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Sniffles, snuffles and itchy eyes: how to treat seasonal allergies with natural products.

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| April 01, 2002 | Adderly, Brenda | COPYRIGHT 2002 PRIMEDIA Intertec, a PRIMEDIA Company. All Rights Reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Pollen -- spring's "golden dust," Hal Borland of The New York Times liked to call it-can be one of the glories of nature. So small it "dances in the sunbeams," Borland wrote, pollen billows this time of year from the woodlands, settling on front porches and windowpanes to give everything it touches a sulfur-yellow glint.

Pollen's effect on the eyes, ears, nasal passages, lungs and even skin, however, is not so pleasant. From April on, one in every four Americans suffers from the sneezes, snuffles and itchiness of hay fever -- the catchall term for a range of allergic diseases, the most common of which is allergic rhinitis. An allergy is the acquired potential to ...

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