Immune System Herbal Remedies
Here is a selection of herbs that can boost your immune system. Each one comes with a brief description - click on 'More..' for more information about the medical uses, other uses and dosage!
Echinacea
Echinacea
is the herb that keeps you from getting ill. That's the received wisdom, and there's actually a lot of truth to it.
The Echinacea plant has been used for hundreds of years by Native Americans, giving lasting relief from a number of different ailments.
Recent studies though, have focused on its ability to stimulate your immune system and prepare your body to fend off common infections such as flu and the common cold.
Echinacea features in many of those immune boosters and daily supplements that fill the shelves of your local pharmacy during cold season, so its very important for us all to understand how it really works. More...
Garlic
Garlic
is perhaps the most ancient remedy there is. An Egyptian papyrus from 1500 BC lists 22 separate recipes and treatments
containing Garlic! It has been used by doctors throughout the ages, particularly before the dawn of modern medicine.
Its effectiveness is unchanged.
Garlic is not only useful for treating existing complaints; it is also a powerful preventative medicine. By lowering cholesterol levels, regulating blood sugar, lowering blood pressure and boosting the immune system, garlic helps to build up your body and restore its defences against both age and disease. More...
Ginseng
Ginseng
is a very popular herb in Asia, where it features not just in the cuisine but also as an all-purpose, life-giving herbal remedy. It has been
used for centuries but Western medicine is yet to fully understand its abilities.
Traditionally ginseng has been used to reduce stress on the body, increase the strength of the immune system and delay the effects of aging. However, more recently it has been found to help with Diabetes, low libido and even cancer. More...
Maitake
This
mushroom really is a remedy for the future, with clinical studies showing extraordinary effects on Cancer and HIV.
Although the use of Maitake in herbal remedies has actually been quite limited up until now, prepare to see its active
ingredients in many more prescription drugs from now on.
Native to Northeast Japan, Maitake mushrooms have only recently been organically cultivated in large scale. Japanese farmers have recognized the enormous potential of the plant and we are starting to see greater quantities in alternative health stores around the world. More...