Three Time-Tested Remedies For Seasonal Allergy Relief

For short-term allergy relief from sneezing, congestion and teary eyes, this month's Natural Solutions suggests three time-tested, natural remedies to help you breathe easier again.

Stinging Nettles: Helps relieve itchy eyes and sneezing. When symptoms flare up, take 300 mg a day (divided doses) in potent freeze-dried form.

Quercetin: Stops the production of histamine from overreactive immune cells. Take 400 mg of quercetin, twice a day, between meals. Begin six week prior to allergy season and continue all the way through the season.

Butterbur: An anti-inflammatory herb, which studies have found may help alleviate allergy symptoms as well as antihistamine drugs. During allergy season, take 50 to 100 mg of butterbur, twice a day (buy product free of liver-damaging pyrrolizidine alkaloids).