Frustrated by Increasingly Intense Allergies?

Catch a break with 7 time-tested herbs and nutrients 

Your eyes feel puffy, watery, and itchy. Your nose is running so much you’re running out of tissues. Sometimes it feels like you can’t fully breathe. And the constant sneezing and coughing makes it hard to concentrate.

If it seems like your allergies are hitting harder than ever, you’re right. Because allergy season lasts longer and more intensely now. And the way things are going, it could get even worse.

You want to break free of these allergy symptoms, but you don’t want to feel extra tired or wired or suffer from unpleasant side effects. Those aren’t your only two choices.

Nature offers a bounty of herbs and nutrients that help your immune system address the underlying causes of runny noses, itchy eyes, clogged breathing, and sneezing fits. So you can find safe, effective seasonal support that you can count on… you just have to know where to look.

Allergy Season Keeps Getting Worse

The weather has been setting records and making news, and that’s bad news for people with seasonal allergies. Pollen season keeps expanding, starting earlier and ending later.

When the weather is warmer or wetter than normal, plants produce more pollen for a longer time period, and certain molds and spores thrive. When it’s colder or drier, more species bloom at once rather than in their usual spread-out pattern, so you encounter more different kinds of pollen all at once.

That can send allergy symptoms into overdrive. All of the excess pollen can affect people who haven’t ever suffered from allergies before. And it can also increase the number of different allergens that drive symptoms.

Bottom line: the weird, wild, extreme weather can mean an extra miserable allergy season. But that doesn’t mean you’ll have to suffer more if you take the right steps to stay comfortable and breathe easy.

What Causes Allergic Reactions?

Your immune system is programmed to protect you against harmful foreign substances. And sometimes, your immune system gets it wrong, overreacting to something that’s harmless to most people – an allergen.

Common allergens include pet dander, dust, mold, and pollen. When you come into contact with any of those, whether they touch your skin or you breathe them in, your immune system notices right away.

To defend you from the allergen, your immune system over-responds by releasing special mast cell chemicals including histamines and leukotrienes. When your body gets flooded with histamine it causes symptoms like sneezing, itchy eyes, sore throat, and congestion. Leukotrienes can bring on airway inflammation, coughing fits, and increased mucus in your chest.

Those symptoms persist as long as the allergen is around – and allergy season lasts for months – unless you take steps to treat them. And sometimes even that won’t help… unless you discover the power of the 7 herbs & nutrients mentioned in this blog.

When Allergy Meds Don’t Work

There’s no shortage of prescription and over the counter (OTC) allergy medications, but for many people they don’t work effectively or cause undesirable side effects. And because you can expect to have to take them for the rest of your life, you need them to both work well and to not make you feel worse. 

Unfortunately, it turns out that one of the most popular OTC allergy medicine ingredients – phenylephrine – doesn’t work in tablet form. This common decongestant can be found in many drugstore options. And, according to an advisory committee to the FDA, it is found that oral phenylephrine is safe but ineffective at the dose found in OTC medications. So if it feels like you’ve been taking pills and not finding relief, this could be why.

In other cases, allergy medications can lose effectiveness with long-term use or as your allergies change. But whether or not they work, most allergy medications cause side effects. Those can range from mild to severe, especially with long-term use. And depending on the specific ingredients in the medication you’re taking, side effects will vary. For example, side effects of antihistamines can include:

• Drowsiness
• Dry nose and mouth
• Nausea
• Headaches
• Blurred vision
• Coughs
• Sore throat

Other types of allergy medicines, like decongestants or steroids, have different side effects. And since many have multiple ingredients and many people take multiple allergy medications, you could get hit with even more issues than your allergies caused in the first place.

That’s where effective natural options can make a difference. Proven by generations of use, and backed by mountains of modern science, herbs and nutrients help your immune system mount a more balanced response to allergens. Addressing the causes instead of the symptoms may actually help you get through the season without distress.

7 Easy-Breathing Nutrients and Herbs

Your body is designed to work with specific support that comes from nature. A combination of nutrients and herbs provides the guidance your immune system counts on to mount healthy responses in the face of allergens. Here are seven natural fast-acting ingredients that you’ll want on your side.

NAC (n-acetylcysteine) is the supplement form of a key amino acid called l-cysteine. NAC has powerful antioxidant properties and is necessary for production of the body’s master antioxidant, glutathione. It can also act as an expectorant, helping thin and loosen mucus in the respiratory system, which can help improve respiratory function.

Vitamin C helps reduce histamine production rather than blocking it entirely, a better choice for your immune system function. It also helps reduce mast cell activity, another key factor in allergic reactions. Research also shows that vitamin C promotes balanced immune and inflammatory responses.

Quercetin, a flavonoid found in most fruits and vegetables, decreases the production and release of histamine. It’s also been shown to reduce leukotriene production, promote healthy inflammatory responses, and neutralize free radicals created during an allergic reaction.

Bromelain is a protein-digesting enzyme that can help break down mucus to support clear sinuses and easy breathing. It also helps promote healthy inflammatory responses and respiratory comfort.

Barberry takes a different approach to immune and respiratory health by supporting the gut microbiome. More than 70% of your immune system is housed in your gut and probiotic gut bacteria help promote healthy immune responses. Barberry encourages probiotic gut bacteria to flourish, exerting positive influence on whole body immunity.

Ivy Leaf has been used throughout Europe for generations to promote easy breathing and respiratory comfort. The plant has expectorant properties and helps relax and widen airways.

Chinese skullcap (Scutellaria baicalensis), a staple of Traditional Chinese Medicine, has been used for centuries to promote healthy respiration. It’s known to support healthy inflammatory responses and balanced immune system responses.

Have a Breathe-Easy Season with Adult Sinus Support [and Children’s Sinus Support]

Enjoy being outdoors all year round in ease and comfort with Adult Sinus Support [and Children’s Sinus Support]. This formula, crafted by a Master Herbalist, helps promote balanced immune system responses, so you can breathe freely without feeling jittery or sedated.

Adult Sinus Support [and Children’s Sinus Support] contains a roster of time-honored herbs and nutrients including:

• Vitamin C
• N-acetylcysteine
• Chinese skullcap
• Barberry
• Bromelain
• Quercetin
• Ivy leaf

This combination of safe, natural, fast-acting ingredients in Adult Sinus Support [and Children’s Sinus Support] support healthy sinuses and comfortable respiratory function. Adult Sinus Support [and Children’s Sinus Support] turns down the volume on seasonal sensitivities so you can participate in your favorite activities without skipping a beat.

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