Sinus congestion

Anti catarrhal. The mucus-reducing activity of elder may be due to its high potassium content, but in any case this plant helps to clear up bronchial mucus, hay fever and sinus congestion. Both flowers and berries help to dry up a runny nose. When the flowers are taken before hay fever season they help to lessen its severity. A gargle made of elder blossoms steeped in vinegar can be used to treat sore throats and tonsillitis. Elder has even successfully treated catarrhal deafness and children s croup. A tea made of elder flowers can ease hoarseness and make the voice clear. Parts used flowers, berries. 

Decongestant. Elder helps to move phlegm and clear sinus congestion, inner ear infection, hay fever and bronchial congestion. Part used flowers. 

Some of the participants reported health benefits such as relief from sinus congestion, reduction in the desire to smoke and drink alcohol as well as lowered blood pressure. Of the 112 participants, a total of 580 kilograms or 1,276.8 pounds were lost during the seven-day period, an average of 1.6 pounds per person daily. Two people discontinued the program complaining of side effects of hypoglycemia and another person... 

When my son was two—he s nineteen now—I became sensitive to everything. I had excruciating headaches—almost continual—and sinus congestion, and really hit bottom emotionally. 

While a tradition of using minor remedies for things like colds or warts existed, reasonable people left the control of drugs in the hands of the experts. Even patent medicines derived their fundamental cultural status from the implied approval of these groups, or had to go back to their precursors, the medicine men and shamans of primitive days. To this day, television advertisements for patent medicines that will cure headaches, sinus congestion, or "tired blood" are... 

In the coming months, you ll feel better and better. You ll cough less and less. Sinus congestion diminishes. You ll feel more energy and less fatigue. Notice when you climb a flight of stairs that you re not as short of breath. 

Derreza H, Fine MD, S adaniantz A. Acute myocardial infarction after use of pseudoephedrine for sinus congestion. J Am Board Fam Pract 1997 10(6) 436—438. 

He found that inhalation of the vapor was useful for sinus congestion, postnasal drip, and bronchial catarrh. He also suggested that the berries be used as a general bladder tonic to strengthen function and tonicity. 

Nasal/Sinus Congestions Diarrhea Joint Stiffness Unrefreshing Sleep Excessive Gas Difficulty Remembering Muscle Pains Headaches... 

Uses Antihistamine drug for relief of symptoms of head colds, common flu, sinus congestion, hay fever to elevate blood pressure treatment of allergic reactions of skin and mucous membranes, e.g., acute urticaria, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis for temporary relief of itching skin, e.g., atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, pruritus, and insect bites jaundice Manuf./Distrib. ICN Biomed. Research Prods. http //www.icnbiomed.com Ruger http //www.rugerchemical.com Spectrum Quality Prods. 

One of these is Ephedrine where the carbon chain plus aminic tail is CH(0H)CH(CH3)NH(CH3), looking like a close brother of PEA. Ephedrine is a natural product extracted from a plant called Ephedra and used in traditional Chinese medicine. It can also be made in the laboratory. Ephedrine is administered as a stimulant, appetite suppressant, and concentration aid. It seems to work by increasing the activity of norepinephrine. It is used, for example, by professional weightlifters and athletes. Another close brother of PEA is pseudoephedrine, which is a chiral isomer of ephedrine, and it causes vasoconstriction (constriction of blood vessels) and relaxation of smooth muscles, thus leading to bronchial dilation. It is administered for nasal/sinus congestion and difficulty in breathing. Methamphetamine is another... 

Isopinocamphone is the main constituent of oil of hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis (Lamiaceae), imparting the typical mucolytic properties of ketones, while muscle relaxant activity has been demonstrated in vivo (Lu et al. 2002). Piperitone is the main constituent of the leaf oils of the so-called peppermint group of the genus Eucalyptus. An example is the broad-leaf peppermint. Eucalyptus dives, an excellent, non-irritant mucolytic agent for sinus congestion and bronchitis (Schnaubelt 1995). 

Respiratory bronchitis, cough, dyspnea, epistaxis, nasal congestion, nasal irritation, pharyngitis, rhinitis, sinus congestion, sinusitis, upper respiratory infection. 

These medications are used to treat nasal and sinus congestion. Phenylpropanolamine is a vasoconstrictor, and usually is combined with an [H-1] antihistamine for this application. 

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