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Water is more dangerous, hic.

Apparantly, a dose of Broccoli 100 grams and above helps, 200 grams being optimum.

In a lifetime??
my wife might just manage that!
 

straas

Matt
Location
Manchester
If you want an actual alternative to tablets then you can get little tubs of beeswax (vaseline does the same job but is heavier)

You smear a little around the base of your nostrils and on the cheekbones around the eye - coupled with a pair of wraparound sunglasses it does actually make a difference.

You have to be diligent about reapplication though.

I do this aswell as tablets as I get really severe hayfever (wheezy chest, completely blocked nose and bloodshot eyes)
 

T4tomo

Legendary Member
If you want an actual alternative to tablets then you can get little tubs of beeswax (vaseline does the same job but is heavier)

I use this. i also have a little puffer thing of some grey powder that is supposed to be a "natural" remedy, its a bit like snuff :laugh:
 
Those are not a cure but a barrier. Basically they are introducing something sticky to the inside of the nose, which along with the hairs catch more of the pollen particles thus stopping the allergans getting into your system to cause issues.

I find a snotty nose does something similar and is totally natural and organic. It was probably why my younger years I never had hayfever but shortly after I started to keep my own nose clean I developed hayfever!!

3 pages of reply to an idiot post? Who is the idiot? OP or us?
 

wafter

I like steel bikes and I cannot lie..
Location
Oxford
And a spambot is what?

I'll look up mumsnet
A bot, that spams...
 
I find that - assuming I take the tablets - I don;t suffer much when riding
even when riding through the countryside which must be chock full of pollen and stuff

but when I get home and stop - then shortly after my eyes start itching and stinging like mad

On my wife's advise I srated rinsing my face and eys very thoroughly with warm water when this happens

which works for me

the theory is that the pollen gathers around the eyes etc - but the amount is so great that the body's systems are totally overwhelmed and shoot down
Hence not causing the problems
Then you get home and the onslaught stops so the over reactions start off on full throttle


not sure this has any more evidence behind it that broccoli - sorry organic broccoli - but it works for me which os good enough for me


my wife does have an annpying habit of coming up with weird old wives tales
which turn out to work even through the "science" behind it is dodgy

another example is butter on burns
 

classic33

Leg End Member
I find that - assuming I take the tablets - I don;t suffer much when riding
even when riding through the countryside which must be chock full of pollen and stuff

but when I get home and stop - then shortly after my eyes start itching and stinging like mad

On my wife's advise I srated rinsing my face and eys very thoroughly with warm water when this happens

which works for me

the theory is that the pollen gathers around the eyes etc - but the amount is so great that the body's systems are totally overwhelmed and shoot down
Hence not causing the problems
Then you get home and the onslaught stops so the over reactions start off on full throttle


not sure this has any more evidence behind it that broccoli - sorry organic broccoli - but it works for me which os good enough for me


my wife does have an annpying habit of coming up with weird old wives tales
which turn out to work even through the "science" behind it is dodgy

another example is butter on burns
That last one will make things worse.
 
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