Welcome to The Convergence, where we bridge the gap between Eastern and Western medicine to help you live longer and finish your story. I’m Dr. David Cherion, and today we are talking about a common issue that brings many people to our clinic—a problem they didn’t even realize could be treated with acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine: allergies.
The Reality of Chronic Allergy Symptoms
Runny noses, coughing, sneezing, and red, itchy eyes—these are symptoms people often endure for years. Many people are completely unaware that Chinese medicine can offer significant relief.
It is incredibly common for patients to come to our clinic seeking treatment for a completely different issue, only to have a realization months later. They will come up to me and say:
“You know what? This time I didn’t have any problems during allergy season. This is the first time I’ve gone through spring, summer, or the pollen season and felt fine. I didn’t have a runny nose, coughing, or sneezing. This is the best I’ve felt in years.”
This happens all the time. People simply don’t realize they can actually heal from their allergies.
Finding Allergy Relief Without Daily Medication
If you suffer from chronic allergies, you are probably incredibly used to your daily regimen. For many, the following routines feel like a permanent part of everyday life:
Taking Claritin or antihistamines daily
Relying on Benadryl around the clock
Using nasal sprays and sinus rinses constantly
After coming to our clinic and receiving treatment for some time, patients realize it doesn’t have to be this way. You do not have to have a runny nose every single day of your life.
Interestingly, many people who think they have “seasonal allergies” are actually dealing with long-term rhinitis or chronic inflammation. Once they start receiving acupuncture and herbal medicine, those lingering symptoms finally begin to clear up.
Eastern vs. Western Medicine: Getting to the Root Cause
Because it isn’t commonly known that Chinese medicine can treat allergies, many patients don’t even bring it up during their initial consultations. It often comes up organically weeks or months into treatment once they notice their symptoms disappearing.
Acupuncture and herbal medicine work exceptionally well for seasonal allergies. This is especially true in an allergy epicenter like Houston, where we deal with:
High humidity
Heavy pollen counts
Environmental smog affecting the lungs
How to Get Started with Holistic Allergy Treatment
Treating allergies is one of the most undervalued and underrated capabilities of Chinese medicine. If you are constantly having to take antihistamines, Flonase, Claritin, or other medications just to keep things under control, give Chinese medicine a try to see what it can do for you.
To find out more about our clinic and how we can help you find relief, visit us at houstonacupuncture.com or email us at office@houstonacupuncture.com.
We’ll see you next time!
Disclaimer:This content is produced by Houston Acupuncture and Primary Care and is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
The Common Problem No One Realizes Acupuncture Can Treat
Everybody, today I wanted to talk a little bit about one common problem that many people come to our clinic for and they didn’t even realize it was something that could be treated with acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. That problem is allergies.
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Disclaimer
This content is produced by Houston Acupuncture and Primary Care and is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
The Reality of Chronic Allergy Symptoms (Sneezing, Coughs, & Itchy Eyes)
The runny noses, coughing, the sneezing, the red and itchy eyes. People have those for years and years and years, and they don’t often realize that it can be treated with Chinese medicine. I’ve had so many patients come over the past several years with other problems and they start the treatment. Months later, they come up to me and tell me, “You know what? This time I didn’t have any problems during allergy season. This is the first time that I’ve gone through spring or summer or through the pollen season, and I felt fine. I didn’t have any runny nose. I didn’t have any coughing or sneezing. This is the best I’ve ever felt in years.” This happens all the time. People didn’t even realize that they could get better from their allergies. And they’ve been so used to taking Claritin every day. They’ve been so used to just taking Benadryl around the clock. They’ve been so used to using nasal sprays and nasal rinses. They think that’s just part of their life. That’s just part of their everyday routine. And after coming to our clinic, after getting treatment for some time, they realize that it doesn’t have to be that way. You don’t have to have a runny nose every single day of your life. You can have improvement and get better from your allergies.
In fact, a lot of times people never really had a seasonal allergy. They just had long-term runny nose or long-term rhinitis or inflammation and they think it’s allergies, but once they start getting treatment with acupuncture and herbal medicine, they get a lot better. A lot of people don’t know that their allergies can get better with Chinese medicine.
Eastern vs. Western Medicine: Getting to the Root Cause
It’s just not that commonly known. And so a lot of people don’t seek treatment for it from Chinese medicine. They may not even bring it up to me when I talk with them during the interview, during the first time when we’re getting to know their medical problems. And it might come up later in conversation, sometimes a few weeks or a few months later into the treatment where they tell me, “You know what, I used to have these allergy problems and now it’s gone.” Acupuncture and herbal medicine work really well for seasonal allergies, especially in Houston when we have so much humidity, where there’s so much pollen and it seems like everyone always is suffering from all the allergies, even all the smog that might be affecting your lungs and causing you to have a runny nose. Houston is an epicenter of allergies and acupuncture, herbal medicine can help.
How to Get Started with Holistic Allergy Treatment
That’s one of the things we do here. That’s one of the undervalued, underrated things about Chinese medicine that a lot of people don’t even know it can treat. So, if you’re suffering from allergies, if you’re always having to take antihistamines or Flonase or Claritin or other medications to try to keep things under control, try Chinese medicine and see what it can do for you.
If you want to find out more about our clinic, you can visit us at houstonacupuncture.com. You can email us at office@houstonacupuncture.com and we’ll see you next time.
