Allergy is a very pervasive health problem. To a sufferer, the severity of symptoms could vary from minor discomfort to life threatening. People with the later problem would always carry emergency syringes just in case.
Two factors are involved for creating such problems: the unchecked body immune system and the provoking environmental factors. The environmental factors that provoke such problem varies from one individual to another, although there are a few items that are common to many people . These include cat’s saliva protein, peanut skin protein, shell fish and many others. They also include pollens from plants.
One aspect of environmental factor that is often been overlooked is simply the environment: the wind, the heat, the coldness, the warm damp air even food item, the emotional stress. Most allergy sufferers got into trouble unnecessarily because they do not pay attention to such environmental factors. They are not properly educated about the risks.
What kind of symptoms are there? It varies: stuffy nose, swollen eyes, headache, rash, wheezing, asthma attack, fever, difficult breathing. Indeed, it makes the people so miserable. Underlying these symptoms is our body’s attempt to fend of the perceived external invaders- increase the body temperature to kill germs, increase mucous secretion to wash and neutralize the invading toxins, increase the blood circulation through the heart rate and the vascular sizes( which causes severe headache) to mobilize the body function. All of these body responses makes a person miserable. It is simply a bodily mistake.
In traditional Chinese medicine, because of it sudden nature and feverish symptom as well as the close relationship with environmental issue, it is called Wind Heat attacking the body. The treatment is therefore to clear the Heat modulating the unruly immune response and rid of Wind, the environmental factor. If there is too much of the secretion, it is called dampness in the body and should be treated for such as well. These objectives can be achieved through acupuncture as well as through the herbal formula. Either one is very effective.
Shoashay,
Allergy is a broad topic with simple underlying physiology. Not difficult to treat. There are several herbal formuli that are quite useful.
謝謝Vince的解釋
我看到只是徵狀 頭痛 呼吸不順
但是吃了過敏藥 當然是西藥啦 治過敏性鼻塞的
居然就好了 所以應該就是過敏吧
西藥這裡還是比較方便 希望副作用不大
還好看來過敏季過了
那些徵狀又漸漸消失了
中藥看來像是你說的溼熱 風熱
什麼藥方呢
唉 也許回台灣看看中醫吧
Shoshay:
For a short term use, it is good if it works. On the other hand, if a long term use is required, we have to be much more careful. There is not just one way of solving any problems. Medicine is no exception.