So!
I am taking charge of my chronic hives, and reaching out to other alternatives to try and *cure* them myself! By doing much research, I've found some things to try out.
I have a plan! But I need to take action:
Low Histamine Diet (Yes, there are foods higher in histamine than others)
I am following a list of Restricted Foods and Allowed Foods that I found on this website:
HERE: Low Histamine Diet
Herbal Supplements:
Nettles
(Nettle tea, or freeze dried nettles in pill form) - The Stinging Nettle Plant helps reduce the ammount of histamine your body makes.
Information about the Stinging Nettle plant found HERE: Stinging Nettle Plant
Black Cohosh
This Herb gives your body many benefits, including anti-inflammatory properties, and keeping your body from creating histamine. It's not at the top of my list of supplements to try, but anything that states it lowers histamines is worth a try! Information about the benefits of Black Cohosh found HERE: Black Cohosh
Aloe Vera Juice
We all know that Aloe is great for sunburns, and used externally on hives to take the itch out. I recently found that taking Aloe internally is also very beneficial and works as a natural anti-histamine! It contains Magnesium Lactate, which acts much like Cortisone does in reducing histamines, without icky side-effects! Information about the juice of the Aloe Vera Plant found HERE: Aloe Vera
Acupuncture:
I was a bit skeptical about this... but I have tried it for other ailments and honestly.... it WORKS! There is such a thing as accupressure as well, but since I have DPU, those pressure spots would swell up like tennis balls by evening time, so no accupressure for me! My mother is a massage therapist, and has helped me find the exact points acupuncture is needed to help with hives. (Will provide links to these exact areas later)
I have tried this out myself, simply taking the tip of something pointy (not actually puncturing the skin) and placing pressure on that exact point is not too hard! Though I have been looking into some professional acupuncturists lately, and will most likely start treatments! I have read many success stories about hives and acupuncture, so anything is worth a shot!
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