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SEPTEMBER 2015 - Vol 6, Issue 9

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WHAT IS A SEASONAL ALLERGY?

THE REAL CAUSE OF ALLERGIES

FIRST-AID HOMEOPATHY FOR SEASONAL ALLERGIES

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Dear Patient & Friend of Medica Nova

September is the month of inner silence, a time of reflection and stepping back a bit from the last few months of heightened summer activities. The inner and outer heat within all of us is now decreasing as nature and the body slowly are getting ready for the coming cooler months.

It is a beautiful time to be, rather than to do.

As my summer was packed with the creations of many new exciting projects at Medica Nova, I personally look forward to embrace some quieter moments. Many in-class and online courses have been written and are currently under revision for accreditation at the designated institutions. Once, it is all set and done...Medica Nova will offer in-depth university-standard online courses.

For some of you... this 'calming' time might not be the most favorable season of the year as the dreaded allergies of the blooming chamisa or the drifting pollen taken high up into the sky by the fall winds will cause you debilitating sneezing fits, swollen eyes, runny nose and the classic watery and itchy eyes.

Medica Nova not only will educate you about the nature of seasonal allergies, but also how to alleviate your seasonal allergy symptoms.

September's theme: ENJOY NATURE AGAIN

WHAT IS A SEASONAL ALLERGY?

So many of my patients are affected by their yearly SEASONAL ALLERGY symptoms with the common signs of sneezing attacks, runny / itchy nose, nasal congestion, itchy, swollen and watery eyes, and post-nasal drips. HAY FEVER, or ALLERGIC RHINITIS, is the most common chronic disease, affecting up to 30 percent of the population. It is the most common reason for chronic sinus and nasal problems. Children and young adults are often affected by hay fever.

First, let's have a look in understanding what your ALLERGY is really about?

WHAT IS A SEASONAL ALLERGY?

A seasonal allergy is AN ALLERGIC REACTION to a trigger that is typically only present for part of the year, such as spring or fall. This type of allergy refers to a POLLEN allergy, such as TRESS, WEEDS and GRASSES. Perennial allergies, on the other hand, are usually present year-round, and include allergens such as PET DANDER and HOUSE DUST MITE. MOLDS can be a seasonal or perennial allergy trigger.

COMMON SYMPTOMS

Sneezing
Runny Nose
Nasal Congestion
Itching of the Nose
Post-nasal Drip
Itchy, Watery or Swollen Eyes
Dark Circles Under Eyes
Recurrent Sinus Infections
Sore Throats
Trouble Smelling and Tasting

HOW DOES POLLEN CAUSE

SEASONAL ALLERGIES?

Pollens are tiny, egg-shaped powdery grains released from flowering plants, which are carried by the wind or insects and serve to cross-pollinate other plants of the same type for reproductive purposes. When pollen is present in the air, it can land in a person's eyes, nose, lungs and skin to set up an ALLERGIC REACTION.

Pollens that are spread by the wind are usually the main cause of SEASONAL ALLERGIES, while pollen that rely on insects (such as the honeybee) to be carried to other plants do not. Most plants with bright, vibrant flowers (such as roses) are insect-pollinated and do not generally cause seasonal allergies since the pollen is not usually present in the air.

Levels of pollen tend to be highest from early morning to mid-morning.

SPRING ALLERGIES are the result of pollen from trees, which can start pollinating anytime from January to April. Trees that are known to cause severe allergies include oak, olive, elm, birch, ash, hickory, poplar, sycamore, maple, cypress and walnut.

SUMMER ALLERGIES are mainly caused by grass pollen. These pollens are the highest at these times, although grass may cause allergies through much of the year if someone is mowing the lawn or lying in the grass. Contact with grass can even result in itching and hives in people. The main types are: rye, orchard, sweet vernal, red top, blue grasses and bermuda grass.

An allergy skin test or blood test (RAST) is usually applied to determine if you have seasonal allergies and which type of pollen to which you are allergic.

