Homeopathic Solutions for Hay Fever: Natural Relief for Allergic Rhinitis Symptoms
ALLERGIC RHINITIS (HAY FEVER)
Allergic rhinitis is a condition where you experience repeated nasal congestion, watery nasal discharge, itching or irritation in the nose, sometimes burning in the nose and eyes, and frequent sneezing fits. It can happen when the weather changes and may be seasonal or last all year (perennial).
Things like dust, plant pollens, smoke, smells from deodorants or perfumes, insects, molds, and pet dander can cause hay fever symptoms.
CAUSE OF DISEASE:
When someone with allergic rhinitis breathes in pollens, dust, smoke, and other allergens, it causes an immediate allergic reaction that releases histamine in the nasal lining.
Seasonal allergens include pollens from plants, grasses, flowers, and weeds. The most common seasonal allergic rhinitis is due to grass pollen, which peaks in May, June, and July.
Year-round (perennial) allergic rhinitis happens when you breathe in house dust, mold spores, pet dander, smells from perfumes, cold air, or during dry weather.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS:
In seasonal allergies, symptoms include:
- Sudden sneezing attacks
- Heavy watery nasal discharge
- Nasal blockage or difficulty breathing through the nose
- Sometimes severe asthma attacks
- Itching in the nose, throat, and eyes
- Feeling uncomfortable, tired, weak, with body pain
- Mucus dripping down the back of the throat
- Cough
These symptoms usually last for a few hours and may include burning, irritation, watery eyes, and red eyes.
In year-round (perennial) allergies, the symptoms are similar but less severe.
PREVENTION:
People sensitive to dust should:
- Remove dust from their bedroom
- Keep windows open
- Replace old pillows
- Wear a face mask
- Apply desi cow ghee in the nose before sleeping
- Avoid pollens and other allergens for better results
HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE FOR ALLERGIC RHINITIS
1. ALLIUM CEPA
Good for burning in the nose with sharp nasal discharge but mild eye secretions. Symptoms worsen in warm rooms and improve in open air. Also worse when exposed to northeast wind.
Helpful for annual hay fever, especially in August or spring and during weather changes. Treats runny nose caused by flower odors like roses and peaches. Discharge is flowing, dripping, burning, and watery, especially from the left nostril. May cause a lump feeling at the root of the nose, cough, hoarseness, and nasal polyps.
Constant morning sneezing after getting up and when entering warm rooms. Frequent sneezing with runny nose from flower smells.
2. ARUM TRIPHYLLUM
The key feature is sharp, irritating nasal discharge.
Used for annual hay fever with difficult breathing. Flowing, dripping nasal discharge that worsens in the afternoon. Thick watery, yellow afternoon discharge. Itching, crawling, and tickling in the nose.
Discharge comes out through the nose when trying to swallow. Raw, sore, bruised feeling in the nose when touched, with sharp, irritating discharge. Sneezing is forceful and spasmodic.
Sometimes causes cuts at the corners of the nose due to irritating discharge. Breathing through the mouth due to nasal blockage. Constant picking at nose until it bleeds. Sometimes pain at the root of the nose with large crusts and scabs inside the right nostril. Usually discharge comes from the left nostril during colds.
3. ARSENICUM IODATUM
Causes thin, foul-smelling, watery, irritating discharge from the front of the nostrils. Mucous membrane becomes red, inflamed, swollen, burning, and itchy. Helps with frontal sinus problems. Raw, sore, bruised nostrils. Tingling and irritation of the nose with constant desire to sneeze. Ulcers in the nasal membrane.
Good for annual hay fever with asthma symptoms. Long-lasting runny nose with dripping that improves in open air. Discharge may be greenish-yellow, irritating, sticky like glue or honey. Discharge is hot, smelly, watery, thick, heavy, and contains pus. Dryness inside the nose and blockage from swelling, worse in warm rooms.
4. ARUNDO MAURITANICA
Annual hay fever starting with burning and itching in the palate and eyes. Dryness inside the nose. Itching, crawling, tickling inside nostrils and roof of the mouth. Burning pain in the nose with sneezing.
5. BROMIUM
Inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane extending to frontal sinuses. Blockage of right nose first, then left. Stubborn cold with soreness beneath the nose and on nose edges. Inside nose, crusts form that leave raw, bleeding areas when removed, until new crusts form.
Helps with annual hay fever and long-lasting colds with flowing, watery, irritating discharge. Fan-like motion of nose and pressure at the root of nose.
6. HISTAMINUM
Used for annual hay fever. Painful dryness inside the nose with itching, crawling, and tickling. Nasal blockage. Tension and pinched sensation at the root of nose with tingling. Nose pain is sore and bruised.
Best medicine for dust allergies and sneezing from dust. Wet sensation in the nose but no actual secretion. Heat sensation on face with lump or plug-like sensation in throat.
7. LACHESIS MUTUS
Annual hay fever with difficult breathing in spring. Catarrh (inflammation) in the left side of the nose. Constant urge to blow the nose due to dryness, but this doesn’t help. Digging with finger in nose brings relief. Picking nose until it bleeds. Red nose tip, pointed nose, and scruffy nostrils. Sudden sneezing from dust and sinus problems.
Cold symptoms worsen after catching a cold, with eye problems. Recurring colds with sore throat. Discharge from nose contains pus, is heavy, hot, smelly, and also sticky and tough. Discharge irritates the nose. Crusty eruptions inside the nose and hard crust formation.
