Natural Hay Fever Relief: 12 Homeopathic Remedies that Work
Sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes? These are classic signs of of allergic rhinitis – better known as hay fever. And when it hits, you want fast relief.
Why Choose Homeopathy For Allergy Symptoms?
There are good reasons why Homeopathy is increasingly popular for everyday ailments:
- It can be effective for easing acute allergy symptoms
- It’s safe for everyone, including children and pregnant women
- It has no side effects
- It’s non-toxic
- It’s affordable
When to Use Homeopathic Remedies
Homeopathy is a great option to use at home for first aid and short-term ailments that come on suddenly and resolve on their own – like insect bites, sore throat or sprained ankle. For more serious or ongoing concerns, always consult a qualified health practitioner.
When your allergies are flaring up, the right remedy can help. Browse the list below to find the one that most closely matches your symptoms.
Top 12 Remedies
Allium cepa
Watery eyes and runny nose. Eyes stream a watery discharge that is not irritating. Nose runs like a faucet, but with a discharge that burns and irritates the skin on the upper lip. Feels better with cold compresses. In August every year.
Ambrosia
Burning watery eyes with severe itching, runny nose, sneezing. Especially useful for spring and summer allergies. Specifically for ragweed allergy.
Arsenicum
The most common symptom is a burning sensation. Watery, burning, irritating discharge from eyes and nose but nose feels stuffed up. Worse outside in fresh air, better indoors. Helpful for anyone who feels short of breath or wheezes during seasonal allergies. The person feels cold, anxious and is restless.
Arundo
Burning and itching of the roof of the mouth, in the ears and in the nostrils. Sense of smell is gone. Usually allergies in early spring.
Euphrasia
Especially useful for eye symptoms. Very watery eyes, red with burning and swelling and sensitive to light, especially sunlight. May have sticky mucus and a grainy sensation, like sand in the eyes.
Gelsemium
When the person is extremely tired with allergies, doesn’t want to move because that takes energy. They may have a headache too, that begins in the back of the neck and goes up to the front of and goes through the entire head. Looks rather droopy in the face.
Natrum muriaticum
Violent sneezing with runny nose, discharge like raw egg whites. Runny nose changes to blocked nose. Watery eyes with itching and burning. Loss of sense of smell and taste. Allergies seem worse in hot weather and often come with cold sores.
Nux vomica
Red, itchy, watery eyes, so irritated they may be bloodshot. Nose runs during the day and is blocked at night and outdoors. Very sensitive to strong odours and the smell of pollen. Very irritable.
Kali bichromium
Sinus issues, stuffed up, with post-nasal drip and thick, stringy yellow discharge. Pressure or pain above or below the eyes at the root of the nose.
Pulsatilla
Thick yellow-green nasal discharge. Blocked nose at night. Itching, burning, watery eyes, may wake up with crusty eyelids. Feels worse in a warm stuffy room and much better in fresh air.
Sabadilla
Violent sneezing fits with runny nose, red, burning watery eyes.
Wyethia
Hay fever symptoms with intense itching in the back of the roof of the mouth, the person tries to scratch with the tongue.
How to Take Homeopathic Remedies
Choose the remedy that matches most of your symptoms, or the one that fits an unusual symptom. You don’t need to have every symptom listed. For example, If you have violent sneezing with egg-white-like mucus, try Natrum muriaticum – even without a cold sore.
Homeopathic remedies at a health food store typically come in 6C, 30C or 200C potencies. For home use, take 30C.
- Dose: 1 to 2 pellets, letting them dissolve under the tongue. Avoid eating or drinking for 15 minutes before and after. Don’t handle the pellets- dispense them into the cap and pop them under the tongue.
- For severe symptoms: Dose every 15 minutes for up to an hour, or until the symptoms are much better. Then take it 2 or 3 times a day. Stop once symptoms are much improved. If symptoms return, repeat the remedy.
- If nothing happens after 3 doses: Try a different remedy that matches more closely.
- Important: More is not better. Once you start feeling better, stop taking the remedy. Homeopathy keeps working to support your system and bring it into balance.
A Note on Combination Remedies
Many health food stores carry combination remedies (multiple remedies in one) for specific conditions. These can be helpful – but if a combination remedy doesn’t help you, that doesn’t mean homeopathy doesn’t work. It just means there’s a better match out there for you.
Final thoughts
Seasonal allergies occur when your immune system overreacts to pollens and airborn irritants. Homeopathic remedies can bring quick relief from acute symptoms. But if your allergies return year after year, working with a professional homeopath may help reduce or even eliminate your sensitivities altogether.
