Apr 28, 2015 | Health & Wellness, Seasonal
This is the season of sneezing and sinus pain. You want to go outside and enjoy the spring air, but it hurts. You deserve to get out there and embrace the beautiful season, but how can you with hay fever waiting at the door? First, let’s get clear about what hay fever is.
Otherwise known as allergic rhinitis or pollinosis, hay fever is an allergic reaction triggered by allergens such as dust, pollen, mites, grasses, molds, animal fur/hair and/or air pollution. The condition tends to occur seasonally with outdoor allergens and at any time to those found indoors.
Common symptoms of hay fever include:
- Coughing
- Headaches
- Sneezing
- Sore throat
- Itching of nose, mouth, eyes, throat, ear, and skin
- Impaired smell
- Wheezing
- Red and watery eyes
- Stuffy and runny nose
- Fatigue
- Sleeping problems.
Ready for relief? Here’s what you want to do:
How to Find Relief from Hay Fever
Eat Preventatively
Choose to eat a clean and balanced diet, full of high-quality protein, fruits, and vegetables. This reduces many hay fever symptoms and strengthens the immune system. Drink a lot of water and do your best to avoid grains, dairy, excess salt, sugar, alcohol, and any other highly processed foods. Foods that will attack the source of hay fever are garlic, ginger, onions, and honey.
Herbal Help
Several herbs may be used to calm the sneezing, coughing, itching, and congestion symptoms associated with hay fever. They work mainly by strengthening and supporting the allergen-fighting aspect of your immune system. Some of these herbs are stinging nettle, gingko, and quercetin.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture has repeatedly been shown to effectively relieve symptoms of hay fever. Acupuncture corrects and balances the energy flow of your body (your body’s electrical system) through the use of needles on the skin, specifically on facial points. This stimulates the immune system, clears congestion or any associated pain, and reduces inflammation.
Steam with Eucalyptus
This is an easy and relaxing option for relieving hay fever symptoms. Start a hot shower or bath and breathe in the steam. The steam will break up the mucous and relax tense muscles. Also, adding essential oils like our Eucalyptus Oil ShowerMist to the steam will relieve symptoms and attack the root cause of your hay fever.
Other Preventative Ideas
In natural healing, prevention is key. Some things you can try doing to avoid the issue altogether are to stay indoors if you hear the pollen count is high. Furthermore, avoid going outside during windy days or after thunderstorms. And instead of a lawn, replace it with bricks, rocks, and stone as your landscape. If you must go outside, take a little castor oil or petroleum jelly and line your nostrils with it. This creates a gentle barrier and protects your membranes from pollen. Lastly, wash your face, splash water on your eyes, and blow your nose to rid yourself of any possible pollen.
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Apr 24, 2015 | Health & Wellness, Seasonal
If you’ve been a sufferer of the brutal viruses going around, you’re going to be happy to hear about these incredibly effective, natural treatments that will not only shorten the duration of the cold but boost your immune system and help you feel better much faster.
We are dedicated to your health in the most natural ways possible. So please enjoy these natural and simple home remedies for faster healing!
How to Cure Common Spring Health Problems Naturally
Spicy Lemon Tea
This one is simple. Warm a mug of hot water and add the juice of half a lemon to it. Add honey, stevia or agave to balance the bitter with some sweet. Avoid adding sugar to sweeten as this will feed any potential infection. Lastly, add about 1/4 Tsp of cayenne pepper to the mix for a spicy kick. You can always add more if you like more spice, but add it gradually. The cayenne increases blood flow, reduces pain, and strengthens the immune system.
Licorice Root
Licorice tea has been a reliable source of relief for a long time. Don’t be confused, this dependable herb is far from the candy you may know it to be. An often underestimated herb, licorice is quite potent and has been used to treat ailments from tendonitis and ulcers to HIV and fungal infections. With that said, it’s not a surprise that this powerful herb can kill infection while offering quick (and delicious) sore throat relief. Go to any store that sells tea, and you are sure to find it easily.
Essential Oils
Grab a bottle of Mint-Infused Eucalyptus Oil ShowerMist and simply inhale. You’ll be surprised at how fast your sinuses will clear. Additionally, both Mint and Eucalyptus have anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties, so inhaling them will also get to the source of your infection.
