all eye disorders which may include inflammation, infection, redness, discharge and watering, allergic irritation, pain and discomfort, styes and conjunctivitis / pink eye. Symptoms may be accompanied by discharge of pus where eye is glued or stuck together. Also helps to reduce light sensitivity.

Our Allersode range will improve tolerance of each specific allergen and thereby assist by relieving associated symptoms.  Like all our remedies, they work by stimulating the vital force and restoring harmony and balance to the body.

Cat hair intolerance formula

Dairy intolerance formula

Dog hair intolerance formula

Gluten intolerance formula

Grasses intolerance formula

Lactose intolerance formula

Pollen intolerance formula

Wheat intolerance formula

Whole egg intolerance formula ( including egg white and egg yolk)