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Dear Natural Healing House Friends,
Allergy season is in full swing in most parts of the country. Pollens from trees, grasses, or weeds usually cause these seasonal allergies. If symptoms develop in the spring it is usually due to tree pollens; if they develop in the summer, then grass and weed pollens are usually the cause. Ragweed pollen accounts for about seventy-five percent of hay fever in the United States.
Symptoms occur when the immune system mistakes an ordinarily harmless substance (the allergen, or antigen, such as pollen) for a dangerous invader, and makes antibodies (a specific protein that helps fight disease) against it. Next time the allergen invades, the antigen-antibody reaction causes the body to "alert its defenses." Mast cells respond by releasing certain chemical substances, including histamine. Histamine (and other chemicals) increases the permeability to blood vessels, allowing fluid to escape into the nasal passages, causing congestion, sneezing, itching, and a runny nose all within a few minutes. Under certain disease fighting conditions, this increase of fluids into surrounding tissues has advantageous results of diluting toxins, limiting the spread of bacteria, providing protective antibodies, and healing wounds. With hay fever, however, the immune system becomes hypersensitive.
Allergies can also be seen in association with fatigue, a lack of mental concentration, general malaise, and headaches. Fungal gut dysbiosis (candidiasis) can also present allergy symptoms due to the fact that the intestinal mucosa is a near cousin to the mucosa of the sinuses and the lungs. When the immune system responds to intestinal dysbiosis, inflammation in the gut can provoke a similar reaction in the sinuses and lungs. For this reason, we generally recommend SYALLGEN and SYGEST be taken together for acute allergy symptoms.
Another good combination is PROALLER and apo-INFEKT.
To support a healthy digestive tract we recommend the enzyme formula TPP DIGEST and TPP PROBIOTIC.
PROFLAVANOL90 is a rich source of bioflavonoids known as proanthocyanidins. The specific type of proanthocyanidins found in grape seeds are called leucoanthocyanidins and help to prevent the release and synthesis of compounds that promote inflammation and allergies such as histamine, serine protease, prostaglandins and leukotrienes. We recommend dosages of 2 to 6 tablets per day in divided dosages in acute cases of hay fever.
ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS (OPTOMEGA) derived from flax and pumpkin seeds provide the omega-3 fatty acid ALA (Alpha-linolenic acid), which converts to EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and whose derivatives, prostaglandin-E3 and certain leukotrienes, are strongly anti-inflammatory.
VITAMIN C (POLY C) is also known to prevent the release of histamine and increase the detoxification of histamine. It's has natural antihistamine properties. Typical antihistamine doses fall between 2 and 18 grams per day.
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