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The season of mountain cedar pollen is upon us once again in South Texas. For anyone who has cedar allergies, this comes as bad news. Cedar allergy symptoms, or "Cedar Fever" as the syndrome is often called usually consist of congestion, sneezing, coughing, and itchy, red eyes. As the name suggests, many people will also run a low-grade fever.
Mountain cedar season, which typically lasts from December through February in Austin, San Antonio, and the Texas Hill Country, is probably the worst time of year for anyone with allergies. Not only does cedar pollen trigger strong allergic reactions, but it is produced in such huge quantities in this area, that the pollen simply overpowers most allergy remedies.
A popular segment on the local news is to show someone shaking a cedar tree branch so that a cloud of the fine, dust-like pollen is released. This fine pollen is easily blown from the trees and distributed in the blustery winds that are common during the cedar season. So much pollen can be produced by the numerous mountain cedar trees in the region that the pollen will actually go off the pollen count scale and begin to register as an air pollutant at times. It's no wonder that cedar fever can be so miserable to go through!
While there is no escaping the massive quantities of cedar pollen, except perhaps to live in a plastic bubble, there now is a method for alleviating cedar fever that works fast and is incredibly effective in most cases. This technique is rather strange, but for those who experience it, it's nothing short of magical.
Basically, it is possible to stimulate the body's acupuncture meridians in a very specific way - without needles I might add - to desensitize the body to cedar fever. There are a few variations of this approach, but they all use some type of acupuncture/acupressure stimulation to re-set the body to not react to cedar pollen (or other allergens depending on what the individual is being desensitized to). In my office, I use what is called "cold" laser to stimulate the acupuncture points, and it allows for fast treatment that is completely painless. In fact, other than the laser wand touching the points, there is no sensation at all, which makes it a very patient-friendly, even to young children.
The effects of the desensitization work very fast - usually within 24 hours. Better yet, the effects are long-lasting. In most cases, only a single desensitization procedure is needed to get through the entire mountain cedar season, and for many people the effects last for several mountain cedar seasons to come. In other words, in most cases a single desensitization procedure will last for at least a few years without any "boosters" or any other ongoing treatment!
For those who suffer with cedar fever symptoms, this new approach can make cedar allergies a thing of the past.
Mountain cedar season, which typically lasts from December through February in Austin, San Antonio, and the Texas Hill Country, is probably the worst time of year for anyone with allergies. Not only does cedar pollen trigger strong allergic reactions, but it is produced in such huge quantities in this area, that the pollen simply overpowers most allergy remedies.
A popular segment on the local news is to show someone shaking a cedar tree branch so that a cloud of the fine, dust-like pollen is released. This fine pollen is easily blown from the trees and distributed in the blustery winds that are common during the cedar season. So much pollen can be produced by the numerous mountain cedar trees in the region that the pollen will actually go off the pollen count scale and begin to register as an air pollutant at times. It's no wonder that cedar fever can be so miserable to go through!
While there is no escaping the massive quantities of cedar pollen, except perhaps to live in a plastic bubble, there now is a method for alleviating cedar fever that works fast and is incredibly effective in most cases. This technique is rather strange, but for those who experience it, it's nothing short of magical.
Basically, it is possible to stimulate the body's acupuncture meridians in a very specific way - without needles I might add - to desensitize the body to cedar fever. There are a few variations of this approach, but they all use some type of acupuncture/acupressure stimulation to re-set the body to not react to cedar pollen (or other allergens depending on what the individual is being desensitized to). In my office, I use what is called "cold" laser to stimulate the acupuncture points, and it allows for fast treatment that is completely painless. In fact, other than the laser wand touching the points, there is no sensation at all, which makes it a very patient-friendly, even to young children.
The effects of the desensitization work very fast - usually within 24 hours. Better yet, the effects are long-lasting. In most cases, only a single desensitization procedure is needed to get through the entire mountain cedar season, and for many people the effects last for several mountain cedar seasons to come. In other words, in most cases a single desensitization procedure will last for at least a few years without any "boosters" or any other ongoing treatment!
For those who suffer with cedar fever symptoms, this new approach can make cedar allergies a thing of the past.