Allergy can be classified into two types: Seasonal and all the year round. The most common type of allergy is the seasonal pollen allergy. In the United States, there are forty millions of populations suffered by allergy, symptoms include: stuffy and itching nose, itchy and swollen eyes, teary eyes and sneezing. Night time running nose can cause coughing. It interferes with sleeping and job performance. When pollen season arrives, it can become severe to people who have pollen allergy. Medical doctors usually prescribe Anti-histamine and Decongestant to slow down the patient??s symptoms. However, this type of treatment is only temporary. It does not remove the allergy symptom completely. On the other hand, medication will bring in side effects: sleepiness, fatigue and dizziness. The herbalist recognizes allergy is caused by the weakness of internal body system. Apart from the weakness of lung and stomach, the major causes also due to weakness of pancreas and kidney. So herbalists will emphasis on improving personal health status. The usual medicine is including Magnoliae Flower, Astragalus Root, Fragrant Angelica, and White Peony. Research report showed foods with high antioxidant can increase body's immune system against hay fever. The most common use of the nutritional supplement for the allergy symptom include: Grapeseed extract, Chlorophyll, Purple Butterbur, Quercetin. Allergy formula not only combined the western and Chinese medicine; it adds additional natural antioxidant including Vitamin Vitamin A, C, E, Zinc and Selenium to improve health status and immunity. This is to combat the root of allergy and slow down the allergy symptom.