Usually, you are advised to take your over-the-counter anti-histamine medications like Claritin, Benadryl, Allegra, Zyrtec or nasal sprays yet with countless of side-effects. These dugs only CONTROL the attacks but do not cure them. If your medications fail to control your hayfever symptoms, immunotherapy is often recommended.

WEED POLLEN is the main cause of seasonal allergy in the late summer and early fall. Depending on the area of North America, these weeds include ragweed, sagebrush, pigweed, tumbleweed and cocklebur.

Allergy season can make people miserable and often causing them to want to take medications as a last resort.

OTHER FACTORS WHICH CAN
CAUSE ALLERGIES

FAMILY HISTORY OF ASTHMA OR ALLERGIES

You are at increased risk of allergies if you have family members with asthma or allergies such as hay fever, hives or eczema.

CHILDREN

Although you can become allergic to something at any age, children are more likely to develop an allergy than are adults. Children sometimes outgrow allergic conditions as they get older. However, it's not uncommon for allergies to go away and then come back sometime in the future.

ASTHMA OR ALLERGIC CONDITION

Having asthma increases your susceptibility of developing an allergy. Also, having one type of allergic condition makes you more likely to be allergic to something else.

FUNGAL COMPLICATIONS

Allergic fungal sinusitis and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis happens, if you are allergic to mold.

text by: About.com Allergies and Mayo Clinic

MEDICA NOVA offers you a complete different natural approach in meeting your seasonal allergies. This season, why not feel inspired to try a more natural, effective and healthier approach!

Contact MEDICA NOVA for further information at:

575-751 2067 or e-mail: info@medicanova.net

THE REAL CAUSES OF ALLERGIES

Reading the article above, you now understand that your ALLERGIES are not only caused by the high pollen count or environmental triggers, but comes from a very OVER-REACTIVE IMMUNE SYSTEM. So, why does your immune system mistakes a normally harmless substance for a dangerous invader?

Your ALLERGIES are mainly caused by your IMPAIRED LIVER, PARTICULAR YOUR LEFT LIVER LOBE, DEPLETED ADRENAL GLANDS, YOUR IMPOVERISHED DIET AND OFTEN YOUR DEFICIENCY OF DIGESTIVE ENZYMES.

liver pic

Your liver's functions are all about ASSIMILATION and PROCESSING nutrients, construction of biochemical complexes for the body's use, and the DETOXIFICATION of metabolic waste products.

Dr. Jack Tips wrote in his bestseller book, "Your Liver / Your Lifeline", the liver is an integral part of the immune system. It provides primary support to the endocrine glands which help regulate the immune system. The liver recycles hormones relieving the much OVERWORKED ADRENALS and THYROID GLANDS. And regarding the ALLERGIC (hyper-immune) response, the liver helps control HISTAMINE reaction.

For example, the human IMMUNE SYSTEM reads any PROTEIN as the important property in any food, be it fruit, vegetable or meat, to determine whether the protein is "self or a threatening non-self". What does that mean? Your LIVER MAKES THE DECISION IF THE INCOMING PROTEIN....AND A POLLEN IS A PROTEIN....WILL BE GIVEN A CODE, MEANING AN IDENTITY / FUNCTION WITHIN YOUR BODY OR NOT.

This "humanizing process" is totally dependent on the liver's own capacity to process incoming proteins. This check occurs because viruses, bacteria, parasites as well as AIRBORNE POLLENS are essentially proteins. If the proteins are not given a "code" or identity, the immune system will relate to these proteins as invaders and foreign particles. It will then attack these non-processed proteins.....and voila, there is your allergy.

For our survival, THE IMMUNE SYSTEM is always quickly

alerted to foreign proteins.

The MAIN LIVER LOBE,
the largest part of the liver manufactures countless chemicals for body metabolism. This lobe organizes and "humanizes" nutrients while giving each incoming nutrient an identity or function within your body. When the liver function is low, nutritional therapies will not bring lasting results unless its function is improved.

