Allergies - natural option

[LNN]

This time of year, seasonal allergies can sometimes exacerbate neuropsych symptoms in our kids. I came across this in yahoo news the other day:

Take vitamin C and quercetin: Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant and also a mast cell “stabilizer.” Mast cells are tiny cells that line the mucous membranes, which when exposed to an allergen, release histamine.

Histamine in the bloodstream is the cause of symptoms such as, eye irritation, sneezing, and a runny nose. Vitamin C makes mast cells less reactive, thus reducing allergy symptom, and quercetin is a powerful flavonoid that enhances the effects of vitamin C.

Take 1500mg of vitamin C with 500mg quercetin at the first signs of allergies and repeat every four to six hours as needed. This crafty combination can put a sneezing attack to rest within 20 to 30 minutes. Another great product, Natural D-Hist also contains singing nettle leaf, bromelein (an enzyme), and N-acetyl cysteine (thins mucous).

 

DD6 has horrible allergies and despite shots for almost a year, last week her symptoms got really bad - eyes almost swollen shut, a blip in OCD. So I picked up some quercetin and 1000mg Vitamin C pills and started her on them Sat. night. Well...this article forgets to mention that you can't just start a megadose of C off the bat. It causes nausea. So stupid me gives it to DD at bedtime and 10 minutes later I get "Mom, I think I'm going to throw up." 30 seconds later and I'm stripping bed sheets and giving DD a shower.

 

So yesterday I gave her just the quercetin and her symptoms were milder. Then this morning, she woke up with clear eyes. Not puffy. So today I gave 500mg quercetin and just 1/4 of the Vit C pill (which is 250mg). No problem. No symptoms. Zyrtec barely made a dent last week and made her lethargic and irritable. The quercetin seems to be really helping.

 

So for whatever it's worth...quercetin for allergies - happy googling!

[thereishope]

My kids have switched from one taking Claritin and the other taking Benadryl to the Natural D-Hist Jr chewables and they work for them!

[MomWithOCDSon]

We love quercitin in our house . . . it has worked like a dream for sneezing, especially. So well, in fact, that I take it, too, during allergy season.

 

We like the "QBC Complex" from Vitamin Shoppe: quercitin, bromelaine and Vitamin C in one capsule. Makes it easy to get all three working for you.

[matis_mom]

This time of year, seasonal allergies can sometimes exacerbate neuropsych symptoms in our kids. I came across this in yahoo news the other day:

Take vitamin C and quercetin: Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant and also a mast cell “stabilizer.” Mast cells are tiny cells that line the mucous membranes, which when exposed to an allergen, release histamine.

Histamine in the bloodstream is the cause of symptoms such as, eye irritation, sneezing, and a runny nose. Vitamin C makes mast cells less reactive, thus reducing allergy symptom, and quercetin is a powerful flavonoid that enhances the effects of vitamin C.

Take 1500mg of vitamin C with 500mg quercetin at the first signs of allergies and repeat every four to six hours as needed. This crafty combination can put a sneezing attack to rest within 20 to 30 minutes. Another great product, Natural D-Hist also contains singing nettle leaf, bromelein (an enzyme), and N-acetyl cysteine (thins mucous).

 

DD6 has horrible allergies and despite shots for almost a year, last week her symptoms got really bad - eyes almost swollen shut, a blip in OCD. So I picked up some quercetin and 1000mg Vitamin C pills and started her on them Sat. night. Well...this article forgets to mention that you can't just start a megadose of C off the bat. It causes nausea. So stupid me gives it to DD at bedtime and 10 minutes later I get "Mom, I think I'm going to throw up." 30 seconds later and I'm stripping bed sheets and giving DD a shower.

 

So yesterday I gave her just the quercetin and her symptoms were milder. Then this morning, she woke up with clear eyes. Not puffy. So today I gave 500mg quercetin and just 1/4 of the Vit C pill (which is 250mg). No problem. No symptoms. Zyrtec barely made a dent last week and made her lethargic and irritable. The quercetin seems to be really helping.

 

So for whatever it's worth...quercetin for allergies - happy googling!

Vitamin C can also give you an energy surge (works well for me at naptime when I feel like I'm crashing!), so I try to take it early in the day.

Also, too much will give you the runs...

But thanks for the tip, I had heard this and I really need to do it for my 7yo who is miserable right now.