Allergies (Sensitivities)
Definition:
Physical discomfort, irritation or reaction to specific substances, which cause no hypersensitivity in the nonsensitive.
Symptoms:
The patient may sneeze and cough, suffer from a running nose and excess mucus, and have swollen or irritated eyes. The skin may erupt in rashes, and there may be headache or sore throat as in a common cold.
Cause:
When certain foods are eaten, toxins are stirred up in the body, which has an excessive retention of waste matter.
Dr. Harold Thomas Hyman, M.D., in his book Handbook of Differential Diagnosis (Philadelphia, London, Montreal: J.B. Lippincott Co.) explains that despite limitations in current understanding of the problem, the state of allergy is described best as "a perversion or perversions of the mechanisms of host-defense." Several pages then continue to explain whether the allergies are histamine versus tuberculin type and the many tests, clinically, to determine the cause. The cause can be pollens, plants, micro-organisms and their products, animal tissues, digestants, cosmetics, drugs, serums, articles of clothing, dyes, industrial products, physical modalities (heat, cold, solar energy, etc.), and psychic tensions. The first step in cleaning up the cause of allergies is to work on rebuilding the bowel area to a "healthy action."
Herbal Remedies:
ProVital
This daily multi-herb is packed full of phyto-nutrients, whole food vitamins, trace minerals, active enzymes, chlorophyll, balanced amino acids and other important nutrients needed by the body.
Relax
Our Relax formula has been used historically for relieving nervous tension and insomnia. It is helpful in rebuilding the nerves, nerve sheath, and the nervous system. It is mildly stimulating and yet lessens the irritability and pain.
