Folk remedies for pollen allergy

Pollinosis is a disease of almost every modern person. Living in metropolitan areas, people are exposed to the harmful effects of chemicals and toxic substances emitted by our industrial giants. Due to this influence, disturbances in the functioning of the immune system occur. Our liver is also affected. This organ is involved in blood filtration and the production of hormones. Its dysfunction leads to serious disorders that affect the general condition of the body. As a result of all this, people often suffer from allergies.

Symptoms and causes of allergies

Symptoms of hay fever are difficult to confuse with anything else. They appear almost immediately after going outside and contact with the allergen. The most common among them are:

Symptoms that are less common include disorders of the genitourinary system (vulvitis, vaginitis, cystitis), gastrointestinal tract (gastritis, colitis, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation) and the central nervous system. Ears are often affected. Inflammation of their tubes leads not only to hearing problems, but also affects the pressure in the ears. In the future, this can lead to complete hearing loss and problems with the vestibular apparatus. Often, pollen penetrates the bloodstream and affects a person from the inside, if only the symptoms of the disease are removed, and not the cause is dealt with.

The causes of pollen allergy are the following wind-pollinated plants:

An important role is played by the factor of hereditary predisposition. Hay fever is caused by pollution in the air, land and water. Our diet also affects our health. Some foods are actually pollen allergy triggers. There are so-called cross-reactions:

Treatment of hay fever with herbal decoctions

Folk remedies for pollen allergy have long been recognized as effective and proven over the years. You should clearly know your allergen so that you do not use it in the treatment of folk methods. And starting from this, you can choose the methods of therapy. Herbal decoctions, infusions and teas are often used. In order to rid yourself of the first manifestations of diseases, prepare the following components:

Not infrequently, populists use nettles to treat hay fever. The grass is mixed with fine duckweed and water. It is necessary to pour boiling water and insist for half an hour. Patients drink this decoction half a cup several times a day. To relieve rhinitis and skin manifestations, a decoction of blackcurrant or strawberry leaves is used. It is recommended to take chamomile tea, both in its pure form and with various impurities. For example, coltsfoot, clover, violet, mint, sage, calendula. Like the fruits of the walnut, and its leaves, have healing properties. An infusion of these leaves is prepared as follows:

• Grind two tablespoons of walnut leaves, burdock root, violet, 200 ml of water;
• Fill two tablespoons of this mixture with boiling water and let it brew for one hour;
• It is required to consume 50 grams 4 times a day, pre-strained infusion.

Healing baths

In order to remove the skin manifestations of allergy to pollen, use baths with the addition of herbs and various decoctions. So, 2 hours before taking water procedures, brew and infuse oatmeal in a thermal dish. After straining, pour the liquid into warm water. This will help relieve irritation from the skin. Excellent help such herbs as celandine, chamomile, lavender, succession. Use the following recipe: take an equal amount of string, chamomile flowers, valerian and St. John's wort. Take this mixture in quantity, calculating with the calculation of 5 tablespoons per 10 liters of water. Pour the required amount of grass with water and boil for several minutes. Let the broth infuse, while cooling, and add it to the bath.

Willow branches cope with skin manifestations of pollen allergy. You will need to boil a few liters of water in the morning and add about 400 grams of small twigs to it. Leave this decoction until the evening, covered with a lid. After a hard day's work, take a bath with a decoction.

It will be useful to use different needles. If it is not possible to get natural coniferous branches, use the essential oils of fir, spruce, eucalyptus or lemon balm. They will not only relieve itching and burning from skin rashes in case of allergies, but also when inhaling the vapors of these oils, the upper respiratory tract will be perfectly cleaned. Add plain table salt (300-500 grams) to the water. It is important here that the salt dissolves completely, as salt crystals can scratch the body.

With allergies to pollen, flax, or rather its seeds, is excellent. 100 grams of these seeds must be brewed in boiling water. You can boil for 10 minutes. Then pour into a common bath. This will remove the visible skin manifestations of the disease. A bath, with pre-dissolved starch (500 g), will help get rid of severe itching of the skin and cool it, which will relieve inflammation.

Ointments for allergies to pollen according to folk recipes

In books on folk medicine, there are many simple recipes for preparing ointments to relieve dermatitis, urticaria, eczema and other skin manifestations of hay fever. An ointment made from aloe juice and egg white will help relieve itching. To do this, squeeze two leaves of this plant, mix its juice with raw egg white, bringing to a homogeneous mass. Lubricate the affected areas with a thin layer. This ointment can be stored in the refrigerator for a maximum of three days.

