Improve your immunity! Influenza B automatically dissipates

Recently, experts and scholars have pointed out that influenza B has become a big bad wolf. Everyone is trying to avoid it. Even the Department of Health has increased its epidemic prevention level and is paying close attention to the epidemic situation every day. Nutritionists and Chinese medicine practitioners all say that there is no quick way to prevent influenza, but through diet, nutrient supplements, keeping warm, and vaccinations, it can all help to improve one's immunity, or at least provide an extra layer of protection against severe influenza.

The weather is freezing cold. Chinese medicine believes that to avoid the invasion of external evils, we should focus on keeping the neck and back warm.

Su Xiuyue, director of the nutrition department of Taipei Medical University Hospital, said that improving immunity must start from daily life, which is nothing more than a balanced diet, including sufficient protein to provide a source of nutrition for cells; supplementation of vitamin C and vitamin A can help with anti-oxidation and repair of mucosal integrity, and supplementation of trace minerals such as iron, copper, and zinc can all help improve the body's resistance in the cold winter.

To protect against influenza B, Chinese medicine practitioners offer tea and acupoint massage. Chen Yiru, a Chinese medicine practitioner at the Taipei City United Hospital Chinese Medicine Branch, said that astragalus can replenish qi, honeysuckle and forsythia can help clear away heat and detoxify. In addition, this wave of influenza B epidemic has caused symptoms of muscle soreness, which means that the body has more moisture. It is recommended to add two more herbs, namely, schizonepeta and saposhnikovia, to remove moisture and wind and cold, and resist the invasion of external evils.

In the early stages of a cold, before serious symptoms appear, you can boil 3 to 4 cents of honeysuckle, 2 cents each of astragalus and saposhnikovia, and 3 cents of schizonepeta with 500 to 800 C.C. of water and drink it over 2 to 3 days. In addition, you can also assist with acupoint massage for 1 to 2 minutes, including Hegu, Waiguan, Zusanli and Fengchi points, mainly pressing until you feel a sore sensation. This can help to replenish Qi and strengthen the body.

In addition, the key parts to keep warm in cold weather include the neck and back. Chen Yiru said that because the body's foot-sun bladder meridian runs from the neck to the back, it is easy for external evils to invade. Many patients with colds first catch cold here, which leads to a decrease in immunity.

However, it may not be enough to strengthen immunity just now when facing a strong virus. Su Xiuyue reminded that the vaccine should still be administered. The most important thing is to reduce the chances of the virus directly being transmitted to the body, including reducing the number of people entering public places, washing hands frequently, and less touching the mouth and nose directly with hands, so as to truly prevent and control the virus.