Hay Fever and Allergies: Health concerns in spring

Let’s celebrate spring! It’s the time of the year where flowers bloom with sunshine and wind breeze. It’s the time of the year that we do spring cleaning and gardening.

While some people enjoy the scenery of a garden full of tulips and admiring their own little flora garden in their backyard, others may not be happy with the pollens or might even afraid of the thought of spring– Their biggest fear is the allergies and hay fever.

Spring is a season where everything starts to grow and flourish. Just like the nature, our human body needs to function in a more active way in the transitioning from winter to spring. However, for those who suffers from allergies and hay fever, their immune system is not strong enough to adapt to this seasonal changes, especially when there are other external factors (e.g. Dust, pollens, windy weather etc.) to further bring down their immune system.

Some of the signs and symptoms of allergies and hay fever are as follow:
– Runny nose/ Blocked nose
– Sniffling and Sneezing
– Rhinitis/ Sinusitis
– Post-nasal drip
– Itchy Eyes/ nose/ throat
– Red swollen eyes
– Itchy skin/Rashes
– Hives
– Fatigue
– Headache

How Can Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Help Respiratory Problems?

Reconsider those anti-histamine drugs and decongestants that you take over and over again every year. They definitely worked to relieve the signs and symptoms to make you feel better but did they treat the real cause of your allergies? Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture works in a way that strengthen your immune system, help your body to fight the allergies instead of suppressing the allergies. The combination of Chinese Herbal Medicine and acupuncture boost your health inside out. As mentioned before, spring is the best time for new life to sprout, same goes to our health and immune system.

What to Expect from Acurepoint Health Treatment?

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, we say that every individual is different. Two person who has the same allergy might be treated differently depends on the presentation of signs and symptoms. Practitioners will have a detailed consultation with you to gather information. They would then come to a Chinese Medicine Syndrome that explain your whole body condition. Using that diagnosis, practitioners will choose suitable acupuncture treatment and prescribe you a personal herbal prescription to address your concerns.

Remember, allergies and hay fever are strongly related to body immune systems. It is important to have a strong defense to protect yourself from invading pathogens. Build up your health using natural treatments instead of taking medication to suppress the reactions.
Do not panic if your allergies occur in other seasons because it is common that different seasons have their own types of allergies