The purpose of this article is to educate you on the origin and causes of allergies; including a look at some steps you can implement to alleviate them. In order to help yourself, you must first spend time researching and understanding the health issues that affect your life.
Secondly, you should research the alternatives available to find what may work best for your situation. We are uniquely created so what works for one may not work for another.
What are Allergies?
In its simplest form it is a hyper-reactivity to various components of the environment, including food and drink. You can also be allergic to chemicals, house dust, pollen, cats, and dogs, etc. Occasionally, there is someone who has extreme multiple allergies, but this is very rare.
What Causes Allergies?
Much ill-health, including allergies, is caused by a combination of an overload of toxic material accumulating in the body, and not enough essential nutrients that keep countless biochemical processes working smoothly. Easily stated, the body is full of toxic waste and greatly lacking essential nutrients. Thus creating imbalance.
When allergies are present, the liver is not able to keep up with its job of filtering out partly digestive food materials before they meet the immune system. The immune system is therefore constantly over-triggered. The person may feel exhausted because the body systems are over-worked. Low blood sugar attacks may be a problem, causing attacks of the symptoms.
Factors that always accompany chronic illness are: toxic accumulation, inadequacy of key nutrients, and loss of cell vitality. None of these things can be put right by taking either prescribed or over-the-counter drugs and remedies. These may suppress the symptoms that we experience, but do not put right the basic cause. They also add to the level of toxins already in our bodies and give our systems more work in breaking them down and getting rid of them.
What are the Most Common Allergens?
- Pollen from trees, grass and weeds. Allergies that occur in the spring (late April and May) are often due to tree pollen. Allergies that occur in the summer (late May to mid-July) are often due to grass pollen. Allergies that occur in the fall (late August to the first frost) are often due to ragweed.
- Mold. Mold is common where water tends to collect, such as shower curtains, window moldings and damp basements. It can also be found in rotting logs, hay, mulches, commercial peat moss, compost piles and leaf litter. This allergy is usually worse during humid and rainy weather.
- Animal Dander. The bits of skin and hair from animals are both allergens. You can be exposed to dander when handling an animal or from house dust that contains dander.
- Dust. Many allergens, including dust mites, are in dust. Dust mites are tiny living creatures found in bedding, mattresses, carpeting and upholstered furniture. They live on dead skin cells and other things found in house dust.
Common Symptoms of Allergies
- Runny Nose
- Watery Eyes
- Itchy Nose, Eyes, Throat, Roof of Mouth
- Sneezing
- Stuffy Nose
- Pressure in the Nose and Cheeks
- Ear Fullness and Popping
- Dark Circles Under the Eyes
- Hives
Things That Can Make Your Allergy Symptoms Worse
- Aerosol Sprays
- Air Pollution
- Cold Temperatures
- Humidity
- Irritating Fumes
- Tobacco Smoke
- Wind
- Wood Smoke
Tips on How to Avoid Common Allergens
Pollen from trees, grass and weeds: Shower or bathe before bedtime to wash off pollen in your hair and on your skin. Avoid going outside during the time of year when your allergies cause the most problems, especially on dry, windy days. Keep windows and doors shut at home and in your car, and use an air conditioner. Special air filters, such as HEPA and electrostatic filters, can help reduce allergens in the air.
Mold: Remove houseplants. Frequently clean shower curtains, bathroom windows, damp walls and indoor trashcans. In areas where mold has built up, use a mixture of water and chlorine bleach to kill it. Don’t carpet bathrooms or other damp rooms. Use mold-proof paint instead of wallpaper. Reduce the humidity in your home to 50% or less.
Pet Dander: If your allergies to dander (skin and hair from animals) are severe, you may need to give your pets away, or at least keep them outside.
Dust: You can reduce dust mites by the following tips:
• Remove drapes, feather pillows, upholstered furniture, non-washable comforters and soft toys.
• Replace carpets with linoleum or wood. Polished floors are best.
• Mop the floor often with a damp mop and wipe surfaces with a damp cloth.
• Vacuum regularly with a machine that has a high-efficiency particulate air filter. Vacuum soft furniture and curtains as well as floors.
• Install an air cleaner with a high-efficiency particulate or electrostatic filter.
• Wash carpets and upholstery with special cleaners, such as benzyl benzoate or tannic acid spray.
• Wash all bedding in hot water (hotter than 130°F) every 7 to 10 days.
• Don’t use mattress pads/cover mattress and pillows with plastic covers.
• Lower the humidity in your home.
No such thing as an allergy? Sources: Dr. Joel Robbins, MD and Dr. Gary Young, ND
Dr. Joel Robbins, MD, is quoted in “Back to the Garden” regarding his thoughts about food allergies, which he calls a digestive problem. Paraphrased: “When foods are broken down to their most basic components, there are no known allergies to anything.
Why are people reacting to foods? Foods are not thoroughly digested. They are broken down into small enough particles that can be absorbed, but the body can’t utilize them. They get into the blood stream.
If the liver is in ‘good’ shape, it will grab them and eliminate them. No symptoms. If the liver is backed up, the body will have to use a less efficient system to deal with this foreign substance. Antibodies will ‘run, grab them, and go for an available exit.’ These exits are generally the sinuses (sinus problems or hay fever), lungs (asthma or respiratory problems), or skin (causing rashes, eczema or skin conditions).”
Dr Gary Young, ND, in a lecture at Level II training, in October 2000, discussed allergies in general. He said that allergies are not a disease, but rather a dysfunction caused by overloaded receptor sites. Petrochemicals and other toxins are absorbed into the different organs of the body. They interfere with the body’s ability to function properly. They prevent the body from processing and adequately breaking down and eliminating these pollutants. As a result allergy symptoms can result, or specific organs may develop other problems, or even cancer.
Utilizing Essential Oils & Supplements to Address Allergies
Ultimately, we should start with the sinuses and end with the liver to effectively address allergies, adding essential oils to our daily life like Lemongrass for mold/fungal issues. Diffusing therapeutic-grade essential oils in the home releases oxygenating molecules into the atmosphere.
This increases the ozone and negative ions, which inhibit bacterial growth, preventing and destroying existing odors from mold, cigarettes, animals, etc. Diffusing also removes dust particles and chemicals out of the air, cleansing the 12-million receptor sites located through our nasal passages. YL’s cold air diffuser creates a highly effective air filtration system for the home and office.
Cleansing the digestive track is another effective method to consider when addressing allergies. This can help release toxic chemicals from your organs and tissues. There are a number of great cleansing products on the market today.
Digestive enzymes and nutritional supplements can help foods digest properly and build your immune system with products such as YL digestive enzymes, Life 5 Probiotic, MultiGreens, and NingXia Red Wolfberry Juice.
While all of these things are helpful the most effective method I have discovered is saturating the body with key vitamins and minerals. I like fast results so if you follow suit with that read on.
The most effective method to address allergies is Vitamin C Therapy to bowel tolerance – safe, simple, and effective. Most people are highly deficient in Vitamin C, a natural antihistamine and antitoxin due to their diets and lifestyles. Is it any wonder with our food sources that our bodies would be deficient? Of course not.
For further information on Vitamin C Therapy go to: doctoryourself.com where Andrew Saul will explain it in great detail. He also has incredible heath information on this site.
I myself have experienced great results from taking large amounts of Vitamin C for my allergies. And the results are quickly realized. It is phenomenal. Try it you will like it. And so it is…
Connie
