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Chinese Herbal Medicine Sheds New Light on Allergy and Cold

Allergic rhinitis (commonly called hay fever) is an inflammation or irritation of the mucous membranes that line the nose. Common symptoms include sneezing; a stuffy or runny nose; itchy eyes, nose and throat; and watery eyes. Patients may also have a nasal voice, breathing noisily, and sleep with snores; in addition, they feel chronically fatigued; have little or no appetite, nauseated after food intake, then have frequent headaches. Some even experience difficulty in hearing or smelling.

Allergic disorders of the nose are very common and affect almost 2 out of every 10 people. This allergic problem is often regarded as a rather trivial condition, but the truth is that the consequences of this illness may produce many other physical problems.

The nasal allergic problems result from the interaction of common inhaled allergens with specialized cells called mast cells in the nasal mucous membrane. This reaction results in the release of powerful chemical substances of inflammation—one of the best known is histamine. These substances cause very severe swelling of the mucous membrane lining the nasal passages, intense itching and sneezing and, therefore, the accumulation of copious amounts of watery mucus.

Antihistamines are medications that block the action of histamines and relieve allergy symptoms. Are there any natural substances like antihistamine that stop the reaction of the nasal mucous? The answer is YES. I had a clinical trial around 1989 at Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (China). Patients who joined the clinical trial had been diagnosed with allergic rhinitis, cold. Over 100 patients tried Sniff & Relief (SR) generated by natural herbs, patients who used it simply sniffed it without other medications. Most of them had satisfactory results. Through the clinical trial, we found SR has antihistamine–like functions, to stop and/or reduce symptoms of allergy; had antiviral–like function; helpt reducing headache and had no antihistamine–like side affects.

Ms. Gladys had allergic rhinitis with sneezing, watery nasal discharge, nasal congestion and headaches for several years. After she used SR for 3–10 minutes, her symptoms were greatly reduced. Headaches were gone.

A patient who was diagnosed with lupus and had lungs/heart dysfunction frequently caught cold. Whenever she had a cold, she couldn't breathe and had to go to E.R. to have oxygen support. During our treatment of her lupus, we prescribed SR for her to sniff in order to prevent cold and flu. That helped too boost her immune resistance to colds and flu. Afterwards, she didn't incur a cold even when her coworkers all suffered from seasonal colds. SR inhibits virus and has airborne antihistamine functions. It is very convenient for people, especially children who resent cough mixture or other medication liquid/pills. Simply sniff the scented pouch, then symptoms of allergy and cold will reduce or disappear. SR has been used in clinic for many a years, and has absolutely no side affects.