One Yankee girls guide to surviving CEDAR FEVER season, living in Cedar Park. First of all, I am not a medical professional, nor am I diagnosing or curing anyone’s disease or allergies. This is simply my own personal testimony. I hope, if you are out there being beaten down by that nasty Cedar, and perhaps you don't want to use OTC (or they are not helping) that something in this post can help you! #1- Get ALLERGENA drops asap. I get mine in the Healthy Living aisle of HEB, they would be available at other healthy food stores as well (Sprouts, People’s Pharmacy, etc). There are a few versions, I have found the Zone 5 and Texas Tress/weeds to work the best for me. One version is alcohol free, so it does not sting when dropped into your mouth. I’ve been told it works the same, the alcohol is simply for longer preservation. I would use the alcohol free version with my kids, but for me it seems the type with alcohol works better. Per the directions, I place 10 drops under my tongue every morning/evening, and on the worst days at lunch too. #2- When Allergena alone is not enough (or for allergies that go beyond the trees/weeds, such as mold) I swallow an essential oil allergy “bomb” every morning and evening as long as needed. IMO, Young Living is the best quality oil out there, and I would only use Young Living or DoTerra for ingesting, not a bottle off the shelf of your local store. I place 3 drops each Peppermint, Lemon, and Lavender (if I feel a bug coming on, I’ll add 2-3 drops Thieves as well) into a gelatin capsule (you can order these from YL or find them at a health food store) and swallow. #3 - As needed, rinse the nasal passages. I prefer the NeilMed gentle squeeze bottle to pouring the NetiPot, but either will work. I rinse any time I feel too stuffy, or as soon as possible after being outdoors for any length of time. Another tip upon coming back indoors, wipe your eyebrows with a warm wet washcloth. Eyebrows can catch and collect all those tree/weed pollens and it can make such the difference to wash the eyebrows, even change your clothes (and of course wash your hair before bed that night!) if it’s particularly bad that day. #4 - Stay hydrated! My favorite way to stay hydrated is to mix AdvoCare’s Rehydrate electrolyte replacement drink into my Spark every morning, and take another one every afternoon. Rehydrate is magical, it not only balances your bod’s electrolytes but it contains this amazing ingredient called Sustanine that helps your body absorb water better! I can feel the water hydrating me after I use Rehydrate, it’s amazing. So there you go, how this Pennsylvania girl survives the Cedar season living in Cedar Park, Texas! I hope something in here can be helpful to you. For more info on AdvoCare: www.teamvaliantwarriors.com
For more info on Young Living: https://www.youngliving.com/en_US