For most, seasonal allergies can feel debilitating, suffocating or like a cold that lasts all season long. The best time of year is often filled with anticipation and weighing the pros, cons of decongestants. Fortunately, homeopathic medicine is a natural and reliable alternative to not only address seasonal symptoms but with long-term care experience a complete eradication of allergies. See below for a list of the best indicated and reliable homeopathic remedies to keep on hand this allergy season
Hay fever is characterized by sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, congestion, itching, of nose and eyes, sinus pressure – and that’s putting it lightly! It may be more accurately characterized by the pockets stuffed with tissues, the constant tossing and turning as the nasal congestion moves from one nostril to the other, exhausting fits of sneezing and the embarrassing “clucking” noise to “scratch” the pallet.
While the most common cause of hay fever is an allergy to grass or tree pollens, identical symptoms may result from inhaling dusts, fungal spores, animal hair.
When hay fever symptoms are seasonal, the timing of their appearance depends on the sort of dust that causes an allergic reaction in the sufferer. The first pollens to appear each year are tree pollens, which can cause hay fever in early spring, depending upon the how severe the winter has been. Later in the season, typically in midsummer, grass pollens appear for a short season; they are then followed by ragweed pollen.
Fungal spores are abundant in the air from mid summers until late fall. They are the most likely allergens that are present in the air throughout the year may also cause problems from time to time and seem to result in seasonal symptoms.
Common Symptoms of Hay Fever
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Sneezing
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Runny or watery nose
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Watery eyes
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Congestion in the nose
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Burning eyes
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Itching in the nose
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Itching of soft palate
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Itching of eyes
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Redness and swelling of eyes
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Post nasal drip
Allium Cepa
- Eyes and nose run like a faucet
- Violent sneezing with profuse, watery, acrid discharge; upper lip may swell from irritating mucus
- Bland tears from the eyes
- Eyes sensitive to light; sneezing worse when entering warm room, runny nose with cough, hoarseness and headache; frontal headache
Dulcamara
- Constant sneezing; profuse nasal discharge and tearing from the eyes, especially worse in August, as summer changes into autumn
- Nose totally stopped up in cold damp; headache from stoppage of nasal discharge
- Sudden change of weather from warm to cold, exposure to newly mown grass or hay
Euphrasia
- Profuse, acrid, tears from the eyes and bland nasal discharge (opposite of Allium cepa)
- Eyes water constantly; frequent blinking; burning, swollen eyelids
- Sticky mucus on cornea; photophobia; dryness and violent itching of eyes; watering eyes
Kali Bichromicum
- Thick, stringy, greenish-yellow mucus from nose and throat, difficult to expel
- Thick postnasal drip with frequent hawking; profuse, watery, irritating nasal discharge/postnasal drip
- Very dry nose with aching fullness in nasal bones and sinuses
Natrum Muriaticum
- Profuse, watery nasal discharge, like egg-white, lasting one to three days then becomes stopped up and difficult to breathe
- Stuffiness alternates with runny nose; loss of taste and smell
- Hammering headache above eyes; swollen eyelids; itchy inner corners of eyes
Pulsatilla
- Profuse, thick, creamy, yellowish-green, bland nasal discharge/postnasal drip
- Stuffy nose, worse warm room, indoors, lying down, better walking in open air
- Frequent sneezing; sore nostrils, wings of nose raw
- Red, itchy, swollen eyelids; profuse lachrymation
- Weeps quite easily; sensitive; changeable moodiness; clingy neediness
Sabadilla
- Violent fits of sneezing, from itching, tingling, tickling inside nose with profuse, watery nasal discharge
- Itching of soft palate; sensitive to odors
- Dry mouth but thirstless
Wyethia
- Intense itching of soft palate, compelled to scratch it with tongue which leads to “clucking,” but this does not relieve
- Extreme dryness of nose, mouth and throat; dry throat despite salivation
- Itchiness of eyes, nose, ear canals, palate and skin
- Profuse, burning, acrid nasal discharge
- Constant, difficult hawking; throat feels swollen; constant desire to swallow ropy saliva to relieve dryness