Copes well with the manifestations of urticaria ointment based on beeswax. To do this, you will need the following components:

• 100 grams of beeswax;
• 1 boiled egg yolk;
• 100 grams of olive oil.

Melt the wax with a water bath, add the oil, and the egg yolk is rubbed into the same place. After mixing thoroughly, the ointment can be stored in the refrigerator for a maximum of one month.

At the first sign of hives, you can use improvised means such as cucumber and potatoes. These vegetables will help eliminate burning, cool the skin. For rubbing, cut any of the vegetables into circles and rub into the skin. Can be used as a compress by rubbing them on a grater. Sometimes a cabbage leaf compress is applied. Very easy to prepare glycerin cream. For this, glycerin and rice starch are taken in the same amount. In the same proportions, you can prepare an ointment based on aloe and petroleum jelly.

How to get rid of allergic rhinitis with folk methods?

The main manifestation of hay fever is rhinitis. To get rid of it, the simplest way, and familiar to all of us from childhood, will be inhalation with potato pairs. For washing the nose, simple saline solutions are used. You only need to take one tablespoon of salt and dissolve it in a glass of boiling water. Rinse the nasal cavity should be at least twice a day. This will help to get rid of phlegm and facilitate nasal breathing. This procedure promotes the natural healing of the nasal mucosa. A solution of lemon juice and water has the same effect. Only the proportions here are 1:1.

As drops, use warm water and honey. It is useful to drip the nose with mixtures of various herbs. For example:

• Take centaury, horsetail, St. John's wort, rose hips and dandelion root. All in the same quantity and crushed form. It will be enough to take a tablespoon of the mixture and pour a glass of water. The liquid is left for a day. After this time, bring the infusion to a boil and cool. Drip your nose three times a day.
• Mint, linden, chamomile and oregano are mixed. Everything is filled with water and boiled. Leave the decoction for half an hour, then add a couple of drops of eucalyptus essential oil and breathe in such vapors.

Get into the habit of using honey instead of sugar to sweeten your tea or coffee. Good for nasal congestion helps dandelion juice. It is diluted with a small amount of water (slightly less than the juice itself) and instilled in the morning and at bedtime. Take celery juice internally. It will help clear the airways and rid the body of the toxic effects of allergens. It is useful to chew zabrus throughout the day.

Folk remedies for cough with hay fever

Onion will help you to treat cough. It is necessary to pour several chopped onions with water, add 300 grams of sugar and boil over low heat for three hours. It is better to take purified water, in the amount of three liters. After cooling this drink, add a couple of spoons of honey and drink a few spoons a day before meals.

A banana-based decoction will be a healthy and tasty recipe. 2 bananas must be passed through a sieve and pour a glass of boiling water, sugar can be added for sweetness. Such a mass must be drunk warm during each coughing fit. Boiled milk with the addition of mineral water helps a lot (Borjomi is better, as it contains alkali). Release all gases from the water first. The addition of figs to warm milk will soften the throat.

To relieve inflammation, you need to drink tea with the addition of butter. If the patient has wheezing, prepare him juice from fresh cabbage with sugar. You need to use it two tablespoons several times a day until the hoarseness passes. Garlic will be useful for coughing. A few of its cloves should be crushed and boiled in milk. Drink one teaspoon several times a day. We also recommend using the following recipe:

• cucumber juice;
• Honey-garlic mixture (1:1);
• The components are diligently mixed and infused for about an hour;
• Take a few tablespoons half an hour before meals.

Immerse a spoonful of thyme herb in boiling water in the amount of one glass, wrap and leave for one hour. After straining it, consume one spoonful up to several times a day. To treat a sick person, cut the nettle root and mix it with sugar syrup. Or crush poppy seeds and mix with milk. Populists recommend preparing a mixture of walnuts, nettles, mint and barley flour. All this is poured with one or two glasses of boiling water, and defended for about four hours. You need to drink the whole broth in two doses during the day. Barley water will help reduce the frequency of coughing fits.

If bouts of allergic cough torment you not only in the evening, but throughout the day, use the following advice:

• Prepare a mixture of coltsfoot, oregano and chamomile flowers.
• Pour two tablespoons of these herbs into a thermos, pour boiling water (0.6 l) for 7 hours.
• After cleaning the decoction from the remnants of grass, take half a glass three times a day.