I love your statement about striking a balance between using herbs and more conventional medicine. Like you, if I can solve a headache by drinking a tea or cramps with a hot water bottle, I’m much happier to do that and save the medicine for when I truly need it.
Speaking of which, Western medicine is failing me horribly this allergy season and it seems like even with taking two different types of medicine I can’t get my allergies under control. Do you think the tea you shared would help ease seasonal allergy symptoms, and if not, any other suggestions you have up your sleeve?
I won't speak for Siobhan, but in my own experience, the ginger and citrus in the tea would help me. I also suggest using tea tree oil in a diffuser - great for opening up the sinuses and calming other symptoms.
Ooh, if you use local honey then yes, absolutely! It has to be local however as the reason honey helps is because its been made using the same kind of pollen that's causing your reaction. There are also some specific hay fever blends created by actual herbalists (make sure they/the brand has proper credentials first though as some self proclaimed herbalists are unaware of drug and herb interactions and can make some dangerous things) and while I don't tend to use them I've heard that some of them work quite well. Napier's The Herbalist in Scotland who are local to me makes one that I've heard good things about.
I love your statement about striking a balance between using herbs and more conventional medicine. Like you, if I can solve a headache by drinking a tea or cramps with a hot water bottle, I’m much happier to do that and save the medicine for when I truly need it.
Speaking of which, Western medicine is failing me horribly this allergy season and it seems like even with taking two different types of medicine I can’t get my allergies under control. Do you think the tea you shared would help ease seasonal allergy symptoms, and if not, any other suggestions you have up your sleeve?
I won't speak for Siobhan, but in my own experience, the ginger and citrus in the tea would help me. I also suggest using tea tree oil in a diffuser - great for opening up the sinuses and calming other symptoms.
Thanks, Jennifer! I’ll give both a try!
Let me know how it works!
Ooh, if you use local honey then yes, absolutely! It has to be local however as the reason honey helps is because its been made using the same kind of pollen that's causing your reaction. There are also some specific hay fever blends created by actual herbalists (make sure they/the brand has proper credentials first though as some self proclaimed herbalists are unaware of drug and herb interactions and can make some dangerous things) and while I don't tend to use them I've heard that some of them work quite well. Napier's The Herbalist in Scotland who are local to me makes one that I've heard good things about.
I agree about using local honey for the same reasons Siobhan.
YES! I totally forgot about that. I was having terrible allergies last year and my friend gave me a jar of hyper-local honey. Worked like a charm.
Thank you so much for responding, Siobhan! I’ll definitely plan on tracking down some local honey this weekend!
Coolio!
Such an important topic - thanks for reading!