When the pollen flies, the head fills up: runny nose, itchy eyes, sneezing, a sinus full of pressure and a chest full of mucus. A good allergy formula works as a natural decongestant and antihistamine. It dries up the excess secretions and helps the body push the mucus out of the head and the bronchial tubes.
Allergies are rarely only about pollen, though. When the bowels aren’t moving often enough, or the liver is too full of waste to keep up, the body pushes that waste out wherever it can, and the sinuses are a favorite place. I wrote about that side of it in Spring Time Allergy Issues. Clearing the bowels and flushing the liver go a long way toward a quieter allergy season.
What a Good Allergy Formula Contains
A good formula for allergies and sinus trouble might contain these nine herbs:
- Mormon Tea, 4 parts. Its tannins have a drying effect that cuts down on mucus and other secretions. It is a cousin of Brigham Tea, just a bit gentler.
- Marshmallow Root, 4 parts. Very soothing to inflamed tissue in the airways and all through the body.
- Juniper Berries, 4 parts. Clears waste from the whole system through the kidneys and helps stop runny mucus discharges.
- Goldenseal Root, 4 parts. Has a strong action on the mucous membranes, clearing up heavy or unhealthy secretions, and it cleanses the liver.
- Chaparral, 4 parts. A natural expectorant that keeps the airways clear of excess mucus.
- Burdock Root, 4 parts. A blood cleanser for any trouble that comes from built-up toxins, from allergies to skin eruptions.
- Parsley Root, 4 parts. Long used to expel watery poisons and excess mucus and to reduce swollen glands.
- Lobelia, 4 parts. Goes wherever the body is struggling and helps the other herbs do their work there, while relaxing the airways.
- African Bird’s Eye Pepper, 1 part. A strong circulation herb that moves mucus out and clears the bronchial tubes and sinuses.
“Parts” can be any measure you like, as long as you use the same one for every herb. By weight, that’s 4 ounces each of the first eight herbs and 1 ounce of the pepper.
Putting It Together
Put the dry herbs in a glass jar and pour in 80-proof vodka. Once the herbs have settled, you want about 60% herb sediment on the bottom and 40% liquid on top. Shake the jar every day. The traditional timing follows the moon, from the new moon to the full moon, about two weeks. I prefer to let my extracts sit a full three months, which makes them good and strong. Then strain and bottle the liquid.
How Much and How Often
½ to 1 teaspoon twice a day, added to a cup of hot distilled water.
This is shared for educational purposes, from my own study and experience. It is not medical advice.
