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Allergy refers to a sudden hypersensitive reaction, presented with a number of symptoms. Allergen is an agent that is considered harmful by a sensitive/allergic person but doesn’t have any effect on other persons. The main allergens include dust mites, pollens, animal danders, certain food like eggs and shellfish etc. The main allergies include nasal allergy, allergic cough, food allergies, dust allergy, and skin rash. The allergic reactions to Hair dye are also prevalent in some. The homeopathy treatment for allergies not only helps in giving relief in acute attacks of allergy but also promises to effect a cure and exact the condition from its root. The cure is possible by application of properly selected constitutional medicines to the patient. In homeopathy, the allergies are treated not on the basis of the allergen triggering the allergic response, but by the characteristic individual symptoms narrated by the patient. These characteristic symptoms are, in essence, the key to unlocking the most suitable medicine required. Homeopathy for allergy works by moderating the overactive immune system. In this article, various types of allergies and their corresponding medicines have been discussed.
Homeopathy for Allergy
1. Apis Mellifica: Apis mellifica holds a prime position to treat the hives or urticarial rash due to allergic reactions. This medicine can be utilized in all cases of allergic hives that result in violent itching with burning and stinging sensations. The patient may be relieved by cold applications. The skin is sensitive to touch. Swelling also accompanies. Slight betterment in the skin symptoms in the open air is another prominent factor which, if present, confirms that this medicine should be used.
2. Arsenic Album: Arsenic Album is a frequently used medicine for treating nasal allergy. The symptom that points towards this medicine’s implication is fluent and burning discharge from the nose with much sneezing. This may be accompanied by watering from eyes with burning.
3. Natrum Mur: Natrum Mur is suitable medicine for both nasal and skin allergies. The important pointers for using Natrum Mur in nasal allergy are running nose with sneezing and breathing difficulties, and in skin allergies, it is used mainly when excessive itching is present that mainly gets worse in a warm room and better in open air. Craving for salt is usually noted in all the patients requiring Natrum Mur.
4. Sulphur: When it comes to skin allergies, Sulphur is the foremost and an infallible medicine for allergies. This can be employed in all those cases of skin allergy where excessive itching with extreme burning sensation is present. Skin usually remains dry. The patient scratches the skin and gets relief. These are all the local skin symptoms for using this medicine. The constitutional symptoms used for selecting this medicine for chronic treatment include an aversion to bathing, unhealthy dirty looking skin, craving for sweets and an utmost heat in the whole body.
Various Allergies and Homeopathy
1. Nasal Allergies (Allergic Rhinitis)
The main causative allergens towards exciting an attack of nasal allergy are dust mites, animal danders and pollens. The main symptoms of allergic rhinitis include sneezing, fluent discharge from nose, dropping of nasal discharge back into the throat which is referred to as postnasal drip in some cases, itching in nose, throat and ear, and a discharge from eyes with itching in them. The natural medicines that show excellence in treating nasal allergies include Allium Cepa, Arsenic album, Arundo Mauri, Kali Bichromicum and Gelsemium. The first two mentioned medicines vis-a-vis Allium Cepa and Arsenic album are natural medicines for nasal allergy. They both work well when the symptoms are running nose with sneezing, burning in nose and eyes. But there is a very fine line of demarcation that decides the application of medicine out of these two, which is that if the patient feels better in open air and worse in warm room Allium cepa is selected, and for the exact opposite condition in which patient is relieved in warm room and worse in open air then Arsenic album becomes the choice of medicine. The next medicine Arundo mauri is the best choice when extreme itching in nose, eyes, and throat predominate with sneezing and fluent nasal discharge. The use of medicine Kali bichromicum is called for in those patients of nasal allergy in whom the nasal discharge dropping into the throat (postnasal drip) stands out to be a dominant feature along with sneezing. The last medicine Gelsemium is prescribed when the running nose and sneezing are present with pain in head and a feverish feeling. The above mentioned medicines can also be used as remedies for seasonal allergies .
2. Allergic Cough (Allergic Asthma)
Allergic cough mainly presents itself as cough with difficult breathing, suffocation, chest tightness and wheezing/whistling sounds from chest. The medicines of immense help in allergic cough include Arsenic album, Ipecac, Bryonia and Sambucus. The selection of medicine to treat allergic asthma is based upon the dominant symptoms of the patient. Arsenic album is selected when cough with chest tightness and suffocative attacks is the main complaint of the patient. The patient feels that this problem is worse at night time and has to sit up for relief. Warm drinks usually bring relief to this person. For using Ipecac in allergic cough, the main symptom is a violent loose cough with wheezing sounds due to the loading of mucus in the chest. Sometimes vomiting accompanies cough and relieves the patient. The next medicine Bryonia Alba gives good results when the cough is dry. This may be accompanied with chest pain and difficult breathing. Mainly the person over all feels better on lying down and worse on walking. The last medicine Sambucus is of supreme importance when nasal blockage is present with suffocative cough. Due to nasal blockage, the patient wakes suddenly at night with symptoms of difficulty in breathing and suffocation.
