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https://youtu.be/Oi5aE6hPypY This is how we use diffuser in my house to help us take a better care of our health during this time of health crisis. I share some of the essential oils we use to support our immune system and to cleanse the air we breathe in our home. Some of the Essential Oils that I use and have mentioned are: THYME - One of the most Antioxidant Essential Oils - Supports your immune, respiratory system - Supports your memory and concentration COPAIBA - Supports your immune, respiratory, nervous, digestive, cellular health, cardiovascular system - Soothes anxious feelings, calms the nervous system - Antioxidant properties Link: https://www.doterra.com/CA/en/p/copaiba-oil EUCALYPTUS - Contains strong purifying/cleaning properties - Calming, yet energizing properties - One of the best supporting oils for respiratory system - opens up the airways Link: https://www.doterra.com/CA/en/p/eucalyptus-oil LEMON - Detoxifying properties - Provides Vitamin C - Purifying properties - Energizing, uplifting properties - Supports your immune system Link: https://www.doterra.com/CA/en/p/lemon-oil ONGUARD Blend - Protective Blend - Supports healthy immune and respiratory function - Support the body's natural antioxidant defenses - Promotes healthy circulation - Energizing and uplifting aroma. Link: https://www.doterra.com/CA/en/p/on-guard-oil BREATHE Blend (US market)/ EASY AIR (CAN market) - Supports clear breathing and clear the airways - Maximizes the effects of seasonal threats Link: https://www.doterra.com/CA/en/p/easy-air-oil FRANKINCENSE - Supports healthy cellular function - Promotes relaxation and a balanced mood - Boosts the immune and respiratory system - Promotes feelings of peace, relaxation, and overall spiritual and emotional wellness Link: https://www.doterra.com/CA/en/p/frankincense-oil CLOVE - Powerful antioxidant properties - Supports cardiovascular health Link: https://www.doterra.com/CA/en/p/clove-bud-oil Another incredible oil I diffuse is Tea Tree oil, which I run out of. Thank you for watching and your support is greatly appreciated. I am not a doctor and I'm not saying these oils heal or treat diseases etc. I love sharing natural ways that I use in my household to support our overall wellbeing and I hope you found this helpful. I strictly use doTERRA essential oils, especially when I mention taking these oils internally because I can trust fully what is in the bottle and I know using doTERRA essential oils, I will get the highest, purest and most potent health properties for my family. I have attached the essential oils links to my website, if you would like to purchase these oils. I would strongly recommend asking me to help you get these products in the best way, the cheapest ways through the wholesale prices, so ask me how I can help you get the best deals possible. I would love to help. Originally posted: https://hive.blog/life/@joalvarez/how-i-use-a-diffuser-and-why-everyone-should-have-one-in-their-homes
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A few weeks ago, I turned up in a village called Arin in the Sacred Valley near Cusco, searching for a mysterious wizard by the name of Taki. At least, I like to think of him as a wizard, because mushrooms are magical. Taki grows mushrooms. After forming an interest in mushroom cultivation while living in Mexico, Taki brought his knowledge to the Sacred Valley, Peru where he’s been the local supplier of mushrooms for about eight years. Though born in the United States, Taki’s mother is Peruvian. Perhaps that’s where his compassion for the local community comes from. “At first, we were selling to businesses and friends,” Taki explains. “But the money isn’t where my heart is, so I toned down production to allow more space for me to enjoy life. I’ve also refocused the mission; now our aim is to run workshops on how anyone can grow their own mushrooms. We’ve given workshops to local Quechua people and sell growers’ starter kits at a fair price so that any family can start supplementing their diet or even their income straight away.” Following Taki through the farm, we explore different stages of the mushroom cultivation process. [As of March 21, there are restrictions on travel and mandatory social distancing is in place. This article was written with the reader’s health and safety in mind, you’ll find some of the studies cited here interesting; fungi may play a helpful role in preventing viral infections and strengthening the gut biome.]
Mushroom Food“Today we are mixing these bags of oyster mushroom mycelium with pasteurized straw,” Taki explains to us. Next to me are three volunteers who found Taki through Workaway. We learn that the straw serves as a substrate for the mycelium to feast upon until it reaches the fruiting stage (the point at which mushroom fruiting bodies begin to form). “First we disinfect all surfaces and tools,” Taki explains. “Including our hands all the way up to the elbows, and we wear sterilized gloves.”
