Phytotherapy is a common and often effective method for treating various diseases, but with allergies, it should be used with caution, since the herbs themselves can be a strong allergen.
Herbs used for allergies
- The general antiallergic effect is violet, licorice, elecampane, yarrow, horsetail field.
- Normalization of lymphatic drainage, reduction of itching and edema is promoted by preparations of sweet clover, cowberry, chestnut, lagohilus, mallow and licorice.
- To reduce intoxication Jerusalem artichoke, burdock, elecampane are used.
- Eleutherococcus, Echinacea, Leuzea, Aralia are used to normalize immune reactions of the organism and strengthen immunity.
- From allergies to the skin, as an external agent that has antiseptic, antipruritic and anti-inflammatory effects, such herbs as chamomile, celandine, string, yarrow can be used.
Most often, herbal treatment is used as an auxiliary component in chronic allergies, such as urticaria, which are accompanied by skin rashes and itching. From allergy to pollen and allergic rhinitis of an unknown nature, herbs are not used because of the high risk of direct or cross allergic reactions.
Herbal preparations against allergies
Recipe # 1
Ingredients:
- bark of aspen - 10 g;
- leaves of nettle - 10 g;
- water - 1 liter.
Preparation and use
Vegetable raw mix, pour boiling water and insist 30 minutes in a thermos. Use for lotions on skin areas where allergy manifestations are present.
Recipe # 2
Ingredients:
- the roots of elecampane are 50 g;
- roots of dandelion - 30 g;
- Jerusalem artichoke - 20 g;
- herb yarrow - 10 g.
Preparation and use
Mix the herb thoroughly in a jar. A tablespoon of the mixture pour a glass of water and boil for 10 minutes. The broth is taken inside up to 3 glasses a day, until the symptoms disappear.
Recipe # 3
Ingredients:
- flowers immortelle - 20 g;
- St. John's wort - 15 g;
- grass turnips - 10 g;
- watch three - leaved - 10 g;
- tansy flowers - 10 g;
- herb yarrow - 5 g;
- mint - 5 g.
Preparation and use
A tablespoon of the mixture is poured into a glass of boiling water, insist in a thermos for 30 minutes, then filter. Drink the broth for a month, 3 times a day for 15-20 minutes before meals. Reception of the collection is recommended to combine with the use of hepatoprotective drugs (Karsil, Silimar, etc.).