Green Home Blog Eco-Friendly Fixes to Combat Spring Allergies

This spring use energy efficiency and environmentally smart tools to keep your allergies at bay. There are many surprising Eco-friendly remedies to your seasonal allergy suffering that just may help you suffer less. See if any of these help and hopefully your scratchy throat, runny nose and tearing eyes will stop bugging you with a low carbon footprint fix.Shake, Rinse & Wipe OffDuring the blossoms of spring, allergens stick to everybody like glue. That means, if you are allergic to pollen or other triggers such as grass or tree mold, you need to protect yourself from this sticky stuff. This means shaking off, rinsing off and wiping off items and bodies (children and animals count) that harbor allergens.Use non-toxic cleaning supplies, organic bath and spa soaps as well as natural allergen repellent sprays. Showering before bed is essential as this avoids sleeping in a nest of allergens embedded in your skin and hair. Plus, environmentally friendly cleaning products use ingredients that includes citrus an excellent allergen repellent as well as respiratory enhancer.Fan It AwayIn these pollen strewn months it may be best to keep your windows and doors closed. Even the most tightly woven screens cannot keep out the microscopic allergen onslaught. In fact, depending where you live, on high pollen days you may notice your windows as well as cars and other outdoor things covered in a fine greenish dust. Instead if letting this toxic powder into your home, create your own home improvement project and install ceiling fans. Ceiling fans rotating the indoor air can keep allergens at bay. It will dissipate any pollens, molds and the like minimizing accumulation.Clean A/C FiltersIf you must use air conditioning, the filters on these devices can be hidden culprits of allergens causing you to breathe in all that makes you sick without even knowing it. Make sure you clean or replace your A/C filters so only cold, sanitized air circulates throughout your home. While you are at it make sure your in-home air filters are also changed on a regular basis.Purify Your Indoor AirA sure winner for keeping your indoor air allergy-free is by investing in an indoor air purifier. Look for High Efficiency Gas Absorption (HEGA) filtration capability which is able to remove contaminants out of the air before they get a chance to irritate and trigger your asthma or allergies. The best air filters contain medical grade HEPA filters and can eliminate dander, airborne chemicals and even odors. You will immediately see a difference when running an air filter before you come home. The air in any room with the filter will feel significantly cleaner as some report that it is as if you are breathing on the top of a mountain. These Eco-friendly fixes to combat spring allergies are simple ways you can change your life for the better. There's no need to suffer when preventative and protective measures like these and others are taken into account. Add in naturopathic remedies such as acupuncture, natural herbal antihistamines, vitamin and mineral supplements as well as specific foods for an effective defense system against allergens.