8. NATRIUM MURIATICUM
Annual hay fever with chilliness. Nasal discharge is flowing, heavy, contains pus, is irritating, hot, clear like egg white, bloody, gushing, lumpy from the back of nostrils, and burning. Discharge from the back of nostrils worsens in the morning. Crusts form inside the nose. Discharge may look like starch, boiled egg, thick, or sometimes the back of the nose is dry. Cold symptoms with cough and nasal discharge worsen in open air.
Cold symptoms from uncovering the head. Liquid comes out from the nose when trying to swallow. Inflammation of left side of nose with itching, crawling, and tickling in right nose. Nasal blockage at night and when uncovering the head. Nose feels raw, sore, bruised externally with skin peeling. Scraping feeling in the back of nostrils and scaly nostrils.
Sudden sneezing when getting up in the morning and evening when undressing. Sneezing is spasmodic and forceful, with cough.
9. PHOSPHORUS
Annual hay fever with asthma symptoms and loss of appetite. Long-lasting cold with cough that worsens after catching a cold. Dry cold alternating with flowing discharge. Cold symptoms with general illness feeling, worsening when lying down, in open air, in warm rooms, and improving when walking and washing.
Nose sensitive to cold air. Constant urge to blow the nose, with relief from using fingers. Catarrh on one side of the nose extending to the sinuses. Cold with inflammation of the voice box and sore throat. Discharges are smelly, heavy, irritating, green, with blood streaks. Painful dryness in the nose. Crusts inside the nose are hard to remove, leaving raw and sore areas.
Red, inflamed nose. Alternating nasal blockage that improves in open air and worsens in morning and night.
10. PSORINUM
Annual hay fever in autumn. Catarrh and discharge from the back of nostrils. Discharge from the back of nostrils is irritating, smelly, foul, contains pus, thick, sticky, and tough. Crusts inside the nose septum.
Nose sensitive to cold air and dryness inside nose forcing you to blow it, but without discharge, and this brings relief. Polyps in the nose.
Foreign body or plug-like feeling in the nose. Inflammation and heat inside nose. Nose pain when breathing in. Nasal blockage worsens in open air. Cold symptoms worsen when lying down and improve in warm rooms.
11. SABADILLA
Nasal catarrh extending to frontal sinuses. Cold affecting alternating sides of the nose, worsening when waking in the morning and improving by inhaling hot air.
Annual hay fever in spring with difficult breathing. Nasal discharge is irritating, flowing, dripping, hot, heavy, thin or thick, watery, worsening in open air. Cold symptoms and sneezing from rose flowers, general cold, and flower smells.
Sudden, persistent, forceful, spasmodic sneezing during chills and in open air. Violent sneezing that seems endless. Alternating nasal blockage with biting and burning sensations. Itching, crawling, tingling inside the nose.
12. SINAPIS NIGRA
Annual hay fever in August until fall, with difficult breathing. Cold symptoms during wet weather, worse when lying down and better when sitting up. Red nose with irritating, bloody discharge. Mucus from the back of nostrils feels cold while the front of the nose is dry.
Left nostril blocked all day or afternoon and evening. Nostrils alternately blocked. Discharge is dry, hot with tearing eyes.
13. TUBERCULINUM
Annual hay fever in spring. Catarrh extending to frontal sinuses. Chronic, long-lasting cold symptoms worsening after catching a cold. Cold with bloody discharge from the back of nostrils.
Crusts inside the nose. Discharge smells like cheese. Heavy, containing pus, thick, yellowish-green nasal discharge. Eruptions, boils inside nose.
14. SANGUINARINUM NITRICUM
Annual hay fever with flowing discharge from the back of nostrils. Polyps in nose. Sneezing when opening eyes. Feeling of nasal blockage at night. Blocked nose with heavy, watery mucus and burning sensation. Small crusts in nose bleed when removed. Discharge from the back of the nose sticks to the throat. Dry burning nostrils with watery mucus and pressure at the root of nose. Nose plugged with thick, yellow, bloody mucus. Rawness and soreness in the back of nostrils. Enlarged nasal passages at the beginning of thickening process.
NOTE: OTHER MEDICINES USED IN BOTH DILUTION AND MOTHER TINCTURE FORM FOR ALLERGIC RHINITIS
15. LEMNA MINOR
Treats shrinking inflammation of the nose, swollen nasal passages, and nasal polyps. Acts mainly on the nose. Helps asthma due to nasal blockage. Chronic nasal blockage from swelling, worse in wet weather.
Nasal blockage with foul smell from nose, making food taste rotten in the morning on waking. Crusts and mucus with pus, very heavy, with dripping down the back of the throat. Pain like a string from nostrils to ear. This medicine reduces nasal blockage when tissues are swollen.
16. ICTODES FOETIDA (POTHOS FOETIDUS)
Good for catarrh in older people and for asthma symptoms that worsen from inhaling dust. Treats coldness at the root of nose, red saddle-like discoloration, and swelling across and at the root of nose. Pain in nose is sore, bruised, internally and externally when touched.
Helps with spasmodic cough, difficult breathing with sudden feelings of distress and sweating. Sneezing with pain in throat and chest, with difficult breathing. Asthma relieved by bowel movements.