“This is straightforward open-air spawning,” Taki’s brother says as we unload three steaming sacks of straw onto a table. We spread the heap until it’s cool enough to mix in the mycelium (cultivators call this ingredient “spawn”, or the living mass of fungi that will later produce mushrooms when conditions are met). It’s important for the temperature to be low enough that it doesn’t cook the fungi. It takes a couple of hours to cool down the straw and then mix the spawn evenly throughout the substrate, and finally pack it all into black trash bags. The trick is to keep it just loose enough for the mycelium to spread easily, without leaving any pockets of air and moisture between the substrate and the bag. Taki supplements his oyster substrate with 5–8% of wheat bran to get more mushrooms. “Adding the bran drastically increases the yield, but if you add too much then it’ll get a bacterial infection. Too much of a good thing can become toxic.”
Taki leads me over to a wide barrel that’s full of sacks stuffed with straw. He uses a compost thermometer to check the core, “But I usually just put a finger on it to test the temperature for two seconds,” Taki says. “If it burns me in under two seconds then it’s ready.” Checking the thermometer, he continues, “The main issue is that people aren’t sterilizing long enough. The middle of the pot won’t get to the optimal temperature for pasteurization. It needs to remain between 160 and 180 degrees Fahrenheit for more than an hour. Anything more than that may kill the beneficial bacteria that defends the fungi.” He drains the barrel while speaking, “If you don’t drain the chamber early, then the substrate will grow mold or parasites. The spawn becomes anaerobic, or an oxygen-free environment where mold thrives. That’s why we check for a sour scent every morning. The substrate should instead have a pleasant smell.” Once our work outside is complete, I follow everyone into the mushroom incubator. Inside a Mushroom Incubator“It takes a long time to fully colonize from the top,” Taki says. “But doing it this way is straightforward. All you need to do is let it sit in a dark, damp place. We do all that in the incubation room. Once every day we go in here and spray a water hose onto the walls (never directly onto the mushrooms). You can see the spores floating in the air, it’s pretty neat.” Taki practices a rural method of mushroom farming commonly used in Asia by small farmers. Colonization happens a bit slower, “One and a half months for oysters,” Taki says. “It’s about two months for reishi, and shiitake takes roughly five months on sawdust bags.”
After a few weeks, the substrate will be fully colonized and prepared to enter a fruiting stage. At that point, Taki cuts slits into the sides of the bags. The fungus does the rest, and in only a few days he carefully harvests the fruit (mushroom). Taki shows me the bags of shiitake. The mycelium is dark brown as if it created its own bark. The reishi resembles an alien in every way. “For shiitake and reishi, we use a basic cotton plug method. Pasteurize the bags with the plug left inside, and then to inoculate you simply pull the cotton out, drop some spawn from a petri dish down the hole, then return the cotton plug.” “How often do you get contamination?” I ask. “We get a rotten egg or two with every batch, but nothing too concerning. When a bag is contaminated, it becomes visible all over the bag. If one of these gets sick,” He pats a trash bag with a tower of oysters flowing out of it, “we put it outside to fruit apart from all the other bags.” Even after a bag has a hole in it and bugs spread inside, the fungi can still fruit in the outdoors. A lot of spent material from the farm becomes mulch for the gardens, where often you’ll spot a fat mushroom emerging right next to a head of lettuce. Taki points to where we’ll place today’s freshly spawned-to-substrate oyster bags and says, “There’s a five-day difference in colonization time during the winter. The Andean winter is May through September, so it’s summer right now. In February, oysters and reishi are so aggressive that they often fruit through the bag’s filter patch!” Pressure cooking in the wizard’s hutI walk into Taki’s kitchen-library, the shelves are straight out of Hogwarts with bottles and vials of magical concoctions, shells, bones, crystals, and books containing a century of knowledge about plants and fungi. This is where Taki handles most of the sterilization process at the farm. I’m surprised by how straightforward this stage actually is, but honestly quite distracted by a decaying textbook from the wizard’s shelf titled The Encyclopedia Of Psychoactive Plants. The first step of sterilization is filling quart jars with wheat grain, screwing on the lids, and loading the jars into a pressure cooker. Autoclaves are great for bulk sterilization, but they’re also expensive. Taki was fortunate enough to buy several All-American pressure cookers at a town auction. “With jars, you only need an hour and a half at fifteen PSI for proper sterilization,” Taki explains. “But if the cookers are packed with filter-patch bags then you’ll need six hours due to the lack of air space.” Wide-mouthed jars are easiest to work with when it comes time to remove the fully colonized spawn from the jars, but filter-patch bags are a perfect alternative. Sifting through the bookshelf, I ask Taki about some of the health benefits of his mushrooms. Medicinal mushrooms and the immune systemShiitake (Lentinula edodes) is one of Taki’s best sellers. Well known for their umami flavor, eating shiitake mushrooms regularly may help boost your immune system and strengthen the gut. At the time of this writing, Coronavirus has spooked nearly everyone in the world, so eating something that fights against viruses or a nasty bug that may land me in the hospital is easily worth it. The