A weakened immune system leaves the body vulnerable to virtually every type of illness and disease, especially when you move between climates, countries and time zones. Even the shift from late summer to autumn is always marked in the health calendar by the arrival of a new generation of viruses causing coughs and colds.
Listed below are the most effective herbal remedies and natural supplements for helping to boost your immune system to avoid illness, based on clinical evidence and customer ratings
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Although the immune system can recognise viral strains it has encountered and beaten off before, it will not recognise a virus which has mutated - and even the smallest genetic change will trick it into thinking a brand new species, for which it has no antibodies, has landed. While a strong immune system will cope with this attack, one that has been weakened by poor nutrition and too much stress will struggle to get you back to good health.
Fatigue, lethargy, repeated infections, slow wound healing, allergies, thrush, colds, and flu are all signs that the body’s immune system is functioning below par. A healthy adult, for example, should suffer no more than two colds a year so if you do succumb more to every passing infection, you definitely need to start supporting your immune system.
Almost everyone has now heard of the best-selling herbal remedy, echinacea, which in Germany, is prescribed by doctors and pharmacists to help fight colds and flu. It is effective, as long as you don’t overuse it, but I find another less glamorous herb even more effective. Goldenseal, which was once used to treat syphilis and gonorrhoea, was first discovered by the Aborigine healers in Australia. It will not only help prevent an infection if you are feeling low, but can reduce the inflammation of mucous membranes once you have a cough or cold.
Most people will also reach for the vitamin C tablets at the first sign of a splutter. A quarter of a century ago, the US Nobel Laureate, Linus Pauling, claimed that this nutrient and powerful anti-oxidant, taken in high enough doses, could alleviate the symptoms of the common cold.
What happens is that during a cold, the mucous membranes that line the nose become charged with the white blood cells that release large amounts of chemicals designed to destroy the virus. Unfortunately, these substances also attack the cells of the mucous membranes themselves causing a runny nose and other disturbances. So the idea behind giving antioxidants such as vitamins C, A and E to tackle a cold is two-fold. Firstly, these nutrients have now been shown to support the immune system but, just as importantly, they weaken the immune attack on the body’s own tissues.
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