The LEFT LIVER LOBE

is the body maintainer. It stimulates regulatory controls and maintains body function. If this area is damaged or filled with toxins (or fungus, candida), the body may become SENSITIVE (ALLERGIC) and the tolerance level to ALLERGENS SUCH AS POLLENS, PHENOLICS, PERFUMES, AND CERTAIN FOODS is drastically reduced. When the LEFT LIVER LOBE is toxic, the IMMUNE SYSTEM is taxed!

Without this vital liver function, the proteins would remain foreign, unusable, toxic and ALLERGENIC for the body.

The problem with many people's allergies is their body's EXCESSIVE REACTION TO PROTEINS in the blood stream which have not been, or cannot be "humanized". It is the LEFT LIVER LOBE which is responsible for environmental and food allergies!

As already mentioned above, if your ADRENAL GLANDS are depleted of vital energy, due to your fast-pace life style coupled with the deficiency of digestive enzyme within your body.....YOU EXPERIENCE ALLERGIES!.

PEOPLE WITH VERY TOXIC LEFT LIVER LOBES ARE OFTEN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AND ALLERGIC TO PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING!

And there is more! Our cells have a very detailed and complicated system of COMMUNICATION called CELLULAR SIGNALING that governs matters our life and death! Cells communicate regarding PROPER FUNCTION, cellular activities, responses to the environment, tissue repair, coordination of the immune system regarding viruses, bacterias, fungus, parasites etc.), responses to hormones, destruction of cancer cells,

ALLERGY and INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES, and many other vital body functions such as cellular differentiation about HOW A CELL IS TO PERFORM, and utilization of stem cells.

CELLS TALK AMONG THEMSELVES! Cells talk to the brain and immune system!

TAKING OVER-THE-COUNTER ALLERGY MEDICATION

will totally suppress these vital functions.

THE CAUSES OF YOUR ALLERGIES TODAY

LACK OF PROPER CELLULAR COMMUNICATION
WRONG CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS (like not having the right alphabet)
MISINTERPRETATION OF THE COMMUNICATIONS RESULTING IN AN OVER-ACTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE
WEAK LIVER
TOXIC LEFT LIVER LOBE
EXHAUSTED ADRENAL GLANDS
DEFICIENCY IN DIGESTIVE ENZYMES

MEDICA NOVA, Practice for Integrated & Educational Medicine, offers you effective natural supplement programs, which will effectively target your yearly seasonal allergy symptoms to its very core.

REMEMBER: YOU WILL HAVE TO DETOX YOUR LIVER, YOUR INTERIOR CELLS & CELL MEMBRANES, BUILD YOUR ADRENAL GLANDS AND STRENGTHEN YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TO GET LASTING RESULTS!

This will take time.....but the results are worth the effort!

For further information, please contact MEDICA NOVA at 575 - 751 2067 or info@medicanova.net

FIRST-AID HOMEOPATHY FOR SEASONAL ALLERGIES

(Children & Adults)

Here are a few HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES which will effectively support your HAY FEVER or SEASONAL ALLERGIES, either in children or adults. The suggested remedies are very useful to have at hand in your home pharmacy. You will get most remedies over the counter at your local healthfood shop or organic food market. Please note, there are many more homeopathic remedies indicated for this situation. I only will mention the remedies which you mostly find in your First-Aid Kit.

ALLIUM CEPA 30

The remedy is prepared from the Red Onion. Just imagine, you in your kitchen.... slicing and cutting an onion with your knife and as you go along, your eyes start to water like crazy and your nose drips like a running water tap. This is exactly what happens when you experience hay fever! ALLIUM CEPA is indicated when your EYES AND LIDS BURN, AND YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO LIGHT. YOUR EYES WATER PROFUSELY AND YOU WANT TO RUB YOUR EYES. YOUR EYEBALLS MAY BE RED. There is CONSTANT SNEEZING, particular on entering a warm room. The DISCHARGE FROM THE NOSE MAY BURN TOO AND CORRODES THE NOSE AND UPPER LIP (YOUR SKIN GETS SORE). It seems like, water is streaming out of your eyes and nose at the same time. OFTEN INDICATED FOR AUTUMN HAYFEVER.

