April 11, 2019

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.

Causes of Hay Fever or Allergic Rhinitis

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

  • Sneezing
  • Runny or watery nose
  • Watery eyes
  • Congestion in the nose
  • Burning eyes
  • Itching in the nose
  • Itching of soft palate
  • Itching of eyes
  • Redness and swelling of eyes
  • Post nasal drip

Homeopathic Remedies for Acute Hay Fever

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