Pine Mountain Chinese Acupuncture and Herb Clinic

Allergic rhinitis is characterized by seasonal or perennial sneezing, rhinorrhea, nasal congestion and often red swelling eyes and sore throat. The acute seasonal type is called hay fever, while the non-seasonal type sometimes complicated by sinusitis and/or nasal polyps is called perennial rhinitis. According to some authorities, allergic
rhinitis is the single most common chronic disease experienced by Americans, it accounts for 2.5% of all office visits to MDs in the United States. Many people in Austin suffer from allergic rhinitis. Some people joked that Austin is not just the capital of live music, but also the capital of nasal allergies!

In western medicine, allergic rhinitis can be treated by antihistimines, decongestants, corticosteroids, allergic shots, etc.  When there is a sinus infection related to this, antibiotics will be used. Due to disturbing side effects and decreasing effectiveness with longer duration of using these medicines they can relieve certain symptoms but are almost impossible to cure the disease. More and more people started to look to alternative medicines for help.

Acupuncture and Chinese herbs are among the top choices to treat allergic rhinitis.  When there is an acute attack such as cedar fever, Chinese medicine considers this as pathogens invading the body due to weak anti-pathogenic qi. By using acupuncture and herbs, pathogens can be dispelled and symptoms can be quickly relieved or subsided. After that, many people consider the problem to be over and feel that there is no need to have any further treatments. Some acute conditions are never completely solved and then chronic conditions develop. This is one main reason why allergic rhinitis is such a recurring and intractable disease to deal with. Chinese medicine considers the key to cure the disease is to treat the root of the problem, which often is deficiency of the lung, spleen and/or kidney.  These terms represent certain aspects of a person's immunities.  By treating the disease, both when there are acute symptoms and when there are symptoms and signs of weakness, acupuncture and Chinese herbs have a very high effective and curing rates on allergic rhinitis.

I personally have been treating patients in the Austin area for several years and have helped many patients with allergic rhinitis. If you are suffering from this or are interested to know more information, please call to make an appointment for a free consultation.