Spring Relief, Naturally
Just when you thought winter's ailments were over, Spring's blue skies and warm sun bring itchy throats, sneezing, streaming eyes and nose

"These are symptoms of allergy, hay fever and sinusitis caused by an allergenic environment," says Cape Town homeopathic pharmacist Ian Wheeler.

"Spring brings with it a high pollen count all over the city from flowering fynbos, Port Jackson trees and grasses. However, the situation worsens in the Fish Hoek, Hout Bay and Constantia valleys, where the swirling winds and mountain slopes keep the pollen localised," he says.

While we wait for the Cape Doctor to bring some wind-borne relief, help is at hand with "the bluebox", Cape Town's home-grown homeopathic treatment kit. The bluebox contains 21 remedies to treat over 100 acute conditions holistically, naturally and easily. Four remedies of these remedies treat these spring conditions using extracts from natural materials such as stinging nettles, poison ivy and honey-bee poison.

These complexed remedies are based on the homeopathic "Law of Similars" which implies that a remedy can cure an ailment if it produces in a healthy person, symptoms similar to those of the ailment. Homeopathy is safe for everyone from babies to the aged and restores health by stimulating the body's own system of defence and repair.

Spring remedies from pegasus homeopathics

• histamine comp 30C - a general homeopathic antihistamine (without sedative and dry mouth side effects).
• hay fever 6C - for sneezing, itchy eyes, nose and palate, streaming watery discharges from eyes and nose.
• sinus 30C - for sinus pain and congestion, painful blocked ears and post-nasal drip.
• muco drainol 30C - helps to drain thick mucus from the nose, ears, throat or chest and prevents secondary ear infections.