Spring has sprung across much of the United States, and with spring comes seasonal allergies. However, natural remedies, such as acupuncture can help relieve itchy eyes, sneezing, headaches and other allergy symptoms.

According to an article in Natural News, May 2009, acupuncture may “not only clear symptoms of allergies, but also help the body come into balance: clearing the underlying condition causing allergies and improving overall health.”

“Balancing and strengthening the body can be the best thing to decrease or even rid oneself of seasonal allergies altogether," wrote the author.

Acupuncture can treat symptoms locally on the head or nose and then help to dissipate that energy throughout the body.

In addition to acupuncture, the article recommends eating local seasonal foods to help keep the body in balance with the local environment and eating local honey, as the honey comes from bees exposed to flower pollen and helps prepare the body’s immune system to accept it.

Eating raw local foods also helps keep the body in tune with the local environment and seasons and taking a homeopathic allergy remedy and a regular multivitamin can also help, suggests the author.