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| [[File:Betula pendula Sturm04034.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Illustration of [[w:Betula pendula|Betula pendula]] ([[w:fi:rauduskoivu|rauduskoivu]])]] | | [[File:Betula pendula Sturm04034.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Illustration of [[w:Betula pendula|Betula pendula]] ([[w:fi:rauduskoivu|rauduskoivu]])]] |
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| '''Starting situation''': [[User:Jukeboksi|I]] used to have a bad [[w:birch]] [[w:pollen]] [[w:allergy]] that seemed to just get worse as years went by. I did not have that allergy from birth, but it developed at some stage.
| | I used to have a bad [[w:birch]] [[w:pollen]] [[w:allergy]] that seemed to just get worse as years went by. I did not have that allergy from birth, but it developed at some stage. |
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| '''How I cured my birch pollen allergy in 2000'''
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| '''The theorem''': In the Spring of 2000, I formulated and tested my theorem that by consuming some birch flowerings I can make the allergy go away, by telling it very loudly enough that ''<u>you do not make any sense</u>''. | | '''The theorem''': In the Spring of 2000, I formulated and tested my theorem that by consuming some birch flowerings I can make the allergy go away, by telling it very loudly enough that ''<u>you do not make any sense</u>''. |
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| '''The method''': I was living in Inner East Helsinki back then and every day when I passed a birch tree I would grab 2-3 flowering bunches and ate them with plenty of water, for the duration that they were present in the trees. This is called [[w:allergen immunotherapy]], though I cannot know if consuming only pollen will do the trick or is there something else in the flowerings that is needed too for the allergy to call it quits. | | '''The method''': I was living in Helsinki back then and every day when I passed a birch tree I would grab 2-3 flowering bunches and ate them with plenty of water, for the duration that they were present in the trees. |
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| '''The taste''': Like a carrot where from all sugar, water and orange color had been removed i.e. pretty bad
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| '''Contains a side-effect''': Occasionally I had perceptions like I was having a slight fever, but the allergy symptoms did not become worse from the consumption of the flowers.
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| '''The unknowns'''
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| # I do not know precisely which catkins I ate and in which proportions, but looking at the pictures, I ate some of both male and female catkins in all stages.
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| # I do not know the species of the birch trees, but I could go have a look one day if any of them are still there.
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| '''The end result''': <u>'''''I have not had any birch pollen allergy starting from Spring of 2001'''''</u>. ~ [[User:Jukeboksi|Jukeboksi]] ([[User talk:Jukeboksi|talk]])
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| | '''The end result''': I have not had any birch pollen allergy starting from Spring 2001. |
| File:Betula pendula Sturm04034.jpg|Illustration of [[w:Betula pendula|Betula pendula]] (Silver Birch) ([[w:fi:rauduskoivu|rauduskoivu]])
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| File:Winter male catkins of European birch.jpg|Betula pendula early-stage male catkins
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| File:Betula pendula m1.JPG| Betula pendula late-stage male flowerings
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| Betula pendula f1.JPG|Betula pendula early-stage female flowerings
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| File:European Birch Seeds.JPG|Betula pendula late-stage female flowerings
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| File:Frosty Birches - panoramio.jpg|Don't fear the frosty birches, in addition to "allergens" they also contain the cure for the allergy against its pollen when Spring comes
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| '''Information on birches'''
| | Birch trees are of the genus Betula. In Finland there are two primary species of birch [[w:Betula pubescens]] ([[w:fi:hieskoivu]]) and [[w:Betula pendula]] ([[w:fi:rauduskoivu]]). [[w:List of Betula species]] |
| [[w:Birch]] trees are of the genus Betula. In Finland there are three primary species of birch [[w:Betula pubescens]] ([[w:fi:hieskoivu]]), [[w:Betula pendula]] ([[w:fi:rauduskoivu]]) and [[w:Betula nana]] ([[w:fi:vaivaiskoivu]]) [[w:List of Betula species]]
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