Steam Inhalation
This is the most popular method. Fill a small tub or a large bowl to about 3/4 of its capacity with hot water. Next, add some Eucalyptus oil, either a few drops or a few sprays of Eucalyptus Oil ShowerMist, to the water. Now, bow your head above the tub/pot of fragrant water and drape a towel over your head to create a small space for the steam to be trapped near your face. Keep your mouth closed and breathe in deep so that the Eucalyptus-laden steam reaches deep inside the nose and the upper respiratory tract. This method is very effective in providing relief from inflammation of the sinuses and blood vessels inside the nasal cavity, soothing nasal congestion, and sinus headaches.
Don’t let common spring health problems get you down; fight back with these awesome home remedies.
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Mar 2, 2015 | All About Eucalyptus, Health & Wellness
If you’re used to getting sinus problems, then we have a solution for you.
Sinus problems hurt, happen inconveniently, and leave you feeling frustrated and desperate for anything that works.
A solution? Eucalyptus oil. In particular, using Eucalyptus in the home shower or in a steam room regularly will help not only the immediate symptoms but also the condition on a long-term basis.
Eucalyptus oil is a steam distilled from the Eucalyptus tree. The oil is taken from the tree’s leaves and extracted for medicinal, pharmaceutical, repellent, flavorings, fragrance, antiseptic, and other uses. Eucalyptus trees and bushes grow in South Africa, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Australia, Chile, and Swaziland.
Eucalyptus is high in an oxide 1,8-cineol (or eucalyptol). Oxides are a compound that has oxygen (technical wording: “a binary compound of an element or a radical with oxygen”). Cineol is the most prevalent of the oxides, meaning Eucalyptus is great as an anesthetic (loss of sensation), antiseptic (reduce the possibility of infection), as well as a strong mucolytic (gets rid of mucus). It thins the mucus in the respiratory tract infections, making it a miracle worker for sinus problems.
Eucalyptus is analgesic, antibacterial, anticatarrhal, anti-infectious, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, insecticidal, and expectorant. This means that eucalyptus may help with acne, bronchitis, ear inflammation, flu, hay fever, high blood pressure, nasal problems such as sinus infections, coughs, congestion, vaginitis, as well as insect repellent.
The benefits are extensive, so making the decision to keep it in your home is an easy one. So stop feeling hopeless and know that you can feel better. See for yourself, with our Eucalyptus ShowerMist and other health improving products!
Sep 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
The sinus headache is a common ailment that has a big affect on the people who must fight it. So, finding out there are ways to relieve the pressure and feel better fast is exciting news!
Whatever the reason is that this headache exists, we want to leave you with a few tips to relieve sinus pressure naturally. As usual, we at Eurospa, wish you the best of health!
FACE MASSAGE
You can heal yourself. It’s true. The Chinese have been working with the body’s immune system for thousands of years with unexplainable results! There are many points all over the body that when pressure is applied to them, relief and healing is found. (it’s how the ninjas were treated after rigorous kung fu training!) For allergy relief, simply see the photo below and use your index or middle fingers of each hand to apply a firm pressure to each of the points marked. Be sure the pressure is firm enough to create slight discomfort, but not enough to hurt. You will know you are on the right spot as it will be a little tender. Stay on each point for about 30 seconds. Please drink a lot of water after performing this on yourself. You need to dilute the toxins that have been released!
DRINK WATER
Old news rings true. Water is our KEY SOURCE for ridding toxins and stagnant bacteria out of our bodies. It’s THE necessary ingredient to our kidneys and livers functioning well. Guess what? It also thins your mucous. Want to get that mucous flowing and the anti-histamine to calm down? Drink water. As stated above, it will also get things diluted and expelled faster! (Additional side note? Dehydration is one of the biggest causes behind halitosis; bad breath! During allergy season (and daily life) bacteria accumulates in our sinus passages, mouths and stomach (from the mucous) and sits there. You can’t brush or rinse these guys away, but you can dilute and flush them.) So drink up.
