Beat the flu: Three herbs for immune health
December 9, 2009 by Manora Nygren
Filed under H & G, Nature's Medicine
It’s been a packed week. You feel a tickle in your throat. You sit down and recall the mountain hike you took last autumn.
Following a river high into the mountains, you splashed cool water on your face. You saw the golden flicker of Osha leaves and smelt its fresh aroma. Osha root promotes respiratory health and has antiviral activity.
Walking down, you sat in a cool pine forest, leaned back and looked up. Bright green Usnea crawled along the pine bark. Usnea Lichen increases immune function against viral or bacterial infection.
At the bottom, meandering along the river, a cluster of purple elderberries caught your eye. Elderberries prevent viral activity within the cell and support immune function.
Ninety drops four times daily of the tincture of one or a combination of these herbs will clear that tickle in your throat.
— By Manora Nygren
Nygren is a medical herbalist and illness counselor in Boulder. She uses complimentary medicine well researched for use in combination with pharmaceutical therapies and counseling techniques specific to living with illness. For a health care or counseling appointment, contact her at manoranygren@gmail.com or 720-226-0652.
Nygren welcomes e-mails inquiring about herbs in this column and discussing your experience if you try them.
