THERE’S A MORE SPECIFIC ALTERNATIVE TO ANTIHISTAMINES… 
You don’t have to suppress your sneezes and snuffles and feel drowsy with antihistamine drugs, as there are several easily available homœopathic remedies around to help ease your hayfever. Get them in 6C or 30C potency from your local health shop or order online from a homeopathic pharmacy (Helios, Ainsworth's or Nelsons). Different remedies work for different types of symptoms, according to how you suffer. Read on….
If you have a very runny nose that burns, combined with watery but non-burning red eyes and violent sneezing and your symptoms are worse in a warm room, better in open air, try Allium Cepa.
For the opposite type of symptoms (i.e. when it’s the eyes that run and burn but the nose is runny but non-burning) with symptoms worse in the open air and at night, take Euphrasia.
Nat Mur will help those with lots of sneezing and watery discharges from the nose and eyes that are provoked by an emotional upset of some kind. Symptoms are worse in the morning and for heat and often accompanied by dry, cracked lips or a cold sore.
When there’s swelling of the throat and puffiness of the face and eyes with symptoms worse for heat and at night, often accompanied by itching, then Apis is the remedy for you.
Additionally, Weleda's Rhinodorn (an anthrsophic spray), Helios' Hayfever Spray or A. Vogel's herbal range for hayfever can be very helpful alongsode these specific remedy options that match your own particular symptoms will all help immensely.
Some Tips for a Good Night's Sleep
Sleep or a lack of quality rest are areas of heath that can affect the rest of the body. Sleep deficiency is associated with heart disease, obesity, diabetes, depression, and high blood pressure, so making sure that the quantity and quality of your sleep time are right is important for your general health and wellbeing.
Sleep hygiene is vital ~ ideally sleep in a dark room, without any electronic devices. No blue light interference can make all the difference to your sleep quality and rest. But for those who still struggle, there are supplements which can also help.
The minerals zinc and magnesium are both required to convert tryptophan to serotonin and then to melatonin, which controls circadian rhythm (body clock). Melatonin is produced in the pineal gland in the 'third eye' area of the brain and is guided by the action of the lack of light upon it, making it even more helpful for you to sleep in a room that is as dark as possible.
Sour cherry is a good natural source of melatonin and may help reduce time taken to fall asleep and improve sleep quality. Vitamin B6 also affects serotonin as well as increasing GABA, the main inhibitory neurotransmitter needed to facilitate dropping off. Herbal supplements such as 5HTP to improve serotonin; adaptogens (to reduce stress) and chamomile, which mimics the sedating effects of some medications are also helpful for those struggling with lack of sleep.
As with all supplements however, making sure you purchase a reputable brand will ensure that you get the most effective form of nutrient you need, so please ask your homeopath or local independent health store for recommendations.
The Vaccination Issue
Before considering whether you or your family should have a seasonal ‘flu or a covid booster jab, or indeed any 'recommended' vaccine, remember there are other much SAFER & NATURAL (and certainly painless!) options to prevent you from getting ill this winter:
1) You can take a homeopathic 'flu prophylactic;
2) You can use homeopathic remedies to help your overall constitution and/or herbal remedies and supplements to boost your immune system, especailly Vit D3 and D3 with Vit K2.
3) Make sure your diet contains plenty of Vitamin C, Zinc and Omega 3 and 6;
4) Get as much sunlight as possible.
5) If you do decide to go ahead with a vaccine, then its advisable to consult a qualified homeopath who will be able to prescribe remedies to counteract any side effects.
All vaccinations contain potentially toxic chemicals such as aluminium, mercury and formaldehyde, amongst other substances such as animal by-products, as well as the live disease microbe or virus. These can skew our immune systems so there is no guarantee that you won’t get the disease that you’re trying to avoid in the first place, and the risk of an adverse reaction to the jab itself is increased. There are various websites which detail the (quite startling) contents of various vaccines Travel vaccinations are (mostly) only recommended and NOT compulsorary, so do think twice.
It is important that you make a well-INFORMED choice for yourself about having ANY vaccination and don’t feel bamboozled or pressurised into having this potentially damaging cocktail of chemicals needlessly introduced into your system. Remember that the seasonal flu jab contains the previous year’s strain of flu as its active ingredient, and so will NOT offer any protection whatsoever against the current year’s mutated version of the virus. Over-use of the flu vaccine and other anti-flu drugs applies genetic pressure on flu viruses themselves so that they are more likely to mutate into a more resistant strain.
You are frankly, better off without travel vaccinations. If you are concerned, consult your homeopath for advice. Vaccines and prescription medicines are huge business for the major pharmaceutical companies who are quite shameless in their tactics to boost 'big pharma' sales.
