Bee pollen and honey for allergies - I was skeptical

[foxfire]

My adult DS has allergies and they always act up very badly especially in the spring/fall so he usually takes OTC meds to help relieve symptoms...and he has had to take a lot of them. He recently bought bee pollen and honey from a local beekeeper to try and the results have been amazing. He was told it normally takes about 3 days before any effect is noticed and that's exactly when he began to tell a difference. It's now been a week since he first started taking this and I am amazed at how much good it's done. He is not having to take any OTC meds now!

I've noticed there are quite a few people here who also suffer from allergies so I wanted to post about the great results my DS has had taking bee pollen and honey. Maybe it's something that would help some of you. You have to be sure to buy pollen and honey that is produced from local sources for it to be the most beneficial.

 

[Honu]

DH used to take Bee Pollen, but it made his sweat smell weird. I don't really remember smelling it on him, but I couldn't handle the smell of his dirty clothes. It did work though. He uses Flonase now, which smells like flowers.

 

[Virgo10]

That is really interesting. I can't take OTC drugs because they either knock me out or give me heart palpitations. Is there anywhere besides a bee keeper that you can get bee pollen? How much honey does he take a day?

Anything you can think of regarding this treatment, I'd like to know. The allergy problems this past week have been terrible. It's so dry here and windy. Not a good combo for those of us that get hit hard by this.

 

[LdyFaile]

That is really interesting. I can't take OTC drugs because they either knock me out or give me heart palpitations. Is there anywhere besides a bee keeper that you can get bee pollen? How much honey does he take a day?

Anything you can think of regarding this treatment, I'd like to know. The allergy problems this past week have been terrible. It's so dry here and windy. Not a good combo for those of us that get hit hard by this.

What I've been told is that it just needs to be from a local source. I don't suffer from allergies so I don't know for a fact though.

 

[THESCHULTZFIVE]

Interesting, if anyone else has any more info I'd like to know.

 

[noodles]

My mom swears by this as well. They have 180 acres in Montana and they lease a small part of it to a bee keeper. He suggested this to my Mom because her allergies are so bad. She swears by it and the bee keeper is so happy they lease the property to him so cheap that he keeps them stocked up with bee pollen and 5 gallon buckets of honey!

 

[foxfire]

That is really interesting. I can't take OTC drugs because they either knock me out or give me heart palpitations. Is there anywhere besides a bee keeper that you can get bee pollen? How much honey does he take a day?

Anything you can think of regarding this treatment, I'd like to know. The allergy problems this past week have been terrible. It's so dry here and windy. Not a good combo for those of us that get hit hard by this.

You start out taking small amounts to make sure you aren't allergic to bee pollen...very few people are. My DS was told to take one teaspoon each of the pollen and honey for 3 days; then, if he had no adverse reaction to increase the amount. He now takes two teaspoons of each daily which is the recommended amount. I have to say again how amazed I am at the results he's having. If I hadn't seen it myself, I'm not sure I would have believed it would have made so much difference because his allergies have been so awful.

The pollen looks like very tiny balls and you can mix it with cold foods like yogurt, pudding, etc. if you don't want to just take it as is. Same thing for the taking the honey.

As for a source you can buy it from, you might check health food stores if you can't locate a beekeeper. Or if you have an agricultural agency in your area they might be able to help. Make sure the pollen and honey are from local sources because it's made from the trees, flowers, etc. that are the cause of your allergies. It has to be local to counteract what you are exposed to so don't buy it unless you know for sure it's locally produced.

 

[Keli]

My dh is a beekeeper. He has customers that buy honey because of allergies also. It does help to be local because the pollen the bees gather will be from local plants. Also, honey from a grocery store will be pasturized so it won't help those with allergies.

 

[Christine]

My son has many allergies and we tried the local bee pollen and honey but found that it aggravated him. So something in it he is obviously allergic to. Glad it worked for your DS.