Homeopathic Hay Fever Remedies
It is advisable to start homeopathic treatment as far ahead of your hay fever season as possible, so that your symptoms will be less of a problem to you once your hay fever season actually begins. You should notice your symptoms lessening in severity each year.
Common symptoms of hay fever include frequent attacks of sneezing with a profuse watery nasal discharge, often accompanied by itching and/or watery red eyes. People also sometimes complain of itching of the roof of the mouth.
If you are reading this article after your hay fever season has already begun, you might find that one of the following first aid homeopathic hay fever remedies gives you some relief for the rest of this year's hay fever season.
Remember, for the greatest chance of success, choose the remedy which best suits the way you are feeling now.
For advice on how to best take the homeopathic hay fever remedy, see the Rules for self prescribing
Allium cepa
Your eyes and nose stream a lot, making your nose a top lip very sore.
Your may also have a tickle in the throat.
You sneeze a lot, especially when you are indoors, especially in a warm room.
Your eyes stream less when you are outside.
Arsenicum album
Your eyes and nose burn, and stream a lot, and the discharge makes your eyes and top lip very sore – it feels as if they are burning.
You sneeze a lot, especially when you are outdoors. You feel better indoors.
Your nose tickles in one particular spot, and sneezing does not bring relief.
You are restless and anxious.
Euphrasia
Your eyes water all the time and are particularly sore. The the discharge from them is thick and burning.
Your nose streams, but your nose and lips are not sore.
Your throat is also sore, and you may have a cough at the same time as your hayfever.
Your symptoms are worse in the evenings.
Gelsemium
Your eyes feel heavy, and you don't really want to open them.
You sneeze a lot, especially in the mornings and the discharge makes your nose and top lip sore.
Your throat is dry and burning and you find swallowing difficult. You may have the sensation of a lump in your throat.
You want to be left alone.
Nux vomica
Your eyes feel sore and sensitive to bright light.
Your nose is irritated and you sneeze a great deal.
Your nose feels blocked up, and this gets worse at night.
Your throat is tickly when you wake in the morning.
You have become irritable.
Please remember
While one of the first aid homeopathic hay fever remedies suggested above may help make you more comfortable during the hay fever season itself, it is best to undergo constitutional treatment from an experienced homeopath if you wish to reduce your tendency to hay fever in general.
In homeopathic terms, hay fever (or seasonal allergic rhinitis) is a deep-seated chronic problem which may take several years to clear from your system when addressed by constitutional treatment from a professional homeopath. As with most chronic problems, the homeopathic remedy must be chosen on the whole of your case, that is, chosen for a 'person with hay fever', not simply because it is a possible 'hayfever remedy'.
The homeopath who has taken your full case history, worked on you case and found your constitutional remedy will always be the best person to approach for homeopathic advice.
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