Allergies

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I am studying to be an acupuncturist and work on my uncle for allergies as he

is very chemically sensitive. I know that he responds well to the

acupuncture but really do not know if acupressure would be helpful at all it

might be worth a try. The points that I use are: LI20, St 2, UB2, Yin Tang,

UB 7, LI 4 (which we use for everything LOL). My son was also given this

patent formula for asthma which appears to accompany allergies sometimes:

Chih Ke Pien (brand-Ma Hsing). This chinese herbal formula can be purchased

at: www.winghopfung.com. Good luck to all.

 

Shane

PS: Homeopathic seems to respond well to allergies. I would suggest getting

a simple book and reading up on it. You would have to determine first what

you though the source might be and then begin to experiment until you got the

right formula. I use homeopathic with my 4 yr old son all the time and we

rarely go to the doctor. This is only a thougt. Dana Ullman has several

simple books to understand on the market.

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This is a subject which I will be posting more on in the future and hope that

others will also respond to. A lot of people suffer from allergies, especially

in the spring, and especially at this time of year.

 

Why are so many people so prone to allergies in the spring? Is is just a matter

of plants beginning to bloom again after a dormancy period, or is there another

factor besides the classic allergic reaction which involves IgE (immunoglobulin

E) hooked up to mast cells which release histamine when they encounter an

allergen?

 

In TCM you learn to pay attention to weather conditions because weather

conditions will influence people's health. These environmental influences are

called Pernicious Evils. They are Wind, Summer Heat, Dampness, Dryness, Cold,

and Fire. Pernicious Evils can be External (as in weather conditions) or they

can be Internal. But for now let's deal with the External ones.

 

Some of the classic effects of External Wind, Cold, and Dryness are sinus

congestion and discharge, especially when Wind and Cold team up together. And

what are the weather conditions in most areas of the country in the spring,

especially around the beginning of March? Very, very windy and still sort of

cool. In the fall the predominate weather condition tends to be dryness in many

parts of the country.

 

There are ways to increase one's resistence to External Pernicious Evils, and

I'll be going into those more tomorrow. For the time being just let me say it

involves increasing the body's Protective Qi.

 

Allergies can manifest as the result of various TCM syndromes, and we'll be

going into some of those more in detail later. I also will want to post on

fennel seeds, one of the herbs which is used both in TCM and Western herbalism

to treat allergies.

 

Various people have various info on allergies, and I encourage them to post. I

don't want to restrict the posts on allergies to just TCM help. A lot of people

have allergies, and I'll like to see information from various healing schools on

helping people bring their allergies under control.

 

My allergies and sensitivities used to be very bad, but have improved greatly.

I'll also be posting some on what helped me.

 

Victoria

 

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On Thu, 02 Mar 2000 03:25:09 Dana Robertson wrote:

> " Dana Robertson " <tres

>

>I had allergies when I was younger. As I got older, my allergies

>worsened. Then several years ago my allergies and sinuses didn't

>seem to bother me as much. I still have sinus infections but not as

>often or as intense as they once were. My 6yr old son on the other

>hand is allergic to a lot of things on the outside. He suffers

>mainly in the Fall and Spring. I was wondering if anyone had any

>ideas on what I can give him. I took him to a specialist who

>recommended some medication. I later found out the medicine could

>cause headaches and my son already has a problem with headaches. Now

>I give him Benadryl and Sudefed for kids. I do not like giving him

>this medicine on a regular basis.

 

 

 

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DATE: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:34:14

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" victoria_dragon " <victoria_dragon

 

>Didn't you say in an earlier post that the Spleen can play a role in

allergies?

>Sometime when you have the time could you elaborate on this some?

 

Allergies are mostly treated as colds that the body has not been able to

fight off (week spleen and Wei Qi) and that have " sunk in the body " and

attacked deeper levels. The pattern where the cold attacks deeper levels of

the body varies from person to person, as their body constitution and

weaknesses are different, so treatment will be different. But all these

patient's immune system (spleen, Wei Qi, lung) has to be strengthened to

prevent further colds from intruding into the body.

 

Be careful with children and herbs (and any medicine), especially over a

distance!

 

Dagmar

 

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>I am studying to be an acupuncturist and work on my uncle for allergies as he

>is very chemically sensitive. I know that he responds well to the

>acupuncture but really do not know if acupressure would be helpful at all it

>might be worth a try.

 

I tried most of them out via acupressure, and they definitely do help.

 

>The points that I use are: LI20, St 2, UB2, Yin Tang,

>UB 7, LI 4 (which we use for everything LOL).

 

For the benefit of those new to points, these are Large Intestine 20, Stomach 2,

Urinary Bladder 2, Urinary Bladder 7, and Large Intestine 4. I'm unfamiliar with

the Yin Tang point.

 

Most of these points are on the head and some of them also are recommended for

colds and flu. They definitely open up your head.

 

The Large Intestine 4 point gets used for a lot of things. It's on the hand, in

the webbing between the thumb and index finger. It's used for constipation and

to get the bowels moving. It's so effective that this point often is

contraindicated in pregnant women because it also can induce labor. I've be

giving directions for pressing it via acupressure.

 

Why would a point that gets your bowels moving be used in treating allergies

(and cold and flu and so many other things)? TCM believes that it's not enough

just to encourage the body to start releasing toxins. They need to be gotten out

of the body as quickly as possible, and one route is the intestines. Making sure

bowel movements are up to par often is one of the considerations in treating

Phlegm accumulations when they start to break up. And you get plenty of mucus

with allergies, cold, and flu.

