Below is a post that bears repeating each spring. Seasonal allergies suck! Believe me, I know. Well, I used to know. I don’t know that as much any more because this way to knock them out of my life has worked for me for years. And years. 

My 2014 update: D-Hist has moved to the forefront for me. It’s effective and simpler for you to take in the long run. Take the loading dose as shown on the label, then only take one a day. Sometimes only one here and there or as needed. Or a couple when you know you’re going to get a big hit of plant life. I feel like it’s more effective than nettles on their own, though it is more expensive, too. Like always, you have to be willing to do your own detective work to find what works best for you.

An addition to the list below is local honey. Supposedly, if you eat local honey, you will build up an immunity to the local plant life. I haven’t tried it. I don’t want to eat a lot of honey to get this effect when I can take something like nettles that isn’t a hit of sugar, even if natural sugar. If you do, it has to be local — true locally produced — honey. Preferably organic. Ideally raw. And, like nettles, I imagine you need to allow it to work for a while before you’ll see results.

The 2013 post:

Allergy season has arrived. In full force. I can tell by all the people I encounter sneezing, wiping their eyes, complaining about how miserable they are. Yep, it sucks. Been there, done that.

I basically don’t be that or do that anymore. You don’t have to either. Your easy, inexpensive, safe instructions right here: Skip allergy season with this plant.

So, that’s covered, right? Why I’m addressing this again, though, is because it appears to a brutal allergy season this year. If you’re already taking nettles to alleviate your allergies, and you don’t think they’re working, you may need to take more.

In previous years, I’ve usually taken one capsule of nettles three times a day, and that worked beautifully. This year, I had to doubled that before I discovered the tweak below with D-Hist. Of course, this is your own decision — or that of your holistically-minded doctor.

In addition, let me offer some additional products to consider to knock out those blasted allergy symptoms:

• Natural D-Hist, by Ortho Molecular Products. It contains nettles, but it also contains vitamin C, quercetin and bromelian (from pineapples). All of those make a lot of sense to combat allergy woes. I am now taking one of these a day along with two nettle capsules, two other times a day. I am not noticing one tiny symptom of allergy issues, even though many are miserable. It is so worth it.
• Quercetin, as a capsule by itself, also is reported to be very effective in diminishing allergy symptoms.
• QBC Plex, by Solaray. I’ve had several people tell me how well this has worked for them. It also is a blend of quercetin, bromelain and vitamin C, similar to D-Hist, but without the nettles. Nettles have always worked so well for me (plus they have an array of other good benefits), that I stick with them or something with them.

Don’t torture yourself any longer. There is herbal help at hand, and it works. Yes, you’ll be taking them daily during allergy season, but they’re safe, they may offer you additional health benefits, and … you won’t suffer from sneezing or side effects.