FOR ADULTS: ONE TABLET, EVERY 2-3 HOURS UNTIL THE ATTACK IS OVER. Then make an appointment with your health practitioner to receive a long-term treatment.

CHILDREN: ONE TABLET THREE TIMES A DAY, FOR ONE DAY ONLY. Again contact MEDICA NOVA or your health practitioner for further treatments.

SABADILLA 30

This remedy might come handy especially in the SPRING season, but also can be administered for FALL ALLERGIES. Here, the symptoms are SPASMODIC SNEEZING AND RUNNY NOSE. There can be SEVERE FRONTAL HEAD PAINS and redness of the eyes. The SNEEZING IS VIOLENT and PERSISTENT! YOUR BODY MIGHT EVEN SHAKE! ITCHING AND TICKLING IN NOSE AND YOU WANT TO RUB AND PICK IT. FLUENT DISCHARGE, worse from odors of flowers, even thinking of flowers increases the discharge! The throat is sore, (usually begins on left side) and stitches. The throat symptoms may become chronic (long-standing). The remedy is indicated in attacks which appear PERIODICALLY, like every week, every two weeks, four weeks or the same hour.

FOR ADULTS: ONE TABLET, EVERY 2-3 HOURS....UNTIL THE ATTACK IS OVER. Then make an appointment with your health practitioner to receive a long-term treatment.

CHILDREN: ONE TABLET THREE TIMES A DAY, FOR ONE DAY ONLY.

ARSENICUM ALBUM 30

The nose feels STOPPED UP or it RUNS LIKE WATER. There is a THIN, WATERY NASAL DISCHARGE WHICH MAKES YOUR SKIN RAW. There is SNEEZING WITHOUT ANY RELIEF. Cold cores in the nose are common. The discharge can BITE and DEFINITELY BURNS. There can be catarrh from being chilled while overheated and perspiring. The edges of the EYELIDS FEEL PAINFUL ON MOTION AND GIVE YOU A SENSATION AS IF THEY ARE DRY AND RUBBING ON THE EYEBALL. The eyes are BURNING! There is also INTENSE PHOTOPHOBIA! The tears may BURN and make your skin sore. The EYES are SWOLLEN AND PUFFY, first the upper then the lower lids.

REMEMBER: With ARSENICUM ALBUM 30, there is always present an emotional anxiety and restlessness.

FOR ADULTS: ONE TABLET, EVERY 2-3 HOURS....UNTIL YOU FEEL BETTER.

CHILDREN: ONE TABLET THREE TIMES A DAY, FOR ONE DAY ONLY.

WYETHIA 30

Your nose, throat and especially your PALATE / roof of mouth will ITCH that can extend to your ears. You want to rub your tongue across the roof of your mouth to scratch! Most symptoms are worse at the beginning of each season. Use the dosage suggestions as above.

EUPHRASIA 30

The main symptom is a sensation as if you have DUST IN THE EYES. The EYES are WATERY and of course there is SNEEZING. Use the same dosage suggestions as above.

BEE POLLEN

This supplement can be hugely beneficial if taken throughout the hayfever season to reduce the onset of symptoms.

Also use 2-3 times a day extra doses of ACIDOPHYLUS / BIFIDUS.

PLEASE NOTE:

Let the tablet dissolve under/on the tongue and make sure you do not eat or drink 10-15 minutes BEFORE and AFTER taken the remedy. Avoid strong smelling substances like Peppermint Chewing Gum, Mint Ice Cream, Altoids, Peppermint Sweets and Strong Mint / Spearmint Toothpaste. Stay away from coffee too!

REMEMBER: Please contact MEDICA NOVA for advice and more information at:

575- 7512067 or e-mail: info@medicanova.net

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Much Love Angelika

Dr. Angelika Maria Koch
Doctor of Natural Medicine
D.N.M. LCH H.N.H.Ir./Scl

MEDICA NOVA, LLC
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This information should not be considered as a claim or representation that any procedure or product mentioned constitutes a specific cure, palliative, or ameliorative. This information is provided in good will for informational and educational purposes only.