*All information in this article is for educational purposes only.
*It is not for the diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
When I first started suffering from allergies I was in my mid 30s and it was a surprise for me. I grew up without any allergies. So it took me a few years to find what worked for me to minimize the symptoms and keep myself as unaffected as possible. The top 3 healthy & natural things that work for me are avoiding all foods that are high in histamines, taking “non-histamine producing” probiotics, and doing nasal saline rinses twice a day (once when I wake up and once before bed). And if I ever wake up with a lot of symptoms I do a heavy flush with about 6 times the amount of liquid I use for a single daily flush.
Single flush (for maintenance, do once morning & night for symptom prevention)
-Add 1 cup (8 oz) distilled water to a clean container. Fill up a 48oz container with filtered tap water. Then pour approximately a third (16oz) of that water into an electric boiler until it boils. Then pour it back into the water container and check for a perfect lukewarm temperature that will feel comfortable inside the nose.
-Add 1/2 teaspoon sea salt to the water (avoid sea salt that contains dioxins)
-Add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (makes the salt burn less)
Heavy flush (for treating allergy attacks/sinus issues, for maintenance do once per week or monthly)
-Add 6 cups (48 oz) distilled water to a clean container. Fill up a 48oz container with filtered tap water. Then pour approximately a third (16oz) of that water into an electric boiler until it boils. Then pour it back into the water container and check for a perfect lukewarm temperature that will feel comfortable inside the nose.
-Add 1 tablespoon sea salt to the water (avoid sea salt that contains dioxins)
-Add 1 tablespoon baking soda (makes the salt burn less)
**Everything above is crucial for setting yourself up for less allergy suffering. However, the most important thing I ever did related to my allergies was to stop taking allergy medications. Avoid taking anti-histamines, decongestants, and steroids like Zyrtec, Allegra, Claritin, Benadryl, Clarinex, Sudafed, Afrin, Nasonex, Flonase, Nasacort, Deltasone, etc… These things make you dependent on them, they have a lot of bad side effects and eventually you end up building a tolerance and needing more and more to be effective. These things are better used in last minute emergencies, not on a daily basis.