Allergic reactions and symptoms are extremely complex in their origins and not yet fully understood. Allergies can be divided into three major types:
- Delayed reaction allergies caused by sensitized lymphocytes
- Antigen-antibody allergies caused by a reaction between immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies and antigens
- Atopic or inherited allergies characterized by the presence of large amounts of sensitizing antibodies called IgE antibodies
Examples of delayed reaction allergies, also called cell-mediated hypersensitivity allergies, include contact dermatitis or skin eruptions resulting from exposure to causative agents such as drugs, chemicals, and the toxins of poison oak or poison ivy.
Antigen-antibody allergies occur when an individual has built up a high tier of antibodies following exposure to a specific antigen. Examples of antigen-antibody reactions include transfusion reactions and autoimmune disease.
Atopic allergies affect roughly 10% of the population. The hypersensitivity involves the production of excessive amounts of IgE antibodies. Allergens which react specifically in this way include pollen, dust, foods as well as bee, wasp, and hornet venoms. Reactions of this type include hay fever, asthma, urticaria (hives), and potentially fatal anaphylaxis. Contact with an allergen by a person with an atopic allergy triggers a local inflammatory reaction with accompanying tissue damage.
At the metabolic crossroads of all these allergic reactions is histamine. An excess of histamine is apparently released when the body comes into contact with substances to which it is sensitive. Histamine acting as a mediator of hypersensitivity triggers the inflammatory process.
A remedy which lends itself exceptionally well to the antihomotoxic treatment of various allergies is BHI Allergy, which has been specifically formulated for the treatment of allergic reactions and symptoms.
Histamine hydrochloride 8x: specific antiallergy effectiveness
Arnica 6x: inflammations, tissue traumas, neurodermatitis
Ignatia amara 6x: constrictive sensation in larynx and trachea, cough, difficult breathing, fluent coryza, catarrh
Lycopodium clavatum 6x: throbbing headache, cough, inflammation of the eyes, violent catarrh, difficult breathing, sore throat
Thuja occidentalis 6x: skin inflammations, warts, nasal catarrh, asthma, eczema
Arctium lappa 8x: chronic skin inflammations
Arsenicum album 8x: eczema, itching, skin inflammations
Acidum formicum 8x: stimulating factor for toxin elimination
Ledum palustre 8x: constrictive oppression of the chest, suffocative breathing arrest, cough, painful respiration
Antimonium crudum 10x: affections of the mucous membranes, nasal and bronchial catarrh, eczema, skin eruptions with itching
Embryo bovis 10x: detoxication factor for all tissues
Graphites 10x: skin disorders with eczematous eruptions, scrofulous affections
Pix liquida 10x: eczemas of the hands, itching, eruptions
Tellurium metallicum 10x: eczema, scrofulous conditions, eruptions and pain
Selenium 12x: nasal catarrh, cough with mucus and expectoration, straining in the chest, skin inflammations, blisters, itching
Sulphur 12x: skin conditions, eruptions, mucous membranes of the bronchi, allergic reactions
Psorinum nosode 15x: nosode for skin infections, eczemas, and inflammations
This combination of ingredients works together to mutually strengthen their effects on the histamine metabolism and allergic symptoms.
