Hi, Im hopeing someone out there may be kind enough to give me some advice. Im new to this homeopathy thing, read a few books from the library and tried a few remedies from the chemist, however I have had no sucess with my current problem, Hayfever!!
My symptoms at present are a few sneezing fits throughout the day, first thing in the morning when I first sit up in bed; my nose is runny one minute then blocked the next and worst of all is my eyes. It's always only one at a time, yet throughout the day it will be first one then the other, burning, itchy, very watery and very red. As I've said I have tried a few commercial homeopathic remedies, even antihistamine nose sprays and eye drops, this helps with the sneezing but nothing else. Being outdoors does NOT make the problem worse, however the sunlight does. Hopeing someone can help me as I look and feel miserable. earthchild

Hi,

Before someone could prescribe a remedy for you, we should know if you've ever had asthma or hives, and if you could tell us about yourself a little more it would be helpful. Sleep habits, foods that you dislike or crave, other physical symptoms, moods, relationships, anything that makes you who you are. What times of year does this happen; what time of day is worst?? What makes you feel better or worse?

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Yes as Debbie says we'll need a complete history to really help you out.

She had given you a few questions. But you could also add details about your personality traits, relationship dynamics, priorities in life, perspiratio distribution, thermal state etc

Warm regards,
doctorleela

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Hayfever is a very deeply rooted chronic disease symptom. It takes some time and often extremely good case management for the duration to cure, but it is very responsive to homeopathy.

In order to treat hayfever, I would recommend that you refrain from self-treating and locate a qualified classical homeopath who can take your entire case in person and find a good remedy for you. It may take one or two seasons for the homeopathic treatment to work out the problem and help the body repair itself--so you will need to have the services of a professional to monitor your case during this time.

Hayfever is not the "simple", innocuous little symptom we're led to believe--it actually betrays an extremely compromised immune system. If you want to remove this problem, fixing whatever is wrong with the body so that it can defend itself properly is the only way. Trying this remedy and that remedy on yourself costs a lot of money and gives at best only a temporary relief. Save your money, use it for real treatment, and you can look forward to being cured instead of just easing some of the symptoms for the rest of your life.

If you are in North America, you can use this referral list to help locate a good practitioner near you:

www.homeopathy-cures.com

The site is run by the director of NASH, the North American Society of Homeopaths, so the standards for inclusion on the list are the highest. Also, those in bold type are highly recommended practitioners. Hope you can find someone close to where you are.

Good luck
Divina

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Divina,

I just got the impression from what you said that Hay fever is more serious than other illnesses to the immune system. Which I don't think it is.

Also, "Hayfever" will rarely ever respond to any acute 'homoeopathic' management for longer than a few hours...take it from me. So non similimum acute management is useless in this situation. It will respond well to acute allopathic management which of course is only suppressive.

The only treatment is the constitutional similimum, that works even in acutes. This does require good case management, yes.

I think anyone who has suffered the most troublesome/irritating symptoms of Hayfever will feel that this is somehting that is really difficult to treat and not a condition to be taken lightly.

Warm regards,
doctorleela

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Dr. Leela,

As a sufferer of hayfever myself, I know that what you say about homeopathic treatment is true--but you've basically reiterated what I've said.

However, I would definitely say again that hayfever is more serious than most people are led to believe, and that it does, in fact, demonstrate the body's compromised ability to defend itself--in short, an exaggerated susceptibility. I find that it is not coincidental that so many nosode remedies include this hayfever sensitivity--since nosode remedies correspond to a deep seated, perhaps even historical/genetic illness in the patient. The only thing you can do with hayfever is treat constitutionally, on a long term basis.

Granted, pretty much immediate results can still be had with this type of treatment. For example, one year, I took part in a proving, and the remedy I took stopped my hayfever symptoms for the entire season. It returned again the next year and did not respond to that remedy again. So sometimes the results do not actually hold--hence the need for long term case management and continual reassessment of the efficacy of the remedy.

In any case, the best treatment comes from in person consultation--the most anyone could do here is give a remedy which might only work temporarily, or just for this season...just to return next year.

Divina

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Right Divina,

Constant review of the remedy is required.(Not only with Hayfever but all other conditions.) But I have had a majority of my practice comprise of hayfever patients, in one form or another that have stuck with me over the years. And most often I have used the same remedy with a few intercurrents for 7-8 years. One even required repeated doses of 10M as often as once a week during the season. Another, daily doses of 1M.(This is the constitutional).

So I think I'm not afraid of prescribing for Hay fever even over the net, if I have a good history. I don't see any difficulty with it provided the patients follow up well.

Warm regards,
doctorleela

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Earthchild, I do not know where on "earth" you are located, but in the US you can get some drops in the Health Food Store from Natra-Bio that will provide prompt temporary relief to allow you to function. If you know what you are allergic to, then you will be able to select the right drops. They have drops for Grass Pollen, Tree Pollen, Animal Dander, etc. If you use the wrong drops, there will be no relief at all. These are the homeopathically prepared pollens, dander, etc. Like I say, these do provide excellent relief, but you will need good homeopathic care in order to become truly healthy, and I recommend that you get that care even if you use these drops for relief.

Do you doctors see a problem with that? If so, please inform. We have used the drops here and they are hugely helpful. My husband would have to take allopathic medicines to be able to work if it weren't for these drops, and I feel that these are preferable.

Best wishes, Earthchild.

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Very interesting Debbie,
Could you email me more info on this? I'd be really delighted.

Thanks,
Leela

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Drleela do you know of Psorinum for hayfever? Take 10M - one dose 5- 6 months before or 1x 30C each month for 3 months before the season. It definitely works on my patients to make the problem arrives later and milder or even not at all!! This is given as an intercurrent to the main constitutional remedy and was a tip given to us when I was in college.
Hat Fever usually takes 3 years of constitutional treatment to alleviate completely.

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