People with a rye grass pollen allergy or allergic reaction to certain proteins in the pollen particles. This hypersensitivity of the immune system can be easily treated with extracts of grass pollen. Because the cross-allergic effect of many grasses, is a timothy extract also an allergy to rye and other grasses.
Since a few years there is a imuuntherapie available in the form of tablets. These tablets are a preparation from pollen extract of timothy (Phleum pratense). If the tablet over a period of three years daily placed under the tongue (sublingual use), where the tablet dissolves and the release from allergens. In this variation of specific immunotherapy develops an immune resistance to the allergen, and reigns less sensitive to contact with pollen. (more…)