polysaccharides found in shiitake and other edible mushrooms may have an anti-cancer effect. In fact, all of the mushrooms Taki grows have a high level of polysaccharides and thus offer protection from viral infections, while shiitake stands out for its tumor-inhibiting properties. Beyond polysaccharides, β-glucans are some of the most impactful compounds in mushrooms, and shiitake is high in them. β-glucans have shown positive and preventative effects on cancer, hypertension, and high cholesterol levels. You can tell by now that I obsessively researched mushrooms for at least a week while writing this. Because the highest concentration of β-glucans is in the fruiting bodies of the fungus, it’s important that supplements are made with real fruiting bodies and not just hunks of mycelium and grain that are nearly void of magic β-glucans. Unfortunately, many companies are selling supplements containing myceliated grain, but Taki makes his supplements with fruiting bodies. I think that adds a lot of value to the product. Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceum) is another contender for fighting tumors and inflammation while boosting the immune system, and it’s as healthy as it is delicious. Cooked up with some salt and butter, this stuff tastes like literal crab meat. All of the farm’s supply was still growing in the lab, so I wasn’t able to see any of the fruiting bodies during this visit. Lion’s mane also regenerates nerve cells, meaning it may prevent or regulate neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s). Cordyceps (Cordyceps militaris) contain Cordycepin, which has a very potent anti-cancer, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Not only that, but they also improve athletic performance and benefit the immune system. Taki regularly sends samples of his cordyceps to a friend in Hong Kong to test for cordycepin levels, ensuring that his product is high quality. I didn’t get to see any of these mushrooms, as they were currently growing in the lab. What I did get to see was a load of reishi and oysters mushrooms. Eating oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus) mushrooms lowers cholesterol, plus it’s high in antioxidants, and like all edible mushrooms grown in optimal conditions, they’re a good source of vitamin D. They’re affordable, easy to grow, and probably offer protection against the flu. They also go well with butter and salt. Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) may be the strangest-looking mushroom at Taki’s farm, but it’s also one of the most medicinally powerful. Renowned for thousands of years in Asia as the “mushroom of immortality”, I was surprised to not find many publications on their medicinal benefits, but this study shows reishi to be effective against cancer (culinary note: reishi is purely medicinal, it tastes bitter and in general quite bad, so I’d opt for making tea rather than a stir fry).
Business & how to make your own“Most of the supply goes to Cusco,” Taki explains. He’s cooking up some sweet potato stew while we chat about business. “The rest we sell here in the Valley. Ten to twenty kilos per week, directly to restaurants and a few grocery stores. I’d say we max out at eighty kilos of mushrooms per month. That number used to be about 100 to 150. But like I said before, it’s hard work and honestly not worth it for me at the moment. Maybe in the future, when we build up the property. In the long run, I‘ll sell more medicinal supplements than fresh mushrooms.” When Taki moved to the Sacred Valley eight years ago, gourmet and medicinal mushrooms were a new thing even in Cusco. There weren’t any other growers out there, but now there’s more competition and it’s not as lucrative to sell large quantities of fresh mushrooms anymore. However, most varieties of mushrooms are still unfamiliar to locals. “People are unsure of what they’re looking at when they see reishi and even oysters in the market. A lot of the farmers know what they are by now, and the demographic of foreigners who settle in the Valley are a bit more inclined to know about medicinal mushrooms. But all that said, there’s definitely still room in the market for more growers.” Taki is more interested in teaching people how to become growers than producing mushrooms for the market. “I’m out of the competition game,” he tells me. “I think that if I make even a tiny mark on the industry and local economy in a positive way, then that’s a good thing. Many families here live on very little and people farther afield have it even tougher in the winter. But any family can grow mushrooms the way that I do, and it wouldn’t take much of an investment to buy some bags that are ready to fruit, just to see what it’s like to grow your own.” Foraging in the Andes“Have you tried foraging for mushrooms in the area?” I ask Taki. He says that he goes into the valleys nearby sometimes to hunt for slippery jacks (Suillus luteus) and during morel season he treks into a canyon not far away from Arin, but wild edible mushrooms aren’t common in the region. “There’s a famous mushroom that only grows here in this part of the Andes,” Taki says. “They’re sold in the San Pedro Market in Cusco, dozens of ladies with baskets of little brown mushrooms. People have been trying to grow them but no one can figure out how to make the mycelium fruit.” “They must be too sensitive to grow outside of their natural environment,” I say. Taki tells me there’s a similar issue with maitake (Grifola frondosa), another delicious and medicinally potent fungus. So far he hasn’t grown them successfully in eight years due to the climate in the Sacred Valley. It wouldn’t be cost-effective to maintain the temperature for maitake to thrive. However, he has a new strain that’s colonizing well, so perhaps we’ll begin to see fresh maitake for the first time in the Sacred Valley within a year.
