Increasingly, faced with allergy symptoms that can appear at any age, people think not about alleviating the clinical picture of the disease, but about completely eliminating the pathology from their lives. Folk remedies for allergies, the high effectiveness of which is not denied even by official medicine, will help in this and significantly alleviate the condition.
What is an allergy?
Allergy occurs in humans as a result of erroneous recognition by the body of a foreign protein substance as potentially dangerous to the he alth of the individual. At the same time, harm to he alth is not caused by the antigen itself, but by the body's immune response to its presence. Individual intolerance can manifest itself immediately, within a few minutes after contact with the allergen or delayed reaction.
Formation of an allergic reaction
In most cases, the syndrome has genetic roots, but the type of allergy, as the nature of its manifestation and the allergen itself, is purely individual and independent ofhereditary factors. Sometimes intolerance provokes a substance that has already been used or has been in contact with the body repeatedly and without any consequences, but more often the syndrome accompanies a person from early childhood and with age there is a dynamics of attenuation of signs and self-elimination or deterioration.
It is wrong to assume that the hormonal period of active growth in children in 30% of cases reduces the immune failure to "no". In fact, the complete "outgrowth" of the syndrome occurs much less frequently, it's just that the allergy takes a different form, which may not be associated with the one that allegedly disappeared.
Allergy symptoms
Allergy manifests itself so versatile that it is often mistaken for signs of dangerous pathologies - poisoning, dysentery, infectious diseases. Since the tolerance threshold for antigens is different for each person, the same product taken in similar conditions by two different people can cause completely different reactions.
Common symptoms of an incorrect immune response to an antigen:
- rash, flushing of the skin, accompanied by itching;
- runny nose:
- uncontrollable lacrimation;
- puffiness;
- nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea;
- headache;
- conjunctivitis;
- dry cough, sneezing;
- fainting, asphyxia.
It happens that an allergy provokes an exacerbation of any chronic diseases, and then it turns out to recognize the real cause of the running processharder.
Soothing baths
Baths with healing compounds dissolved in water are symptomatic treatment of allergies with folk remedies at home. The optimal volume of water for soothing baths is considered to be 80-90 liters, that is, less than two-thirds of the filling of a standard container. Based on this amount of water, the concentration of infusions is also calculated.
- Sequence and chamomile - mix dried chopped herbs 1:1, and 9 tbsp. tablespoons of the dry mixture brew 2 liters of boiling water. Keep the decoction on low heat for another 5 minutes, then insist for an hour, strain and immediately use for a bath.
- Willow branches - cut fresh willow lashes, pluck the leaves and chop the vine as finely as possible. Transfer ¾ cup of sliced meat to a deep non-metallic bowl, pour a liter of boiling water on top and leave overnight to infuse. In the morning, the filtered infusion is used.
- Healing collection for the bath - take in equal amounts, 2 tbsp. spoons: peppermint, chamomile, yarrow and a string, brew everything with 2 liters of water and insist under the lid for about an hour. The filtered solution is poured into the bath immediately before the procedure.
The temperature of the water for taking therapeutic baths should be comfortable, not higher than 40°C, not lower than 28°C. Treatment time for adults - 20 minutes, for children - 10-15 minutes.
External remedies for skin rashes
With a small coverage of skin irritation or with local, focal lesions of someareas of the body, apply local compresses, ointments or baths.
- Flowers of the meadowsweet - 2 teaspoons of raw materials are poured with boiling water (2 cups) and infused for 15 minutes under the lid. Strained and cooled infusion drink 3 tbsp. spoons 6-7 times a day for at least a month.
- Calendula flowers - 3 teaspoons (with top) of dry herb are brewed with 2 cups of boiling water and kept covered for 15-20 minutes. The infusion is drunk in small portions - in a small sip from 4 to 7 times a day for three weeks.
- Aloe-three-year-old - undiluted juice of the plant, together with the pulp, is applied to the affected skin in the morning and evening for 30 minutes. Continue the procedures until the skin is clear of the rash.