4. Skin Allergies
The skin allergy includes rash with itching, eczema (allergic dermatitis) and urticaria (hives). In urticaria the skin gets raised in patches with itching. The best medicines that come into play for treating allergic skin rash are Sulphur, Apis mellifica and Urtica Urens. Sulphur is a well known allergy medicine for treating skin complaints. Sulphur can be prescribed in all types of allergic skin rash where dryness, itching and burning sensations predominate. Apis mellifica is of great help in treating urticarial rashes where intense itching with burning stinging sensations and swelling of skin is present. Cold application may relieve the patient. Swelling of face may also be present. Allergic rash with asthmatic symptoms yield wonderfully to this medicine. Urtica urens is the first choice when eating shellfish has excited the skin rash with violent itching and heat.
5. Food Allergy
Food allergy refers to a series of symptoms that follows after taking in a particular type of food to which a person is allergic. The symptoms may occur in four planes. The first is nasal symptoms like discharge from nose, itching in nose and eyes and even difficult breathing. The second is gastric symptoms like loose stool, pain in stomach, nausea and vomiting. The third symptom is swelling of lips, mouth or of face. And the last symptoms are related to skin and include itchy rash, eczema or hives (Urticaria). The common food allergens leading allergic reaction are Egg, shellfish, nuts, wheat and milk.
The medicines for egg allergy are Carbo veg, Nux vomica and Sulph. Carbo veg and Nux vom are the natural medicines for egg allergy where gastric symptoms predominate. Carbo veg is prescribed when loose offensive stool, gas in stomach, nausea, vomiting follows eating eggs. And if this is accompanied with pain in abdomen Nux vomica is selected. When the gastric symptoms are accompanied by skin complaints after eating eggs, Sulphur can be used where itching or burning on skin are present.
For combating with shellfish allergy, the best natural medicine is Urtica Urens. This medicine can be taken by all those patients in whom sudden hives with violent itching and burning follows eating shell fish. This medicine has excellent power to control such symptoms.
The food allergy to wheat can be controlled with medicines that include Lycopodium, colocynth and Natrum Mur. Lycopodium can help in controlling the gastric symptoms. Lycopodium can be used when loose stool with gas in abdomen predominates. Colocynth is used when cramping pains in stomach accompany loose stool, and Natrum Mur is used when skin rash occur either independently or along with gastric trouble after taking wheat.
The last mentioned food allergy to milk can be treated with natural medicines without any side effects. The natural medicines include Aethusa Cynapium, Natrum carb, and Pulsatilla. Aethusa cynapium tops the list of medicines for milk allergy. The symptom for its use is vomiting immediately when milk enters the stomach. Sweating and weakness may follow vomiting. Natrum carb is indicated when loose stool follows milk intake. Pulsatilla is used when milk or any milk product excites allergic reaction. The prominent symptoms that call for the use of Pulsatilla medicine include loose stool, nausea, vomiting, gas, or acidity after taking milk or milk products. A complete absence of thirst is an accompanying symptom in some cases that if present forms an important symptom towards selecting Pulsatilla for milk allergy.
6. Euphrasia for Allergic Conjunctivitis
Euphrasia is the best natural medicines to deal with eye symptoms due to allergy. This can be taken in all such cases presenting with redness, itching, burning in eyes with watery discharges.
7. Dust (dust mite) Allergy
The leading natural medicines that provide a great helping hand to deal with dust allergy include Lycopersicum, Bromium and Arsenic album. Lycopersicum is the leading medicine that is used when breathing in of the slightest dust particle leads to running nose and sneezing. Bromium is utilised when dust inhalation leads to discharge from the nose along with chest complaints. The chest complaints include difficult breathing, cough with mucus in chest. Lastly, the medicine Arsenic album is used when fluent nasal discharge with burning in eyes and nose and sneezing predominate.
8. Allergy Caused By Hair dye
The symptoms that follow dye application on hair include skin rash, itching and swelling that appears mainly on the face, the ears, and the neck. There are various natural medicines to deal with the allergic reaction to dyes, but they are not specific or patent medicines for dye allergy. Suitable medicine is to be chosen after taking the symptoms from the patient. Few medicines like Sulphur, Arsenic album, Natrum Mur and Sepia can be used following case taking.
hello Dr sharma ji,
since long back I am effected of skin allergy. suddently iching begins on any one point of skin, as soon as I startes touch for relief, immediate iching raises/increses and rash comes in whole of the area where it is touched by nails or by any other objects like combs etc. when I takes allergy medicines like avil and other allergy tablets, I immediately gets relief. kindly advise me simple homeopathy treatment. this situation, I am facing since two years.
