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Does anyone have any recipes for seasonal allergy teas or tinctures? I hear herbs like ephedra, nettles, and eyebright are good but I'm not sure what proportions to use or if there are others that would be good too.
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Re: allergy season recipes?
Wed, April 15, 2009 - 11:28 PMtry taking the nettles freeze dried in capsules to really beat the allergies, but stinging nettle tea is a valuable adjunct. also lvoal honey that include the plants that affect you will work bu start early. eyebreight is good brewed into tea too, bu in California you can only buy it powdered, i;it;s considered a "noxious weed.'
ephedra has been regulated almst out of availability, and it is rather stimulant for most people. I recommend a strong sage and thyme brew instead. lemon thyme is wonderful fr coughs as well as upper respiratory problems.
Traditional Medicinals has a Gypsy Cold Care yea that many say is a great anti-histamine for upper respiratory alllegies.
my daughter gets a little hay fever and these are the medicines that help her most.
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Thu, April 16, 2009 - 12:02 AMBee pollen and/or bee propolis.. but if you're allergic to bees.. take in incredibly small dose.. like 1 grain every other day.. for a week.. then try 1 grain every day for a week.. up it by 1 grain a day per week. .unless theres a reaction then down again..
Other wise if not allergic.. 1/4 tsp a day for 2 weeks .then 1/2 tsp for 2 wks.. 3/4 tsp.. then up to 1 tsp for a week for a year..
Make sure its local bee pollen.. as that will have all the local flora in it..so after a time you will have built up immunities to all the local pollen and even tho it wont help for this year... it will strengthen the immune system. and help prevent allergies in the future.. -
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Fri, April 24, 2009 - 1:44 PMA great tincture is canadian fleabane..you want to do a hot tea..not lukewarm...and breathe in the vapor as well since it is for your sinuses it will help to put more of the energetic there. I also recomend taking echinacea or oregon grape or elderberry tinctures to boost the immune system..not constantly..but once or twice a week..and vary them..it can be any immune booster..whatever your fave is. Also nettle,nettle, nettle!! Infusions are potent and amazing of nettle..but also adding some eyebrite too. It is also super good if you can find a nettle patch to lightly steam the tops and eat . Also amazing helpers for me is juicing plantain and dandylion leaves..or sometimes i just graze. -
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Fri, April 24, 2009 - 5:51 PM...and sometimes nothing works...seriously...on the worst days.
During heavy allergy season I daily:
-> hold acupressure points.
-> eat nettle tops
-> drink elderflower/elecampane tea (not everyday on this one, but on the worst days)
-> echinacea 3x for ten days, then off two, then more
When none of that really helps, I try to slow down. I have worse histamic response when I feel at all stressed. I try to breathe deeper, even mouth breathing if my sinuses won't clear. I had a couple really bad weeks earlier this month and this was all I could do, on top of the regimen. -
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Fri, April 24, 2009 - 6:36 PMI hear you Pea and this is sage advice, as sometimes we just need to slow down and connect to what is happening.
In addition two of my favorite herbs for relieving allergies are nettle in infusions form (my experience is that capsules and tinctures are not as effective). Recipe: 1 ounce nettle herb placed in a tea pot or jar, with boiling water poured over it. Cap it and let this sit for 4-8 hours. Drinking this on a regular basis can reduce allergies and also drinking it when you have them can help as well.
Also Osha root. I have found this to be quite effective in reducing all kinds of allergic reactions.
Lastly, be sure you are nourishing yourself with whole foods and fermented foods. Do not use antibacterial soaps or wipes. Being too sterile contributes to allergic reactions.
Hopefully this is helpful.
Blessings
Linda -
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Sat, April 25, 2009 - 3:00 PMPea- have you tried the plantain and dandylion juicing quantity? Sometimes when I have one of those days that just nothing helps...this one does....hope it helps ya! I have never tried elderflower/ elecampane tea..so i will be utilizing that one. Thanks! -
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Sat, April 25, 2009 - 3:58 PManything high in quercetin like elderberry...or get quercetin by itself...nettles.. -
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Mon, May 11, 2009 - 4:40 PMapples are high in querecetin and are known in certain parts of europe to work wonders on respiratory diseases.
vitamin c is also a natural antihistamine.
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Sat, April 25, 2009 - 4:17 PMI realized in reading some of the other responses higher up in the thread that eyebright was the one I forgot to use this year, and I think my body missed it. I used to call it the Allerg-E tea when I mixed all three in past years, with three E herbs: elecampane, elderflower, and eyebright. Quercetin is a good suggestion, yes, and haven't tried juicing dandelion yet. I've passed through my heavy season this year, but next year, I'll return to this thread!
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Mon, April 27, 2009 - 6:27 PMAstragalus is also a good herb to integrate, particularly if echinacea and those types don't quite do the trick. When I lived in CA I found it at good Chinese herb shops :-)
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Tue, May 5, 2009 - 7:47 AMI had an old (1800's) book a huge tome of a book, that was dedicated solely to plants and preparations that were if medicinal value.
Most of the things in that book which I researched turned out to have some foundation in fact.
Among them was the Mullein plant was smoked ( yah smoked) to help expand respiratory passages and alleviate allergy symptoms.
I often wondered how people came to learn these things with the limited means they had. . Just pick it up and try it?
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Fri, May 22, 2009 - 3:04 PMNot sure about herbs exactly, but eating local honey is supposed to be great due to the pollens it contains.
O'Ryan -
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Fri, May 22, 2009 - 6:32 PMi'm allergic to mold and mildew and live in Seattle... Ideas?
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