A >  From some of the replies to my original posting, it's evident that some A >  people do not secrete enough mucous to keep their nose lining protected             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^              Include small amounts of hot, spicy foods with your meals. It's  not a cure, but many people find it helpful to create extra mucus.  You may also consider taking a few drops of iodine in juice or water   (consult your doctor first!), which is available OTC in Canada.  If you have a sedentary lifestyle, exercising sometimes helps.  A >  from environmental influences (ie, dry air). But I've had no responses A >  from anyone with experience with Rutin. Is there another newsgroup that                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A >  might have specifics on herbal remedies? A >  A >  Robert Allison   I tried to e-mail you, but our board is having internet problems,  so I'm not sure whether you got the information on rutin or not.    Rutin is NOT a herb, but part of the bioflavonoid complex. You should  generally *not* take rutin by itself, but take the whole bioflavonoid   complex instead. If you don't (and there are some exceptions to that)  you'll eventually create a hesperidin deficiency, which is the other  major component of the bioflavonoid complex.  I found out the hard way years ago when I recommended rutin, after it  showed deficient in patients who were NOT deficient in hesperidin be-  fore. A later retest almost always showed a subsequent deficiency in   hesperidin, which, from then on, made me always *add* bioflavonoids   to anyone that had *very* low levels of rutin.  Most of the time people are equally low in rutin *and* hesperidin, so  there is really no reason to take rutin by itself, but use the whole  bioflavonoid complex instead.   I have several thousand patients taking them with many claiming that   they had been helped with hemorrhoids, varicose veins, chronic nose   bleeds, aneurysms, gastro-intestinal bleeding (due to drugs), etc...  One patient in desperation took a whole bottle (100's) in one day  for his painful, bleeding hemorrhoids, without any ill effects.     They are also non-toxic in very high amounts, that's why they can  be safely recommended. If you are allergic to citrus fruit (they are  made from their peels), pine bark sources are available as well.   About 90% of patients tested show a bioflavonoid deficiency,   with the average daily dosage needed being about 1 - 2,000mg.  For major complaints, 4 - 6,000mg+/day is common.    In case they cannot be taken, because of their size and taste (they  are big, and they don't taste that great), a product made from pine   bark extract gives you the same effect and the tablets are quite  small and taste much better, however the cost is about seven times  higher for the equivalent effect. One 25mg tablet of the pine bark  extract gives you about the same effect as 1,000mg of bioflavonoids.  The name for the pine bark product is 'Pycnogenol.'       Some Canadian brands carrying bioflavonoids are:      Quest.............1,000mg   big, bitter, not chewable    Swiss Herbal........600mg   smooth, easier swallowing     Jamieson............500mg   medium, bitter, chewable      SISU.................25mg   (Pycnogenol) small, easy swallowing      Give them a try and see what happens.....and good luck!     -- Ron Roth --  =====================================================================  --  Internet: rn.3228@rose.com  -  Rosenet: ron roth@rosehamilton  --   *   "Eating Radium has strange results,"  Tom said brightly.