Hives / Urticaria

Non-advertisement, a personal experience sharing about the improvement of "hives":

In 2020, I suddenly developed hives ("Hives" or "蕁麻疹"), which troubled me every night around midnight. The symptoms were localized patches of red swelling on the skin, intensely itchy, and a burning sensation. It was impossible to get a good night's sleep. I sought medical help from Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, tried eating bland food, but the condition persisted with occasional flare-ups. So, I continuously researched online to find a solution.
At first, I tried taking health supplements containing "quercetin + bromelain," but the effect was not significant. Then, I added (β-glucan) health supplements, and after a few months, the condition improved, but the hives still recurred. Finally, I decided to only take probiotics health supplements, and after about a week, the hives stopped. I stopped taking the supplements after that.

By the end of 2022, the hives returned. A traditional Chinese medicine practitioner suggested that it might be due to excessive consumption of raw and cold food, leading to a condition of excessive dampness and coldness, which triggered the hives again. I used to think that taking only probiotics would be enough, but after trying it for two months with no improvement, I went back to the previous combination of "quercetin + bromelain" and "β-glucan" health supplements. After taking these three supplements together for three days, the hives completely subsided. Now, I take them every one to two weeks as a supplement.

Why does this combination work? Well, it turns out that probiotics help improve gut health and aid in the breakdown of food, which allows the body to produce essential vitamins. However, probiotics are quickly eliminated from the body, leading to a decrease in their numbers. To increase the amount of probiotics, you need to consume prebiotics, such as "益生源" (PREBIOTICS), to promote the growth of probiotics. As for "quercetin + bromelain," they help alleviate allergies and inflammation in the body. Taking these three health supplements together seems to be the solution. If any of you are facing a similar problem, you might want to give it a try.

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Benefits: Protects the respiratory system, helps alleviate various allergies and inflammations, reduces discomfort from the common cold, boosts the immune system, and prevents osteoporosis.

功效：保護呼吸系統 ，有助舒緩各種過敏及炎症，減輕傷風不適及增強免疫力 ，預防骨質疏鬆

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Benefits: Human active microorganisms regulate the balance of intestinal flora, promote nutrient absorption, and maintain intestinal health.

功效：人體活性微生物其通通過調節腸道內菌群平衡 ，促進營養吸收，保持腸道健康

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Benefits: Probiotic formula for women. Cranberry contains flavonoids and other active ingredients that help maintain a healthy bladder mucosa. D-mannose is a natural monosaccharide that also contributes to urinary tract health.

功效：是一款女性益生菌配方．小紅莓含有類黃酮和其他活性成份有助保持膀胱內粘膜健康，D甘露糖是一種天然單糖，亦有助尿路健康

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Benefits: β-glucan acts as a prebiotic, providing nutrients to beneficial bacteria in the colon, such as lactobacillus, bifidobacterium, and streptococcus. This helps prevent the proliferation of harmful bacteria and improves the distribution of the intestinal microbiota.

功效：β-葡聚醣為益生源，可提供大腸中的益生菌（如乳酸菌、腸球菌、雙歧桿菌）養分，使有害菌不易滋生，改善消化道菌叢分佈．

非廣告，有關出“風癩”嘅個人親身經歷之改善心得分享：

我在2020年身體突然有風癩 (“Hives” or “蕁麻疹”) 困擾，每晚大約零晨時份準時發作，症狀係局部皮膚成塊紅腫，勁痕，陣陣刺痛，好似火燒咁．完全瞓唔到覺．睇好多次西醫，中醫同埋介口食清淡都係斷唔到尾，間唔中就發作．就係咁，我不斷網上研究尋根夠底搵方法改善．初時只食“洋蔥素+菠蘿蛋白酶”健康食品，但係效果不大，之後再加埋食(β-葡聚醣)健康食品，食咗個幾月情況改善咗，不過都係返發．最後，就只食“益生菌”嘅健康食品，食咗大約一星期左右就停止咗病發．之後就無再食呢Ｄ健康食品．

直至2022年尾風癩又再復發，睇中醫話勁濕寒，可能係之前每日都食茹類食物，所以引致濕寒，風癩復發．谷友一直以為單食“益生菌”就無事，點知食咗２個月都無效，最後佢拎返之前食嘅“洋蔥素+菠蘿蛋白酶” 及“β-葡聚醣”健康食品，３款一齊食，服用３日後就完全斷尾啦．而家每隔一至兩星期都會食一次當補充吓．

點解呢３款加埋先ok? 原來係因為～～“益生菌”有助改善腸道健康及分解食物，有助人體產生必需嘅維他命．但“益生菌”會好快排出，“益生菌”數量自然會遞減，所以如果想增加“益生菌”數量，則必需要食“益生菌”嘅食物～“益生源” (PREBIOTICS)來促進“益生菌”生長．至於“洋蔥素＋菠蘿蛋白酶”就有助舒緩身體過敏及炎症，就係咁食咗呢三款健康食品就攪惦啦．如果你地都有呢種煩惱，不妨可以試一試．