| If you're also one of those unfortunate people | | | | soon see that the honey bee has an enormous |
| who suffer badly and who don't respond to over | | | | part to play in reducing hayfever symptoms in |
| the counter hayfever remedies and | | | | the 8 to 10 million sufferers in the UK. |
| anti-histamines, what is the answer? Good | | | | One of the theories behind homeopathy is the |
| question and short of moving to another country, | | | | same as that of immunisation, take a little bit of |
| there really is a shortage of quick fixes on offer. | | | | the disease you're trying to cure or protect |
| For those who suffer badly enough to have | | | | against and give it to the patient in diluted form. |
| visited the doctor about it, your GP does have | | | | The reason for this is to build up antibodies in the |
| the authority to refer you to a specialist allergy | | | | system that can fight off the disease or allergy |
| clinic that has access to more than just | | | | so that if you do ever get the disease, your body |
| anti-histamine pills. If it is considered appropriate, | | | | will know how to deal with it. This is the theory |
| they can prescribe a course of immunotherapy or | | | | behind eating locally sourced honey to fight |
| desensitization. This comes in injection or pill form, | | | | hayfever. |
| with the injection being suitable for grass pollen, | | | | The best thing about eating local honey from local |
| tree pollen and pet and dust mite allergies and can | | | | bees is that it's delicious and can be used as a |
| give lasting respite. | | | | sweetener in tea and in porridge as well as in |
| Injections and western medicine are not | | | | marinades, salad dressings and good old honey on |
| everyone's cup of tea and finding natural | | | | toast or crumpets. It's not only a delicious way to |
| remedies and alternatives is rapidly growing in | | | | potentially minimise or even cure your hayfever |
| popularity with the television series Grow Your | | | | from season to season, it's also a great way to |
| Own Drugs, the talk of including alternative | | | | save the bees which are rapidly dying out across |
| therapies such as acupuncture on the NHS and | | | | the world. |
| the rising cost of the prescription. It makes sense | | | | It does this by slowly building up the same tree, |
| to treat an allergy to something that occurs | | | | flower and grass pollen in your system as the |
| naturally with something that's equally as naturally | | | | honey bees carry around on their feet and so |
| occurring where possible and as hayfever is | | | | giving you a level of natural immunisation against |
| caused by tree and grass pollens as well as pets | | | | these common types of hayfever. If you buy |
| and house dust, there must be something that | | | | honey and honey products regularly and get your |
| can be done? | | | | friends and family to do the same, you will be |
| Some clever soul has already bred an allergy free | | | | helping to save the bees and to promote a |
| or hypoallergenic dog, pollen free Lilies and | | | | natural way to combat hayfever. |
| anti-allergen pillows, duvets, mattresses and | | | | We should all be encouraging people to save the |
| cushions so why can't another clever soul come | | | | bees and the project set up called Plan Bee is the |
| up with a natural anti-histamine? If we take the | | | | best way to do so. Find out more about the |
| theory of homeopathy as a starting point, we'll | | | | project online. |