Learn about allergy and how to treat it

In recent years, alternative medicine-complementary (CAM) has become very popular, with approximately half of the American population, is currently using or have been used in at least one occasion.

The most common forms of CAM include acupuncture, homeopathic medicines, medicinal herbal and yoga, this increase in the use of the various therapies, appears to be based on various factors, but basically in the belief that the CAM is safe, natural and without side effects.

The acupuncture is a part of the Chinese medicine and is used for many chronic diseases, including the allergic rhinitis and asthma. The process involves the insertion of needles in the skin in exact spots in the body, which is supposed to redress the balance of the flows vital”, but from the point of view scientific, studies, on the timely allergies should be stepped up much more.

A study in children, with 3 months of acupuncture treatment and 3 months of follow-up after treatment, showed benefit in children who received the “true” acupuncture, although still needed the same amount of medication for their allergies.

The medicinal products based on plants, based on various supplements of herbs that have been used in the treatment of allergies and asthma, have also showing some benefits and many of the medications used to treat various medical problems are derived from plants and herbs, including the theophylline (always used to treat asthma).

Allergies today represent a problem of pandemic nature or affecting the world’s population by all the factors that surround the modern life, so shift of chemicals and technologies, which affect our immune system, deriving in this type of pathologies.