Pine trees releasing pollen...
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This season is considered the "worst yet," and it isn't only allergy-sufferers who are being affected!
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"It’s not your imagination. Allergy season gets worse every year. Pollen allergy seasons continue to get longer and more intense as temperatures rise."
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Pollen is a fine powder produced as part of the sexual reproductive cycle of many varieties of plants, including elm trees, ryegrass, and ragweed.
It’s released in response to environmental signals like temperature, precipitation, and sunlight. Grains of pollen range in
size
from 9 microns to 200 microns,
so some types of pollen can travel deep into the lungs and cause irritation, even for people who don’t have allergies
. High concentrations of pollen in the air trigger allergic reactions and can spread for miles, even
indoors
if structures are not sealed.
There are three big peaks in pollen production throughout the year. Trees like oak, ash, birch, and maple see pollen surges in the spring. Pollen from timothy grass, bluegrass, and orchard grass peaks over the summer, and ragweed pollen spikes in the fall. For people who are sensitive to multiple varieties of pollen, it means there will be less relief during warmer weather as these seasons overlap.
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Some natural strategies for preventing & coping
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Strengthens mast cell membranes to inhibit release of histamine; does not interfere with normal healthy activity of histamine so without the drowsy side effects of standard antihistamine agents.
Also contains plant extracts that help relieve allergy symptoms.
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Balances immune system response within the individual.
Use daily during allergy season.
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A centuries-old plant bark used for thinning mucus and clearing the airways.
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This one is new to me for allergy: Purple Dead Nettle
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This plant is renowned for its medicinal benefits, as it’s considered to be
anti-inflammatory
, antibacterial and antifungal. It’s also a diuretic, an astringent and diaphoretic.
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Purple Dead Nettle
(Lamium pupureum)
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Purple dead-nettle is known for
reducing allergy symptoms
, in fact, its antifungal and antibacterial compounds are currently being studied in an attempt to explain the reason behind its medicinal abilities linked to allergies. It can also protect allergy sufferers from secondary infections of the throat and bronchi.
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Purple dead nettle
is not to be confused with stinging nettle; in fact, "dead" refers to its non-stinging characteristic. However, it is not even in the same family as nettle as we think of nettles
(Urtica dioica)
- No! It belongs to the mint family. A colleague practitioner states she has seen this plant markedly reduce symptoms of swollen, itchy eyes and runny nose within a day.
I searched high and low to find a good source of dried plant material and have 3 oz (all she had available) on the way from a woman in Poland. I'll be able to make about 20 ounces of tincture with that. You can find this everywhere locally, however. I just need to find a good place to harvest and then dry it for making tincture moving forward.
YOU
can pick it out in your yard and simply brew a tea.
Give it a try!
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Black Currant for Parkinson's Disease?
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And... I suspect it will be beneficial for other conditions, such as Multiple Sclerosis, that also have the characteristic of low insulin-like-growth factor 1 in the cerebrospinal fluid!
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I am super excited about this and have plans to use this with several of my clients!
Blackcurrant Increases Cyclic Glycine-proline in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Has Potential to Treat Parkinson's Disease
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This product meets the study criteria...
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This is the product I have on order.
The dose in the study was 300 mg twice daily. Each of these capsules is 300 mg, so very easy to follow the specifications used in the study above. I don't have Parkinson's disease, but the health benefits of these anthocyanins are off the map, so I'll be using one dose daily myself.
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Finally, just yesterday I found out about this!
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....a possible new natural therapeutic for joint and
connective tissue disorders
. Results from two open-label human clinical studies.
Connective tissue disorders
cause so many health problems, and some of them devastating... but this would be helpful, too, for something as "simple" as arthritis!
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A
superior source
of glucosamine, chondroitin, hyaluronic acid, and glycosaminoglycans? I am hoping so!
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Here is the product I will be trying...
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