Peeking inside the mushroom lab“You’d have to take a shower before stepping in here, but you can watch from the window.” Having lost a lot of my own mushroom projects to contamination, I respected a distance from the lab. It doesn’t take much at the inoculation phase of fungi cultivation to ruin a project. “We let all the spawn bags run in here, after inoculating them in front of the flow hood. If we didn’t have this machine, our success rate would be pretty low even with oysters, hardy as they may be.” Inside the lab are a workbench in front of a flow hood and several racks of filter-patch bags. Inside the bags, several species of fungi are growing at different stages. “Not everyone can afford a lab setup like this,” I say through the doorway, “Many can’t afford a high-quality flow hood. What can you recommend to people who are just getting started?” “Home growers are using plastic containers to build still airboxes. The idea is to limit the movement of particles in the air, so the box is made with just enough room to put your hands inside. The typical setup is to stack an alcohol burner on one side, which creates a kind of sterile vacuum effect in the chamber, and on the other side, place sterilized objects like colonized Petri dishes and jars or new dishes you’re going to inoculate. The trick is to limit movement across objects. Be fast, methodical, and use a whole lot of 70% isopropyl alcohol.” As an alternative to doing all the lab work yourself, Taki supplies pre-colonized bags of spawn as well as pre-mixed bags of spawn and substrate ready to grow mushrooms within a few weeks. In the long run, I think that what’s more affordable for the grower is according to their own situation. Most people have enough space, but finding sterile lab conditions to create your own spawn is the most difficult and arguably most important step. If you can’t make it out to Taki’s farm or you’re not based out of the Sacred Valley, I highly recommend checking out this walkthrough on growing your own mushrooms from step zero to harvest, all from home. Mushrooms are groovy, what else do I need to know?They’re delicious, prevent disease and support our overall health, and can even supplement our diet and income. But not everyone knows the benefits of fungi or how to grow them at home. That’s the gap that Taki’s workshop fills. Taki currently grows oysters, reishi, lion’s mane, and cordyceps at his farm in Arin. He continues to supply fresh mushrooms to local businesses and spends time at the nearby green market on Mondays. His passion is in teaching other people about fungi and how to grow their own. In the near future, Taki plans to focus more on medicinal mushroom production. Click here to find out more about Taki’s Workaway project, where you’ll learn all you need to know about mushroom cultivation whether you’re a hobbyist or thinking about starting a farm of your own. Originally posted: https://hive.blog/smallbusiness/@rotiwokeman/where-mushrooms-grow-in-peru-and-their-benefits
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It's been 17 days since the W.H.O. decided to call the novel coronavius #19 (nCoV19 or CoVid-19) a pandemic ([a word which literally means "all people"](https://www.etymonline.com/word/pandemic)), and in that time (even a bit before) we have seen draconian crackdowns all over the globe that would make Hitler & Goebbels proud. If you know me, or have followed my blog for any time, you know that I'm an anarchist and a pacifist. I believe that force, coercion, theft, fraud, and violence are wrong. Full stop. It doesn't matter if someone has a title, a badge, or was "voted" for by other people. One person's right end exactly where someone else's begin, and thus everything that "government" does, as it is all dependent on the barrel of a gun, is morally wrong. > *Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners.* ~ Edward Abbey Since the majority of people have been thoroughly brainwashed (through 13+ years of mandatory government indoctrination camps, corporate media, and organized religion) to believe that any immoral thing can be made moral by the **magic** of voting, authority figures, baseless claims of *human nature*, or because "that's the way it's always been," I'm going to steer away from the statism vs anarchism argument for the moment. Let's just focus on the specific, factual, physical-world repercussions of the panic being spread around nCoV19, and the "solutions" that are being offered. Instead of making one GIANT post, like I so often do, I'm going to split this one up into three articles: 1. The physical & psychological effects of isolation/house arrest ([euphemistically](https://peakd.com/@kennyskitchen/from-euphemisms-to-truth-an-original-poem-my-first-in-16-years-including-the-story) being called "social distancing.") 2. The economic effects of medical martial law (which has now been enacted pretty much globally), and how those economic effects ripple out. 3. The physical & psychological effects of fear, panic, and stress, the maximizing of which seem to be the goal of all corporate media at this point (and thus, unwittingly, of the masses.) ---
