Herbal home remedies for hay fever

* After the morning and evening meals, take one pantothenic acid tablet (50 milligrams [mg]) and one vitamin C tablet (500 mg) along with a bioflavonoid-a grapefruit, orange, a few strawberries, grapes or prunes. If you don't want the whole fruit, take a teaspoon of grated orange or lemon peel sweetened with a little honey. This remedy has been said to have brought relief to many hay fever sufferers.

* To subdue the symptoms of hay fever, folk medicine practitioners often suggest that their patients smoke coffee grounds in a pipe and inhale the smoke.

* To relieve hay fever, mince the peels and white inner rinds of grapefruits and lemons (preferably organic) and simmer them with a small amount of water in a covered pot for about 10 minutes. Sweeten the mixture with honey, if you like, and eat one teaspoon three times a day.

* Steep 1 tsp. fenugreek seed in 1 cup water, covered, for 10 minutes. Drink 1 cup a day to help hay fever symptoms.