While it's easy to fight spring allergies with over-the-counter drugs like Sudafed and Claritin, medication is not the only way to calm pollen-charged sneezes and sniffles.

Alla Milikovsky, a licensed acupuncturist in Chicago, recommends Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as an alternative to drugs. "Whether an allergy is caused by pollen, environmental contaminants, certain foods, food additives, animal fur, mold or a combination of these, the energy balance in the body is always what is affected," she explained on ABC News last week. "The symptoms vary from person to person, even when both individuals suffer from the same pollen - that is why TCM always treats the individual and why the alternative to drug store medication works."