Home Remedies for Allergies

As we all know, Spring brings out some of the worst allergy symptoms. Instead of running to your local store, try some of these home remedies. CHEAP AND EFFECTIVE!

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For Puffy Eyes;

• Peel thin potato slices and sit them on your eyes  for 10-15 minutes.
• Refrigerate your used tea bags. When your eyes get puffy, take them from the fridge and lay them on your eyes for 10-15 minutes.
• If you’re out and don’t have anything to help cure your puffy eyes, rinse your face with cold water.
• Getting enough sleep will help prevent your puffy eyes. Try to get at least 8 hours of sleep a night.
• Sleep with your head elevated.
• Reducing your salt intake will help prevent puffy eyes.
• Eating more bananas and raisins will help prevent puffy eyes. They alleviate fluid retention.
• By consuming cabbage and cranberry juice, your body will “evacuate” excess fluids.
• Keep a couple spoons in your fridge at all times. When your eyes get puffy, grab the spoons, lay down, and place curve side down onto your eyes.
• Peel thin cucumber slices and sit them on your eyes for 10-15 minutes.
• Drink a lot of water throughout the day.
• Mix 1/2 teaspoon of salt with warm water. Dab cotton ball into the mixture and dab onto eyes for 10-15 minutes.

For Hives;

• Apply ice to your hives. This will cause them to shrink and reduce the itching.
• Avoid heat.
• Take an Oatmeal Bath.
• Dab Pepto Bismol onto your hives.
• Put a few drops of water into a small dish of baking soda. Mix until it becomes paste-like. Apply to hives. This will help relieve the irritation and itch.
• Put 1 teaspoon of (any kind) vinegar in 1 tablespoon of warm water. Apply onto hives. This will help relieve the itch.
• Mix 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1 tablespoon fresh ginger in 3/4 cup vinegar. Bring these ingredients to a boil and use this mixture (after cooled) and apply several times a day onto hives.
• Take fish oil capsules (1,000 milligrams) 3 times daily.

For Nasal Congestion;

• Pour a little bit of Sesame Oil into your palm and add some black pepper. Mix it with your fingertip and dab right under your nostrils. This will help clear your sinuses. 
• Take a hot shower.
• Take 1 teaspoon of salt and mix into 2 cups of warm water. Pour solution into your nostril by leaning your head back. Repeat in other nostril. (Or use a Neti Pot)
• Get washcloth wet with hot/warm water. Place over face and let it sit for 10-15 minutes.
• Eat a lot of spicy foods.
• Eat a few pieces of raw onions.
• Take a slice of raw onion and place under nose and take a few deep breath in through your nose.
• Boil some water and place in a bowl. Add a few drops of peppermint oil and allow face to come close and inhale the steam from the bowl.
• Drink hot tomato juice 2-3 times a day. (Make at home by boiling 1 can of tomato juice, 1 tablespoon of chopped garlic, 1/2 tablespoon of hot sauce, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, a pinch of celery salt.)
• Drink warm Mint Herbal Tea.
• Take a few drops of Eucalyptus Oil and place into cloth. Inhale the perfume regularly.

*THIS ARTICLE IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS; CALL YOUR PHYSICIAN.

Do you have any home remedies for allergies?

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