Chapter IV
Hay fever
One notable application of this viral pesticide was the treatment of hay fever. Its treatment Procedure is as above. For mild cases use the refine solution filtered or unfiltered. For more serve cases use direct application. When treating the nose you can use a q-tip or finger to apply the pepper juice. If using the finger, it must go far up into the nose. What ever you use to apply it do not inhale until you have done both nostrils, or you will go into a sneezing frenzy to early.
Keep caution in mind do not throw it into the wind, we always want to keep doctor jekyll, not Mr. Hyde in control. Plan your sneezing frenzy. Do not put pepper in your nose while driving a motor vehicle, holding an infant in your arm or when your stomach is full enough with food to burst. You can injure yourself sneezing as well as destroy your valuables. Also ones emotional state when sneezing with a burning nose is not stable. If you are watching the kids and they have to be edited ever fifty-seven second, or you’re in a heated debate this is not the time for a treatment.
If you must cover your mouth do so in such a manner that the lungs wind has somewhere to go. If you don’t have any good ideas, sneeze into an open pillowcase or an open shopping bag. This is a messy situation but like skydiving it is short lived and you want to land right. My favorite body configuration, before I became accustom to the pepper nose treatment, was feet shoulder length apart, knees slightly bend and with my hand holding onto the kitchen sink I sneezed into it. This worked for me simply because my wife didn’t catch me. Otherwise I would have been banned from the kitchen. You can use the bathroom sink for this purpose but they are in general lower.
If this hay fever is accompanied with an ear infection and or a sore throat use the treatment options detailed above. For the eyes, which are most likely, all ready irritated use options above for them depending on the severity of the condition. The analgesic properties of capsaicin of the pepper will suppress this condition. How often you treat yourself will depend to a large extent on exposure to the insulting allergen. This exposure will be a factor of time, concentration of allergen and personal tolerance. Therefore, we will have to make an educated guess and gauge it from there with trial and error, since personal tolerance to a large extent is a subjective variable. I suggest no more that once ever four hours.
However, if you are an all year around sneezer and while sneezing you can detect the subtle scent of ammonia, NH3 than you may need a dose of niacin, C6H5NO2. It will reduce your body’s ammonia level. If you don’t like pills try prune juice. It is a very good source of niacin. Again I must caution you, most of us have to develop a tolerance for prune juice. This must be done over a period of time. Preferably when you have time to be around the house. Sneezing and prune juice can be hazardous to your reputation. Do take time to develop a tolerance for this technique for ammonia reduction if you decide to apply it.
As a matter of fact, one should approach all of the process and their techniques mentioned thus far with tolerance in mind. In time the dreadful seemingly gassily techniques will become tamed. Nose, eyes, ears and throat will develop a tolerance. Doctor jekyll will remain in charge during applications. The stomach will stop behaving like a nuclear reactor having a core melt down, and will no longer turn from the introduction of prune juice. Nor will you lose your breath from the capsaicin vapors of hot Jalapeno juice.
During my experiences in mass retail there was one among us who seemed to never have a cold, they use the phone, relieved me for lunch, used my cash register and the works. Mrs. M., I said to myself that, I must investigate her to find out what makes her different. So, I interviewed her only to discover that she put Jalapeno pepper slices in her salad that she eats routinely several times per week. Thus an ounce of prevention can work for some of us who have the right taste. All you have to do is add a couple of circular cross sections of Jalapeno pepper to your favorite salad. Of course this is not the solution if you are already infected or sick due to exposure to histamine inducing allergen. You will have to resort to a regime of more stern measures as illustrated in the options above.
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