Help Fight Outdoor Allergies With Natural Solutions
By Better Health Research Team • May 6th, 2010 • Category: Health E-Hint
When allergies strike it can be tough to narrow down exactly what triggers your symptoms. We come in contact with hundreds of chemicals in the air we breathe, food we eat and water we drink… not to mention threats from Mother Nature.
There are many plants, trees and grasses that are responsible for watery and itching eyes, runny noses and sinus drainage. According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the most common culprits are pollen, ragweed, mountain cedar, ryegrass, tumbleweed, mulberry and maple, elm, pecan, cypress and oak trees.
One way to help flush out your sinuses and clear them of any airborne allergen is to rinse with a saline solution. Mix together ½ to 1 teaspoon of non-iodized salt with 1 cup of warm water. Pour the mixture into a reusable sinus rinse bottle or draw it up into a nasal bulb syringe. Holding your head over the sink, or using while in the shower, gently squeeze the saline solution into one nostril while you hold your mouth open.
This should flush mucus out through the other nostril or out through your mouth. Keep rinsing that nostril until the solution comes out clear. Then blow your nose with a tissue to catch any drips. Repeat this same process for the other nostril with a new batch of saline solution.
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