Naturopathic Physician Questions Allergies

I have a typical sinus allergy. How can naturopathy help?

I have a typical sinus allergy because of the amount of pollen in the air. Can naturopathic medicine help me?

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Absolutely, naturopathic medicine can offer several approaches to help manage and alleviate sinus allergies caused by pollen. Naturopathic medicine focuses on supporting the body's natural healing processes, and there are multiple strategies that can be effective for sinus allergies:

1. **Dietary Adjustments:** Certain foods can either exacerbate or alleviate allergy symptoms. For example, anti-inflammatory foods like leafy greens, berries, and fatty fish can help reduce overall inflammation in the body. Conversely, dairy and processed foods might worsen mucus production and should be limited.

2. **Herbal Remedies:** Herbs such as butterbur, stinging nettle, and quercetin have been shown to help reduce allergy symptoms. These can be taken in various forms, including teas, capsules, or tinctures.

3. **Supplements:** Probiotics can help balance the immune system, potentially reducing the severity of allergic reactions. Vitamin C, MSM and bromelain are also beneficial for their anti-inflammatory and antihistamine properties.

4. **Lifestyle Modifications:** Regular exercise, adequate sleep, and stress management techniques such as yoga or meditation can strengthen your immune system and reduce the severity of allergic reactions.

5. **Environmental Controls:** Minimizing exposure to pollen by keeping windows closed during high pollen seasons, using air purifiers, and showering after being outdoors can significantly reduce symptoms.

6. **Hydration:** Staying well-hydrated helps thin mucus, making it easier to expel and reducing sinus congestion.

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Yes. I use a combination of supplements and antihistamines when the allergy season is already started, but the best option is starting preventative herbs a few months before the worst of the season. My patients who set a reminder to start up their preventative medicines don’t have allergy symptoms this year.
Chronic Sinus conditions are a result of either local or systemic conditions such as chronic systemic infections, histamine dysfunction, microbiome imbalance, etc. Best to consult an experienced licensed naturopathic physician who is well-versed in finding and treating the underlying root imbalances to help you with long-term relief.
Yes, naturopathic medicine can definitely help to minimize your sinus symptoms related to allergies to pollen. While we won't ever claim to resolve an allergy, we identify and treat sources of inflammation in your body. Once we do this, your immune system is able to respond more-normally to allergens, rather than produce a highly exaggerated immune response. Naturopathic doctors make a distinction between true allergies and sensitivities. A person usually reacts very quickly to a true allergen. The symptoms of a food or other environmental sensitivity may not show up for 2 to 4 days after exposure to the substance, so it is harder to identify what the stressor is. There is testing available to naturopathic doctors to distinguish between a true allergy and a sensitivity. Since sensitivities are often reversible, it is very helpful to differentiate between allergies and sensitivities and to treat accordingly.
Yes, naturopathic medicine can help you.

Allergies are immunological disorientations that can be treated very well with substances of natural origin, since they act directly in your biology so the synergy that is established is very noble, the same bee pollen can be used as a "vaccine" so that organism can recognize it and does not respond with its allergic alterations, if you suffer allergy to pollen, probably also to other elements, you have to reorder your immune response, if you can
Naturopathic medicine is a good option. You need to find a skillful naturopathic doctor.
Dear patient,

I would say each patient is different and needs to be treated that way. Therefore, you need some kind of traditional workup including a back scratch test or serum test to discern what you are allergic to and how severe the response is. Also, any medications and medical diagnosis has to be taken into account. Yes, there are a number of natural modalities that might help including Frankincense oil, Eucalyptus oil, and Quercetin that you could try along with following up with a naturopath. 
I hope this helps.

Best,
Naturopathic medicine offers a multitude of options to address allergies. First you want to make sure that you are having sinus issues due to airborne allergies and not due to molds, depressed immunity or another cause. Homeopathic medicine, Chinese herbs, acupuncture and natural non-drowsy supplements are some of the options that may help your symptoms. It is best to see a Naturopathic doctor to see what the best treatment options for you may be for the most effective modality for you.
This is no simple issue as we think. But, if you are a milk drinker, try having no dairy including cheese, yogurt, even A2 milk for 3 weeks. And if that relieved your symptoms, then you know the problem and improve your GUT heath with probiotics. It is good to start with something to make you feel, better by having hone air filter, heap vacuum cleaner, essential oil diffuser to clean the environment. You need to look at your environment from the air you breath, water you drink and food.
Hello to you,

The immune system functions to clear the body of foreign bodies such as viruses, bacteria, blood cells, tissue cells, etc. Allergic responses are unusual responses of the immune system, occurring when the immune system reacts to a normally harmless protein that the body has identified as harmful, representing an altered reaction to an antigen. The antigens involved in an allergic response are called allergens. Allergies can represent the overactivity of the immune system, as the immune system is attacking harmless substances. Check into NSC Nutritional Science company & NSC Beta Glucan, which can help to modulate the immune response..
Naturopathic medicine is very successful in treating allergies. I would recommend finding one in your area to help you and in the mean time, drink nettle tea.