How Effective Are Alternative Treatments against Allergies?

How effective complementary treatments will be for you may depend on how severe your symptoms are, your biochemistry and the types of therapies you consider. While many studies suggest alternative medicine is not helpful for allergies, an equal number suggest complementary therapies are very helpful for reducing allergies and allergic symptoms.

Currently, statistics derived from the National Institutes of Health and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of American acknowledge that almost half of the population at some point considers alternative medicine to treat allergies and other common health problems.

Roughly 40 percent of those have tried one or more types of alternative therapies, suggesting the trend toward alternative medicine is growing, and that people are willing to try just about anything to relieve their symptoms.

Many times, you’ll find if you talk to your doctor they may encourage you to give some alternative therapies a try, as long as you use caution. You should not for example, stop carrying around your emergency epinephrine kit because you decide you want to treat your allergies with alternative medicine.

You also don’t want to throw out your inhaler until you find an effective treatment or combination of treatments that works well for you. For many, this will involve a process of trial and error. What most people find is they can gradually reduce the amount of over-the-counter remedies they use for therapy by combining traditional healing with complementary medical practices.

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