MONQ Love and allergic reaction

I am going to start by saying I am allergic to cloves, when I ordered the Love pod for the MONQ R I did not read the ingredients. I saw it said cacao and was excited. The Love pod emphasizes cacao siam wood and davana. I didn't not expect clove oil to be used so I went with the advertised scents. In hindsight that was really dumb of me since I have allergies I know I should always read ingredients because you never know when something you're allergic to will be in something. Now that being said I was excited for the scent of cacao but I did not get cacao at all. The Siam wood is so strong you don't smell anything else. the reviews on it said it was spicy I didn't really get spicy more of a bitter taste.
So what was my allergic reaction?
normally when I accidentally ingest clove in a chai tea, or a pumpkin spice something or another, that I didn't look at the ingredients for, all I get is really bad indigestion and a headache. I won't go into the gory details of what I do to a toilet if I have just a little bit of pumpkin spice creamer made with cloves in my coffee. Basically for the most part it's an inconvenience but it's not that bad this time however the reaction was so horrible I almost went to the hospital I probably should have but once I read the ingredients in the oil, since it was the only thing that was different that day, I figured I'd just wait it out I only used it a little bit. I didn't like the smell I can just imagine if I had liked the smell how much worse my reaction would have been. What happened was I have fibromyalgia which means my brain sends out pain signal where there is no real pain. The clove oil made my fibromyalgia 100 times worse this night. I felt as though a knife was being stabbed through my ribs puncturing my lungs and flipping around in there. Every joint in my body felt as though they were on fire. The slightest movement had me crying in pain. My husband was the one who told me to look up the ingredients in the MONQ I used and he was right there was something in there I was allergic to. I wouldn't have thought of that before because when I think of it allergic reaction I think of in digestion, itchy throat, itchy eyes, headache, the usual stuff, runny nose, cough, I didn't get any of that except for the really bad pulsing headache and tremendous pain. I did get in touch with MONQ and their customer service was great they offer to refund me for the pod, they offered in exchange for another scent. since the other scents I've used haven't caused this kind of reaction to me so far I'm just going to take better care of making sure I read ALL the ingredients before I use them.
Even without the allergic reaction though I would not use the Love scent again anyways because I did not like the smell it didn't make me feel the warmth of love it smelled more like camping. Don't get me wrong I like camping but I was promised cacao and I did not receive it so I was left disappointed and wanting.

Allergies

      Let me start this post with the story about how I found out I was allergic to my cat. I had  cat who had 8 kittens, one day I started having allergic reactions but I had no idea to what. So I when to have an allergy test and found out I was allergic to cats, pollen, and confirmed my allergy to latex. I was so confused, I've had this cat for 4 years! Why did I start having reactions now? After careful thought, I realized the only thing different was I hadn't eaten watercress in month. I used to eat watercress in a salad with salt and lime almost everyday. After some reach I found out watercress is a natural antihistamine! Crazy right?

     So, things that help with allergies; watercress, saline rinses, honey, nettle leaf, and dietary changes. Watercress is great in salad and is a natural antihistamine. 

     Like watercress, nettle leaf is a natural antihistamine, it is best to take in capsule form. Mixed with peppermint and red raspberry, nettle leaf makes a great allergy relieving tea. 

    Saline rinses are praised for working. The theory is the saline rinse will wash out allergens from your sinuses. I haven't used this method but I've read many good reviews and come doctor even recommend this method.

    Honey specifically local raw honey. The theory on this one is that the raw honey will have allergens in it in low doses and works like a 'shot'. So the idea is you de-sensitize your body from your allergens slowly. I don't know if this is true, but I do know honey helps with allergy symptoms.

      Dietary changes like adding fenugreek, thyme, and watercress have been known to help with allergies. Thyme and fenugreek have been known to help out more with winter allergies than summer allergies. I already talked about watercress but watercress is my favorite

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