- Celandine juice - freshly extracted juice from the flowers and the green part of the plant is diluted with distilled water 1:2 and poured into a sealed container. The medicated compress is applied to the diseased skin for 10 minutes once a day.
- Sage - mix half a tablespoon of grated dry grass with a third glass of olive or linseed oil, shake the mixture well and pour into a jar. With dry eczema and severe peeling of the epidermis, the mixture is rubbed into the skin every evening, until the symptoms completely disappear.
It should be borne in mind that with open wounds, ulcers or severe scratching, concentrated folk remedies for allergies, such as pure plant juice, cannot be used.
Decoctions and infusions for allergies
Treatment of allergies with folk remedies used orally must beprecede an allergotest for the body's acceptance of substances involved in therapy. To do this, just drink a small dose of the prepared infusion and wait an hour. If no negative reaction is noticed, then this folk remedy for allergies can be included in the tactics of treating pathology.
- Celandine - 2 tbsp. spoons of the dried substance are poured into 400 ml of hot water, heated to a boil and insisted for 3 hours under the lid. The resulting infusion is divided into 4 doses and drunk 2 days before the main meals, adhering to a two-week course.
- Celery root - 3 teaspoons of crushed dry raw materials are poured into 200 ml of chilled boiled water and infused overnight. The remedy is drunk in small sips per day.
- Dill seeds - a large pinch of seeds is brewed with a glass of boiling water and set aside for 45 minutes. The infusion is drunk in a third of a glass after the main meals;
- Stinging nettle - 3 teaspoons of the product is brewed with 200 ml of boiling water and filtered after 45 minutes. The infusion is drunk throughout the day, regardless of meals.
When pregnant or breastfeeding, many home remedies for treating allergies with folk remedies associated with oral medication become impossible. You should carefully consider each episode of such therapy and read the annotation for all purchased phyto-remedies.
Herbal preparations and teas
How to cure allergies with folk remedies? Ready-made collections for allergies in a pharmacy are difficult to meet because of the difficulty of putting together several types of hypoallergenic plants. Eachan element of such a collection that is safe for one person can be harmful to another, so complex compositions are recommended to be assembled individually.
Folk remedies for allergies in multicomponent formulations:
- Take 1 teaspoon of dry herbs: sage, lemon balm, horsetail, viburnum twigs, and licorice root and elecampane root - 2 teaspoons each. Brew 2 teaspoons of the resulting mixture in a liter thermos overnight, and then drink tea in small coffee cups three times a day for a month.
- Take 2 teaspoons of dry herbs: chamomile, peppermint, calendula, and brew everything in a liter thermos. After an hour of infusion, the remedy can be taken 70 ml twice a day, a course of 2 weeks.
- Take 0.5 tbsp. spoons: herbs of galangal, powdered lavrushka, calendula and string, brew everything with two cups of boiling water and leave overnight in a thermos. In the morning, a tablespoon of apple or grape vinegar and a teaspoon of buckwheat honey are poured into the strained infusion. Drink tea 50 ml 3-4 r. a day before meals.
Herbal decoctions and infusions are prepared for a maximum of three days, because after 72 hours the activity of useful elements decreases, and the funds become useless.
Honeycomb treatment
Medotherapy can be used only if the patient is not intolerant of this odorous natural medicine, which in itself is a common provocateur of pathology. Treatment of allergies with folk remedies with the inclusion of honeycombs in the tactics,should occur according to a scheme selected in accordance with the severity of the disease:
- Easy degree of difficulty - three times a week (say, on odd days), you need to chew and swallow a small amount of bee zabrus. It is best to do this in the morning after a light breakfast and on this day no longer take homemade decoctions and infusions against allergies;
- Medium degree - zabrus is used more intensively, already three times a day and can be combined with drinking homemade herbal decoctions.
