u/Mei_Flower1996

Hi folks,

My darling father has awful hay-fever, developed a few years after coming to the USA. By then it was the 1990s, and Flonase and the like existed. HIs is all spring. He has the "adult immigrant hayfever" which tends to be especially severe. A lot in his eyes, repeat sneezes, post nasal drip. ( interestingly enough- less of the runny/stuffy nose. I guess it all goes down the back to make his throat scratchy and give him a cough rather than him just being able to blow his poor nose.) He's like a photo out of a textbook.

I had it as a child as well, but with more PND/cough and nowhere near as sneezy. I outgrew the worst of if it by age 15, and it faded out in my 20's. His was always worse than mine though, even before I outgrew it. Likely because I was born here.

He does Flonase and Ketotofin eyedrops. No pills work for him- from Allegra and Zyrtec to Singulair, they may as well be sugar pills.

He saw an allergist a few years back. The thing is- his season is 2 months long. Only about 3-4 weeks are his symptoms "moderate despite medications" instead of just mild. So he " just misses" the criteria for shots, while also struggling with his hay-fever more than most.

I started him on 5% standerdized gingerol supplements. Ideally, we should have started mid March, but it was more like late March. For an April/May season, he started with 1 pill in the AM, then 2 pills a day about two weeks ago, one with breakfast, and one with lunch.

One complaint- some heartburn with taking the pill. He is in his late 50's, however. Milk or yogurt with the pills helps, and of course taking it with a meal.

Huge improvement. He barely needs the eyedrops anymore on a typical day ( he does take them for prolonged outdoor activities). Repeat sneezes and Post Nasal drip are also much better!

The real truth will come in the next week or two, but it seems these supplements have changed his life during this month.I'm so glad, I always felt awful watching him suffer, especially since I outgrew mine.

I only wish we began these sooner! Initially, I thought that if the other pills don't do anything for him, then natural remedies would not , either. He also never looked into these himself, even though we are South Asian ( ie more likely to use natural remedies).I suppose that's what daughters are for, hehe.

Anyway! You folks should try. I am not going to link the exact supplements, in case this post gets flagged as an ad. You can DM me for them!

Hi folks,

You can see the story in this post, but my darling father has awful spring hayfever, and I recently started him on gingerol supplements to close the gap on the symptoms his medicines can't solve. They worked well and I'm happy ( he is also happy).

The story with my father- he is the oldest of many siblings. We are Pakistani, my siblings and I were born here in the USA. His brothers all dropped out of school and don't really work. My dad did really well in school, came to the USA for college, and now works here. My mother told me he wanted to get a job back home, maybe not in our home city of Peshawar, but in Islamabad. However, it would have been easier for him to send money home if he were paid in US dollars.

He is the definition of the over-burdened eldest son. He paid for all of his younger sisters' weddings, pays for his younger brothers' livelihoods. My youngest chachu seemed like the nicest one but he has become so greedy in recent years. His mom manipulates him to send money, and his one unmarried sister does as well. They are so greedy.

The worst part? They don't even love him or respect him. They just use him. They treat him poorly. They don't even care about him. When he visits home they are barely nice to him. I don't know why my dadi favors her other loser sons over my father. We have proof she used...sihr to achieve the level of loyalty my father has to his siblings ( my mother found this out). Ie he acts with them lovingly but they don't towards him and the sihr is why he doesn't see it.

Earlier on in my parents' marriage, my father had to pay off a large debt. It was from my grandfather's business that he gave to me second chachu, and he ran it into the ground and wracked up debt that my dad paid off. During this time my father was so stressed about paying off the debt quickly that he was seriously considering taking a weekend job, while I was like, 2 years old and my mom was a SAHM who was already sufficiently bored and disconnected being here in the USA away from her relatives. They just didn't care. They wanted more money.

Anyway. The reason these things are connected is because earlier this spring my father was suffering from an allergy related scratchy throat/rough voice/ cough. He was on the phone with his greedy sister ( one who isn't married is the one who squeezes him for money) who was asking for money, she didn't even ask if he was feeling well or why his voice was rough. She just wanted money.

I don't know. I spent time looking at remedies that can help him enjoy feeling well and they don't even care and just squeeze him for money. I don't know if this makes sense but it makes me sad. At least he has a daughter looking out for him ( my mom , too, in other ways).

Anybody have similar stories?