WORK OUT AND SWEAT
Sorry, to bring it back to water, but it’s a vehicle that moves things. When you need relief from seasonal allergies, get your blood moving. When you exercise, you increase your circulation and begin to sweat. Both blood and water carry the pollen and anti-histamine out of yours system faster. Think of a stagnant river vs. a flowing river. Which one’s going to have more bugs, slime and bacteria? If it’s so bad, stay indoors for your work out. OR, get above it and hike on a mountain where it’s less concentrated. Lastly, try going for a swim. It’s great exercise and there’s no pollen in the water!
HOT SHOWER // STEAM ROOM
A relaxing option is to breathe in the steam. The steam will break up the mucous and relax the uptight muscles involved. You can enhance this option by using the acupressure mentioned while in the heat. Also, adding essential oils like our Eucalyptus Oil Shower Spray to the steam WITH the acupressure IN the steam, will give you peak relief. Try it! We’d love to hear how it worked out for you!
WATCH YOUR FOOD
Stay away from foods that dehydrate or add to histamine production. Beverages with high caffeine, like coffee and black or alcoholic drinks are all dehydrating. Beer is even worse as it’s both dehydrating and the hops add to histamine production. It’s best to stay away from too many tree fruits, bananas, mushrooms, tomatoes and all breads and pastas. I know that sounds difficult, but it won’t be forever. These foods carry their own histamine in them and will only make things worse. Just think of it as a cleanse for a few days while you get your health and sanity back!
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Sep 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
People that suffer from sinusitis know that the congestion, head aches and fatigue that come with it are no small hindrance to life quality. Over the counter medications are a gamble as many of them have such a strong anti-histamine that often, the only result is one of overly drowsy and cloudy head. So, if I tell you that there is a way to heal sinusitis fast, with a trusted natural home remedy, your ears are sure to perk up.
Heal the problem, don’t just cover up the problem! But before we go into the remedy, let’s understand the condition.
Sinusitis is a common upper respiratory condition marked by swelling and overproduction of mucus in one or more sinuses. Typical symptoms of sinusitis include nasal stuffiness and pressure and pain in the head, especially with motion or when bending forward. Sinusitis can be caused by allergy, or bacterial or viral infection. Treatment typically includes antihistamines, decongestants, and antibiotics. Though frequently prescribed, antibiotics are not effective against viral sinusitis.
Eucalyptus has been shown to have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and decongestant properties, and has been used traditionally to treat asthma, nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, sore throat, and sinusitis. The oil from eucalyptus is antibacterial, anti fungal, and antiviral, and has been used topically to treat skin and dental infections, and to prevent cavities. Medicinal herbs containing what are known as “volatile” oils have strong and distinctive aromas; these herbs and their oils are generally antiseptic, relaxing to muscles and nerves, and decongest the mucous membranes.
Getting back to your relief, here are the top two ways by which you can take advantage of the therapeutic properties of eucalyptus oil for treating sinusitis and it’s related symptoms:
Steam Inhalation
This is definitely the most popular method that relieves sinus inflammation, clears nasal congestion and soothes respiratory blockages as well. For doing this, you need to fill a small tub or a large bowl to about 3/4th of its capacity with hot water. Next, add some eucalyptus oil, either a few drops or a few sprays of Eucalyptus Shower Mist, to the water. Now, bow your head above the tub/pot of fragrant water and drape a towel over your head to create a smaller space for the steam to be trapped in near your face. Keep your mouth closed and breathe in deep so that the eucalyptus essence-laden steam reaches deep inside the nose and the upper respiratory tract. This method is very effective in providing relief from inflammation of the sinuses and blood vessels inside the nasal cavity, soothing nasal congestion and sinus headache.
Dilution and Application
This method is a more direct way of using eucalyptus oil for sinus headache and facial discomfort caused by inflamed sinuses. Simply dilute the eucalyptus with a carrier oil such as olive or coconut oil. Once diluted, it can be applied directly to the aching and congested areas without risking any kind of skin irritation or rashes. This method is great for treating sinusitis in people who have sensitive skin but don’t have enough time to go through the steam inhalation method.
Don’t let sinusitis get you down. You can get relief without the toxic risks associated with over the counter medications. At Eurospa, your health is our priority. Stop by today to check out the other ways we are committed to giving you the best life quality possible!
