Quickest way to get allergies out of my system?

Question

I hadn't been around cats in a long time, and was around my friend's three cats the other night. Didn't get any allergic symptoms initially except random dry coughs, but by the time I left I thought I was dying. It's been two full days now and my lungs are still killing me, I have a fair amount of mucous in my lungs that makes me cough a lot (and further irritates my lungs), and now all the coughing has made my throat raw. Plus I'm wiped out, I've heard that allergies can kill your adrenals pretty good. Do I just have to wait for it to clear my system (and if so how long could that take), or is there some natural thing I could take to clear it out faster. It's the holiday weekend so I can't just go and get claritin or anything like that, I've heard vitamin C, fish oils or green tea works though? What about light excercise, would the increased blood circulation move the allergy through or just make me more tired? Thanks!!!!

Answer 1

i think the best way is to use ventoline and go to emergency
don't joke with allergies, you can die from them
natural herbs may be toxic or helpful, but don't try that on you
go see your allergologist or the emergency dr

Answer 2

Allergies are so complicated. It would be best to see a professional homeopath or herbalist to help. Basically you need to build your immune system back up - it's been battling these allergies for so long it's worn out! For immediate action, drink plenty of water (boring, but it will help and will stave off exhaustion), if you have any vitamin C, echinacea or zinc knocking around, take all of them, twice a day as well, and take it easy on yourself. Then get yourself some help asap. Feel better.

Answer 3

Hi SurferCHic

Here are some ideas to rid of the cough and mucus in your system.

Diet: Eat whole foods, especially lots of raw fruits and vegetables. Also avoid mucus-producing foods, such as sugar, salty foods, dairy products, and starches. In cases of dry cough unrelated to other conditions, umeboshi plum paste can be very soothing.

You can also make a cough syrup from eight ounces of warm pineapple juice and two teaspoons of honey. The bromelain in the pineapple juice is activated by the honey. As an alternative, mix the juice of one lemon with two tablespoons of glycerine, then add 12 teaspoons of honey and stir before each use. Take one teaspoon every 30 minutes, reducing as needed. (Do not refrigerate.)

Another useful kitchen remedy is to slice an onion into a deep bowl and cover in honey, letting stand overnight. The next morning, strain the mixture of juice and honey and take one teaspoon four or five times a day.

Herbs: Coltsfoot, horehound, and mullein are safe and effective for children and adults. Use as an infusion at least three times a day until your symptoms abate.

For a dry irritating cough, use an infusion of marshmallow leaves.

For cough with mucus, make a tea of 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder, a pinch of clove, and a pinch of cinnamon powder in one cup of water. In addition, gargle a solution made from one pinch of salt and two pinches of tumeric powder added to glass of water.

For chronic coughs, make a confection of one part sesame seeds (black seeds if possible) and 1/2 part shatavari. Add ginger and raw sugar to taste and take one ounce daily.

Flower Essences: Crab Apple can be helpful if your cough is due to infection.

Homeopathy: For dry coughs: Belladonna, Aconite, Drosera, Bryonia, Phosphorus, Hyoscyamus, rumex, and spongia. These last three remedies must be taken alone, not in combination with other remedies.

For loose coughs: Ipecac, Merc sol., Pulsatilla, Kali bich., and Kali carb are all useful remedies.


Juice Therapy: Drink lots of fresh-squeezed, organic fruit and vegetable juices. Hot pear juice with cinnamon stick and added cardamon and cumin is a very useful juice remedy for coughs that are not serious in nature.

Nutritional Supplementation: Zinc lozenges, vitamin A, vitamin C with bioflavonoids, vitamin E, and folic acid are all useful nutrients for cough.

Answer 4

musanex or dayquil or allegra.