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General Lifestyle
Recommendations
Use a Neti pot with warm, sterile, distilled water
and a pinch of salt once a day to remove excess
mucous as well as germs and allergens such as dust
and pollen from your nasal passages. Do not use the
Neti pot more frequently than once a day as it can
remove too much of your body’s natural nasal flora.
Consider using a “citracidal” grapefruit seed
extract nasal spray once a day to keep secretions
flowing.
Vacuum your home weekly to help control the
allergens nestled in your rugs and furniture. If you
also have dust allergies, use an HEPA air filter and
dust-proof pillow and mattress covers.
If you have been outside (especially after doing
any kind of yard work or gardening), take off your
shoes when you enter your home to avoid tracking
in allergens. Wash your hands, launder your clothing
before wearing them again and shower before
retiring to keep allergens out of your bed.
If allergies are a serious problem, get tested by
your physician.
Use a good air filter such as Health Mate,
especially in your bedroom.
With seasonal allergies, avoid being out in the
wind, which stirs up pollens.
Practice meditation or mindfulness exercises if
you have a lot of stress and worry.
roids, anti-histamines and antibiotics), over-the-counter remedies
and/or allergy shots, Chinese medicine is more concerned with getting
to the root cause(s) of the allergies.
We treat the whole person, focusing
on long-term health through balancing the body’s energetic system.
By examining the imbalances found
in the pulse and tongue diagnosis,
practitioners of Chinese medicine
can customize treatments for each
person using a combination of
acupuncture points, Chinese herbs
(formulated and tested in this country using our standards) and diet
and other lifestyle changes. We find
over time as imbalances are corrected, the need for medicine often
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lessens and in some cases, it may no
longer be necessary.
Allergies and sinusitis are a few
of the many ailments that respond
well to acupuncture, according to
the World Health Organization and
the National Institutes of Healt