I am suffering from dermatitis itching &burning on eyes and nose due to sneezing.please ptescibe me suitable medicine
Hi Dr.
My wife is suffering from dry cough. Old clothes are main reason for allergy. She has taken number of homeo medicines as advised by doctors but no use of all. Can you advise her medicine for dry cough which starts from smell of old clothes.
Thanks
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Hi doctor,
My name is Anshul Sharma. I live in Pune. I m writing to ask few questions associated with my Daughter’s allergy problem. She is 3 and since past 1 year she is suffering from night coughing. It starts at 1- 3 AM and last for couple of hrs. We have been following a homeopathic doctor. But some how not able to solve her illness. Recently she started coughing profusely then she become breathless. To our worry we went to allopathic doctor and he gave her steroids nebulizer. Which changed the degree of her allergy and now she has developed rashes on her body (hives). To counter that we went to another allopathic doctor and he gave her Montair anti-allergic medicine and asked to stop the steroid’s. now the situation is even if we want to stick to homeopathic, her night coughing and rashes on body force us to give Montair. Which contradicts homeopathic treatment. The day we dont give her Montair her condition goes further bad.
I am firm believer of homeopathic. But this episode is changing my belief. We are having sleepless nights since 6 months now. We have tried many things. But not sure, why she is not getting relief. Looking forward for some advice here. Thanks.
Anshul Sharma
Anshul.82@gmail.com
I am so sorry for your daughter’s and yours sleepless night. I believe I would start Aconite at first onset of breathlessness . A 30 c every 15 min for 5 doses helps then cut back to one dose every 30 min. For 2 hours. After that she should rest and can get relief for an hour or so. Repeat until sleeping bag soundly. probably 3 doses. Repeat the next three days, 3 doses daily. I have this issue and have to do this to break from allopathic.
What remedies have been used and dosage please.
Does she have other symptoms?
hi sir,my daughter 10 yrs old. She suffer from fan air, cold water and dust allergy. from this the cough and nasal cold beging. pl advise me for treatment.
My son, one among the triplets is suffering from sneezing and running nose for the past 18 months. The problem is severe when he gets up in the morning.Tried Allopathy and even homeo but when the medicine gets stopped the problem pops up again. please prescribe the apt medicine he should take and how long he has to continue the medicine
Hello Doctor… My son is going to b be 9 this year and he is having an allergic problem since the last three years…. What happens is when the summers are about to start generally in the month of April he has a swollen face, lips, eyes and sometimes his private part too…. Rashes appear anywhere on the body and he starts itching badly and with the span of time it vanish automatically….. It mostly occurs when he wake up in the morning and the rashes after the afternoon…..please suggest?
My husband have a problem when he take chicken he get allergic his skin is red itching and swelling allergy mostly start at night some time face and lips swelled itching and redness and swelling are prominent symptoms mostly at night
sir,
My daughter is suffering from sneezing, running nose , sore thoart, sometime fever which goes upto 104 degree since last september. On the advise of local homeopath we gave her baladona and reckwez R1 in last october . The medicine cured the symtoms but symtoms came back again after around one month and we had to give the homepathy medicine again. this time also the sympotms again came back in january 2016. So we changed our homeopathy doctor and the new doctor asked us to do some tests like nasal xray, blood test. After the test, the doctor informed us that my daughter is suffering from adenoid and mild allergy and due to adenoid she is suffering from recurrent cold, cough, allergy.. And he prescribed medicine for allery and other symptoms but after taking his medivine she started dry coughing non stop and due to fear we went to allopathy doctor and he prescribed anti biotics, nasal spray and asthaline nebulizer. my daughter responded well to the allopathic treatment and all of her symptoms went away in 10 days . As their is no treatment of enlarged adenoid in allopathy , so went to homeopathy doctor. The doctor presbribed tubercolimun 200 one dose per month and calcerra crab 200 one dose weekley. And we gave her one dose of tubercolimun and one dose of calcerra crab in first week and in second week we gave her another dose of calcerra crab and she was alright with some sore thoart . so we decided to sent her to school again after one month. After 2 days in school, she started to feel some irritation in her nose and next day she started to cough with running nose . The doctor advised to give her arsrnicum 200 but after taking she started to cough more . So the doctor stoped arsenicum and give her allium cepa 200 twice daily for 5 days and she recovered well except running nose and occasional dry cough. But the doctor stoped allium cepa after 5 days and prescribed her sulfur 200 one dose but from 3rd after taking sulfur she started dry coughing regulary and running nose is still their.
