Two Chinese Herbs for Cold and Flu Season

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bcr_bcr_bcr_lblDrComments16021" style="color: navy;"><span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bcr_bcr_bcr_lblDrComments16022" style="color: navy;"><span class="bodycontents"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_bcr_bcr_bcr_lblDrComments16021"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>  <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span><img alt="http://www.yourwellness.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tcm-for-the-immune-system.jpg" class="decoded" src="http://www.yourwellness.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tcm-for-the-immune-system.jpg" /></div>Photo Credit: yourwellness.com<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">'It's cold and flu season again, and time to make sure your immune system is up to the task of protecting you.  One of the best ways to make sure your immune system is first rate is through the use of adaptogens, a group of substances that have nonspecific actions in the body and create minimal disruption while they normalize body functions.  Two herbal pillars of Chinese medicine, <i>Astragalas</i> and <i>Schisandra</i>, are adaptogens rapidly gaining favor in the Western world. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span> </span><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Walking the tightrope</span></b></span></div><div align="left"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">You and your immune system do a constant balancing act as you walk the tightrope of life. Let your immune system weaken too much, and the door is opened to pathogens and cancer. Let it strengthen too much, and the result can be systemic inflammation, allergies and autoimmune disorders. Astragalus and Schisandra function as balance beams to keep you perfectly centered on that tightrope.'</span></span></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Read <a href="http://www.tbyil.com/Chinese_Herbs_for_Colds_and_Flu_Barbara_Minton.htm">more...</a> </span></span></div>

Two Chinese Herbs for Cold and Flu Season

  Photo Credit: yourwellness.com 'It's cold and flu season again, and time to make sure your immune system is up to the task of p...

Read more »