Immunity blog – user’s guide

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Practice prevention: The time of fall is the best time to strengthen our defenses, attune our immunity and get prepared for the cold weather & flu season ahead.

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Immunity I: Holistic Principles


Strengthen immunity: If you have a history of catching colds & flu or they easily go deep or linger, it’s a good idea to work on strengthening your immunity. Or, if you’re feeling extra stressed or worn out lately, this could have an adverse effect on your immune system response.

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Immunity II: Lifestyle
Immunity IV: Self-massage
Immunity V: Nutrition
Immunity VI: Gut immunity
Immunity VII: Spice up your immunity
Qigong for Lungs I
Shielding Meditation


Support first responders: If you’re feeling like something is coming on – a slight feverishness or chill, sore or scratchy throat, unusual fatigue, short of breath or other such symptoms, it might be good to take some appropriate & timely action to rally your defensive response.

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Immunity III: Managing an infection
Immunity IV: Self-massage
Immunity VII: Spice up your immunity
Qigong for Lungs II & III

 
Managing an infection: If, despite your best efforts, you’ve become sick with something that could be Covid, there are natural methods that can help shorten the duration of the disease and greatly decrease the likelihood of developing serious symptoms.

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Covid 19 & Chinese medicine
Immunity IV: Self-massage
Qigong for Lungs II & III

 
Full recovery: If you have already gotten Covid and are now virus free you still may have suffered damage to various body tissues that may impede your functioning if not properly cared for.

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Covid 19 & Chinese medicine


Life-long health: And, if everything’s fine and you want to keep it that way, we recommend you practice a  Qigong exercise like Eight Treasures as a foundation of your life-long health care.

Check out:
Qigong of the Eight Treasures

Covid-19 and Chinese medicine

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Covid-19 and Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine, including herbs, acupuncture and Qigong were all used extensively in the treatment of the Corona virus in Wuhan, China. When combination treatments (allopathic and Traditional Chinese Medicine) were used for patients with mild symptoms, a significantly lower incidence of those patients became seriously ill and those that did had better outcomes.

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Immunity VII - Spice up your immunity

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Immunity VII - Spice up your immunity

by Peter Francis Cunneen, MATCM


Just as many common kitchen spices are dense in flavor, they also contain a rich supply of anti-oxidants and phytonutrients that can give a boost to your immunity while they augment the tastiness of your plate.

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Immunity VI - Gut Immunity

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Immunity VI - Gut Immunity

Gut immunity is estimated to be as much as 70% of our overall immune picture. So it makes sense that what we feed our gut will have a major impact on our immunity. Feed it well and you produce a nourishing broth to warm your center, feed it poorly and you create a toxic swamp.

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