Your eyes itch and you have to sneeze all the time: Pollen allergy sufferers have to fight hay fever in spring and summer. The following drink should help.
- Anyone who is allergic to the pollen count from trees and grasses knows it too well: the way to the pharmacy to get hay fever sprays or antihistamines.
- The latter suppress the inflammatory reaction that the body initiates when it comes into contact with the allergen - such as birch or alder pollen.
- However, there are not only medicines that exert this effect: various foods are also said to reduce histamine release in the body.
Does gin and tonic really help with itchy and swollen eyes?
The guess is that the long drink gin and tonic is one of them. The mixture of gin and tonic water is said to act like an antihistamine and even help to reduce swelling and alleviate allergic asthma, as reported by the portal noizz. But what is it about this steep thesis?
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A study by the British institute Asthma UK concludes that gin and vodka contain far less histamine and less sulfites than red wine, white wine or beer. Therefore, gin and vodka are also considered to be "more asthma-friendly" than other alcoholic beverages , which is why pollen allergy sufferers should resort to gin and tonic as red wine if they want to drink alcohol.
However, it has not been proven that gin and tonic can relieve itchy eyes, dripping noses and other symptoms of a pollen allergy, and doctors agree : alcohol should not be drunk regularly because alcohol consumption promotes liver damage, alcohol addiction and other health problems.
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