- Severe degree of the disease - preparation should begin 2-3 months before the onset of seasonal allergic provocations. To do this, an allergic person should stock up on honeycomb and eat a spoonful of sweets after each meal. A month before the dangerous period, honey therapy is complicated - they dissolve a tablespoon of honeycomb and the same amount of grape (apple) vinegar in 250 ml of warm water, and drink the remedy after a light breakfast. In addition, you need to continue to use bee zabrus as often as possible.
Adherents of home treatment argue that honey and wax honeycomb elements, as a folk remedy for allergies in adults and children, serve as a worthy alternative to hormone-based therapy.
Mumiyo against allergies in children
How to treat allergies with folk remedies if a child has a negative reaction to herbal medicine, and pharmaceutical preparations give a temporary or unstable improvement? As a non-sedating antihistamine, homeopaths have long used the classic high-potency shilajit.cleaning. It should be given to children with milk - this way the mummy is better absorbed and does not leave an unpleasant aftertaste.
The solution is prepared as follows: a 1-gram piece of resin is completely dissolved in a liter jar of warm water, this amount of the product is conditionally divided into 10 servings. Children of preschool age (starting from 4 years old) are given 70 ml of medication every morning and evening, younger students and adult children, the portion is increased to 100 ml, drunk at the same frequency. Immediately after taking the medicine, the child should drink at least half a glass of warm milk (plain or sweetened with honey).
Treatment is carried out in a monthly course, twice a year.
Children's Eggshell Allergy Treatment
The famous doctor Komarovsky, offers to try such a folk remedy for allergies in children:
- 5 homemade chicken eggs with hard white shells are brushed with plain soap and then boiled until very cool;
- Eggs cooled in cold water are carefully peeled, and already from the shell, in turn, the white film is removed, which must be thrown away;
- the shell is dried, laid out on gauze, for a day, then crushed into powder and sifted so that no large pieces remain.
The resulting powdered mass is stored in a sealed container and given a monthly course to children from 6 months. From 6 months to a year, an amount of powder equal to 2 match heads should be given, from 1 year to 2 years - double the portion, over 2 years - half a teaspoon. The medicine is given once a day, preferably in the morning.
Use of sorbents
The use of sorbents for allergies is justified by their enveloping action, in which the protein accepted by the body is hostile, as if enclosed in a viscous medium and excreted along with the rest of the decay products in the shortest possible time. The most versatile and safe sorbent is activated black carbon, which, moreover, is very convenient to dose: one tablet is taken per ten kilograms of a person's weight. For children and people with difficulty swallowing, tablets can be crushed and given as a powder.
Drink coal in the morning and evening for 7 days, then for the next seven - drink 1 tablet every other day, and then take one tablet every 3 days.
Diet for Allergy Treatment
If the allergy is seasonal, then you need to take care in advance, no later than a month, to exclude from the diet products that can provoke an exacerbation of symptoms. These are: confectionery sweets, coffee and strong tea, alcoholic products, spicy dishes, smoked meats, spices, citruses. It will be possible to gradually introduce them into the diet only when the allergy subsides.
The same list of products is subject to a ban for other types of allergies at the time of their exacerbation.
Special Instructions
When congestion, coughing and itching occur at the same time, folk remedies for allergies may not be effective and, moreover, they cannot be used all at once. Therefore, if the symptoms are extensive and the mostmost importantly - if it is accompanied by swelling and difficulty breathing, home remedies should go by the wayside and act as an adjunct to drug therapy.
Phyto treatment will have to be abandoned or all its aspects agreed with the doctor if the following factors occur:
- pregnancy and lactation;
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
- high blood pressure;
- chronic liver and kidney disease.
Folk remedies for skin allergies can have the opposite effect than expected in atopic dermatitis, some types of eczema and neurodermatitis. For this reason, in addition to conducting an allergy test, you should always have a proven antihistamine on hand to stop acute signs of individual intolerance or deterioration.