Is her treatment in right direction.
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sir.
mujhe egg se allergy hai jab bhi mai eggs khata hu to mere pet me bahut dard suru ho jata hai aur gas bhi bahut banane lagta hai lekin ye problem mujhe kewal 2 years se hi suru huwa hai eske pahle sab normal tha please dr.saheb kuchh dawa bataiye jis se ye samasya thik ho jaye.
Thanks.
Dr.Sharma,
My Grandson, 10 yr old, is born with 3 major allergies namely
1. MILK & Dairy products,2. EGG & 3. TREE Nuts (ok with Ground nuts)
When he was around 4 yrs, he came out of MILK & Dairy products allergy and since then he has been consuming them without any problem. However he is having very severe allergy for the other two things.
Q1: Is there a permanent cure for EGG & TREE Nuts; if so how can we go about?
Thanks
Bala
Last 2 year dry cough very chronic went homeopathy he is treating for pherangytis allergy since last 4 month feeling much much better but not totally cured Dr say will take 6 more months for 100 % wipe out please advice am I on right path my age 63 years
Hello doctor hope u doing well,
Sir my mom is suffering from dermatitis herpetiformis since last 10 years we tried many medicines in allopathy,auyrvdeic but of no use now finally we started homeopathy treatment, the doctor has prescribed sulphur 1m 5 drops once a week ,apis mellifca daily 5 drops 1 time and alfalfa 5 drops 1 time daily I just want to know sir/madam weather this combination is suitable or not pls reply sir/madam.waiting 4 ur reply
Thanking you
Yours FAITHFULLY
my daughter was suffering form khansi from a six momth, i had consulted many physician but get relief only for few days only
then i consult homeapath and they give antim tart, aconite, drosera, L p 30, rebrrum, etc. but she got relief for some time, but the again the problem was same
recently i consult asthmatic specialist she after some test found her 19% asthmatic, and after done allergy test she found house dust mite +ve the test value is 35 which is 100% then a normal valuse, the doctor suggest for vaccine every 6 yrs and upto 3 years
after consulting homeopath he told me to give arsenic alb. 30 regularly 3 times a day
does it suffficient, she still suffering from bronchitic,
please suggest me the effective remedy for asthma and house dust mite allergy
Dear Doctor, I’m having skin allergy like mild swelling, redness and itching on my scalp, ears, forehead, when I applied hair dye. Now my whole body feeling itchy, and when I scratch the area it swells and becomes red.
Could you please recommend a best homeo medicine. Thank you.
sanjana is suffering from allergy over four years.She has the problem of coughing ,sneezing and eaching skin.she faces the problem of congestion too.now she has vomiting tendencies also.how she will recover?
sanjana is suffering from allergy over four years.She has the problem of coughing ,sneezing and eaching skin.she faces the problem of congestion too.now she has vomiting tendencies also.how she will recover?
Sir, I have rashes with severe itching all over my body and running nose with sneezing at times. And also my face became darker and the eyes are puffy. I am using hair dye for a while and I think it triggers the allergic reaction. I request you to kindly prescribe an appropriate medicine for this ailment. Thanks. Bhanudass Kuriyadi
I am suffering from frequent bouts of allergy. Symptom are excessive running nose with watery flow, frequent sneezing, watery eyes with itching, feverish feeling, one side headache after taking rest lying on one side for easier breathing due to nasal blockage, feeling of weakness and body-ache. My IEG level was 1400 a month ago and now it is 680. I am taking Montair LC 1 Tab. daily night time for last one and half month and have also started Homoeopathic medicine Arsenic Album 200 once daily morning empty stomach for last one week. I live in Kolkata which has high level of humidity and pollution. It all started for last 2-3 years when I used to get such allergic symptoms while taking out warm clothes at start of winter season, pungent smell of spices being used in kitchen, smell of clothes kept in closed almirah not used for some time but the frequency has now increased too much. Please advise me the remedy.
hi i have similar did yoh got any answer?
What is the lotion for skin allergy for applying on body in homeopathy medicine. I have itiching and burning sensation. Please help me.
hi sir m nihaal from pakistan. few years back because of sun exposure i got black spots on my cheeks nd my upper lips which gradually darkened day by day and i went to many dermotoligists and they gave me seevral creams for use but all in vain.. it creates more problem as my skin start feeling itching and redness and sensitive to sun.. couples of weeks ago i met with an homeopathic dr and he gave me some medicines but to get right of these freckles or dark spots i start searching medicines from the net and purchase them from market and start using them but right now its start darkining my skin day by day and the marks which i have as well start more dark and prominent and redness as well.. please suggest some medicines so that i can get my confidence back as i have stop meeting with people because of my facial condition and i am very disheart these days.. waiting for reply
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