{"id":1840,"date":"2017-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2017-03-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T00:00:00","slug":"natural-rx-the-best-herbs-and-supplements-for-your-immune-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/27\/natural-rx-the-best-herbs-and-supplements-for-your-immune-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Rx: The Best Herbs and Supplements for Your Immune System"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n If you find you are more susceptible to infections than those around you, suffer from chronic infections or take more time to recover from injuries and infections, then there is a very good possibility that your immune system is not working properly and needs a helping hand.\n <\/p>\n

\n A weak immune system makes you vulnerable to opportunistic infections including genital herpes or cold sores and yeast infections like Candida, athlete\u2019s foot and other fungus infections.\n <\/p>\n

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\n The Immune System
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\n The immune system is a complex system, which along with the thymus, bone\u00a0marrow and lymphoid\u00a0tissues, works to protect the body from disease. Whenever it identifies a foreign substance and disease causing organisms it produces an immune\u00a0response.\n <\/p>\n

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\n An immune response is a bodily defense\u00a0reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus, fungus, bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific to that antigen.\n <\/p>\n

\n There are many factors that lead to weakening of the immune system. Daily stress, for example, can greatly compromise the immune system and affect the body\u2019s ability to heal itself. Consumption of refined sugar (more than normal) also suppresses the body\u2019s self healing process.\n <\/p>\n

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\n A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported that 24 ounces of soda depresses the activity of neutrophils, the most abundant type of white blood cells that engulf and digest fungi and bacteria.\n <\/p>\n

\n The most effective approach to improving your immunity is to eat healthy, exercise regularly and avoid tobacco, alcohol, recreational drugs and stress. For optimal immunity, you should also avoid unnecessary prescription drugs.\n <\/p>\n

\n However, that may not be always possible in modern society where most of us find it hard even to sit down and eat home cooked food.\n <\/p>\n

\n The immune system works the best when the body has adequate levels of micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals including iron, zinc, copper and selenium. Regular intake of herbal supplements is a convenient and healthy option to give a boost to your immune system as they help in maintaining healthy levels of these micronutrients.\n <\/p>\n

\n Powerful Immune Boosting Herbs
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\n Echinacea
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\n Echinacea is a flowering plant belonging to the daisy family and perhaps amongst the popular herbs with the proponents of herbal remedies for strengthening the immune system.\n <\/p>\n

\n Also known as American coneflower, it has been used by the Native Americans for centuries for treatment of symptoms of cold and flu.\n <\/p>\n

\n By mid 1800s Europeans also came to know of the beneficial properties of the plant and the current popularity of Echinacea is attributed to research carried out in 1920s in Germany.\n <\/p>\n

\n Echinacea is a perennial plant with a reddish\/brownish seed cone at the center of pink to purple (depending on the species) flowers. The three species of Echinacea used for preparing herbal remedies are:\n <\/p>\n