 

There's also a saying in TCM that to get rid of Heat in the Lungs, purge the

bowels. There's always a danger of Heat building up in the Lungs in cases of

colds, flus, and allergies. (This doesn't mean that you're to automatically use

a strong laxative every time you get a cold. It's a technique that is used when

Heat actually is building up to a damaging level and needs to be released from

the lungs. I'm talking about strong laxatives here and especially purgatives.

It's generally ok to use the LI 4 point to help keep yourself regular - unless

you're pregnant, and then it could cause problems.)

 

But there's another reason recognized by Western medicine why making sure the

bowels are operating smoothly is a good idea in a case of allergies. Histamine

is the substance released by the mast cells that is responsible for the allergic

reactions - the inflammation, sneezing, watery eyes, itching, etc. When a

person's digestion is messed up and proteins are not getting digested

completely, one of the amino acids, histidine, will change into histamine.

Histamine is histamine, regardless of if it's released by a mast cell or is the

product of incomplete digestion.

 

I want to post more about these points later.

 

Thanks for a lot of good info.

 

Victoria

 

 

 

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Here is some very general, non-TCM information on allergies.

 

Victoria

 

 

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Hi All,

 

I just wanted to report on some great results my Son is getting with

a product from Baselinenutritionals.com (a site recommended by the

Oleander group)on his allergies. The product is pHi-Zymes, I

originally bought it because the information I read on a flyer they

sent me talked about atheletes recovering faster and some of the

other benefits were allergy releif and other good stuff. My son has

suffered quietly all of his life with allegies(he is allergic to

cats, dogs, cedar, dust, etc.), but now that he is playing division

1 football we had to get him to an allergist because having to

perform at that level and feeling the way he did without medication

was really hampering his abilities and breathing. However the

medicine helped somewhat, but also made him sleepy, etc. Well he

started taking the pHi-Zymes about 2 months ago and for the first

time in his life (21yrs) he is allergy free and normal like he should

be and feels great. Another plus is that he went to the dentist for

a check up and the dentist REPEATEDLY said how great his gums & teeth

looked (this was one of the claims on the pHi-Zymes flyer as well).

Just wanted to share something that is really working for us! GO

IRISH!! And last BUT NOT LEAST, Oleander is really helping my 80

year old stepfather battle his cancer while allowing him to have

GREAT quality of life! Will keep you posted when we get more Medical

results, but so far so good and he looks and feels great! GO

OLEANDER!!! Blessings to All, Tracy

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Hi Tracy

 

You seem to have all around good news and that fantastic,keep up the good work, rooting for you.

Hugs Mary

 

-

Tracy

oleander soup

Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:53 AM

Allergies

 

 

Hi All,I just wanted to report on some great results my Son is getting with a product from Baselinenutritionals.com (a site recommended by the Oleander group)on his allergies. The product is pHi-Zymes, I originally bought it because the information I read on a flyer they sent me talked about atheletes recovering faster and some of the other benefits were allergy releif and other good stuff. My son has suffered quietly all of his life with allegies(he is allergic to cats, dogs, cedar, dust, etc.), but now that he is playing division 1 football we had to get him to an allergist because having to perform at that level and feeling the way he did without medication was really hampering his abilities and breathing. However the medicine helped somewhat, but also made him sleepy, etc. Well he started taking the pHi-Zymes about 2 months ago and for the first time in his life (21yrs) he is allergy free and normal like he should be and feels great. Another plus is that he went to the dentist for a check up and the dentist REPEATEDLY said how great his gums & teeth looked (this was one of the claims on the pHi-Zymes flyer as well). Just wanted to share something that is really working for us! GO IRISH!! And last BUT NOT LEAST, Oleander is really helping my 80 year old stepfather battle his cancer while allowing him to have GREAT quality of life! Will keep you posted when we get more Medical results, but so far so good and he looks and feels great! GO OLEANDER!!! Blessings to All, Tracy

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Maria Stathopoulos <mary1kon wrote: Hi Tracy You seem to have all around good news and that fantastic,keep up the good work, rooting for you. Hugs Mary - Tracy oleander soup Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:53 AM Allergies Hi All,I just wanted to report on some great results my Son is getting with a product from Baselinenutritionals.com (a site recommended by the Oleander group)on his allergies. The product is pHi-Zymes, I originally bought it because the information I read on a flyer they sent me talked about atheletes recovering faster and some of the other benefits were allergy releif and other good stuff. My son has suffered quietly all of his life with allegies(he is allergic to cats, dogs, cedar,

dust, etc.), but now that he is playing division 1 football we had to get him to an allergist because having to perform at that level and feeling the way he did without medication was really hampering his abilities and breathing. However the medicine helped somewhat, but also made him sleepy, etc. Well he started taking the pHi-Zymes about 2 months ago and for the first time in his life (21yrs) he is allergy free and normal like he should be and feels great. Another plus is that he went to the dentist for a check up and the dentist REPEATEDLY said how great his gums & teeth looked (this was one of the claims on the pHi-Zymes flyer as well). Just wanted to share something that is really working for us! GO IRISH!! And last BUT NOT LEAST, Oleander is really helping my 80 year old stepfather battle his cancer while allowing him to have GREAT quality of life! Will keep you posted when we get more Medical results, but

so far so good and he looks and feels great! GO OLEANDER!!! Blessings to All, Tracy