Approximately, 16 million people suffer from hay fever in the UK, with an increasing number every year. However, you don’t have to be one of them.
Below is the list of things you can do to manage the symptoms of hay fever:
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| sneeze | cough | a runny or blocked nose | itchy, red or watery eyes | itchy throat, mouth, nose and ears | loss of smell | Headache | |
| Medications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Balm/Gel | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Decongestion | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nasal spray | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Air purifying humidifiers | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Home remedies | YES | ||||||
| Eye drops | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Eye masks | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Wrap-around sunglasses | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
There is no cure for hay fever. However, it is completely preventable.
From the perspective of Ayurveda, a healthy body has a balance of hot and cold, and lung health problems are related to excess coldness in the body. Phlegm is cold in nature. So, excess mucus is the indicator of the imbalance. The symptoms of excess phlegm in the lungs and hay fever have uncanny similarities.
From the Ayurveda perspective, our body’s hot and cold body balance can be restored and maintained through the daily food that we consume. As simple as it may sound, through some specific but straightforward daily food preparations, the cold and heat imbalance can be addressed. Avoiding food that creates coldness in the body and consuming food that creates heat in the body can work magic in getting long term relief from Hay fever and other phlegm related problems.
Food such as ginger, coconut, turmeric, carom seeds, cumin, honey, hibiscus, chilies, black pepper and nutmeg are a good source of generating heat in the body which will help you survive in the hay fever season. You can refer to our home remedies for hay fever blog for recipes infused with the above list of food.