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Hey guys, today I am going to talk about some ways to naturally boost your testosterone levels. Lets start by describing Testosterone and where it comes from. Testosterone is a hormone produced primarily by the testicles and is often associated with "manhood" (although women have testosterone, too). Testosterone plays a large role in male sexuality & reproduction; impacting factors such as sexual & reproductive function, muscle mass, and hair growth, as well as roles like maintaining bone density, levels of red blood cells, and a sense of well-being. Around the age of 30, a man's testosterone levels begin to decline, and continue to do so as he ages. Chemical exposures including prescribed drugs like statins, adversely impact testosterone production in men. At the same time, estrogen levels typically increase due to widespread exposures to estrogen-mimicking compounds in food, water and environmental pollutants. Low "T" levels in men can lead to symptoms such as decreased sex drive, erectile dysfunction, depressed mood, and difficulties with concentration and memory. Now that we have a better understanding about Testosterone and its importance, lets check out some ways to naturally boost "T" levels in our body... Originally posted: https://hive.blog/health/@pbgreenpoint/5nhfof-naturally-boost-testosterone
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Friends, If we drink ginger, garlic and honey daily with warm hot water we can get rid of many diseases. Because, these drink is very beneficial to our health. These drinks are being used around the world to treat respiratory infections and several health problems. Ginger, garlic and honey - these three domestic ingredients are good for many diseases. These three components work very well, especially in cold, Sore throat and cough. **Follow on YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1wRkOihDb4ET61yq-3q2wQ Originally posted: https://hive.blog/hive-148441/@hmetu/what-happens-when-ginger-garlic-honey-is-drink-with-hot-water
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Our bodies are marvelous organisms! A self-healing, homeostatic organism at that! Give it all it needs to function at full capacity and it is quite capable of protecting itself from intruders like viruses, harmful bacteria, fungi, and toxic chemicals produced by microbes! The main system responsible for doing this is the immune system. The immune system is quite fascinating when you look at the defense lines it puts up and how ingenious it is at blueprinting after analyzing antigens (foreign substances) that have entered the body and which antibodies have been produced to combat it so it can be prepared if that same foreign substance enters the body again! Here's a fun little video giving a crash course all about the immune system: ###### Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIJK3dwCWCw ###### Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DFN4IBZ3rI Let's take a look at some of the defense systems in the Immune System 1) **Skin** is our first line of defense which is semi permeable and a barrier between the outside world and the internal workings of the body. This includes the outer cover of the body and also the lining of the entire intestinal tract. 2) **Hair** in the nose which are barriers to dust and bacteria with the combination of the mucous in the nasal passage and throat. 3) **White blood cells** which are carried by the bloodstream and can engulf and devour bacteria and other invaders. They will be followed by macrophages -a cool name when you look at it's origins from Greek; macros, "large" and phagos "eater". It is a large eater! 4) **Antibodies** which battle against foreign substances (antigens) which can interfere with the bodies normal chemical activities. It's the Immune System that creates these antibodies which are specifically employed against the original triggering antigen or a closely related one. ###### It's fascinating how it works... Antigen (foreign substance) enters body - consumed by macrophage, dismantled and analyzed. Information sent --> to lymphocyte > turns into a plasma cell. Plasma cell manufactures ++++ antibody plus more plasma cells ++++ This takes place in the lymph nodes ( that is why you experience swelling there if it is building all these plasma cells and antibodies) A cool thing is, in the Thymus, the body stores an antibody blueprint that it can retrieve at any time if that particular antigen which had previously intruded the body and which the blueprint was made for, returns. Plus these antibodies can form a physical barrier to confine the antigen. ###### A Closer Look at the Immune Response The main source of antibody producing cells is the **bone marrow** producing **lymphocytes**. Some of these are called **"B cell"** If "B cells" are exposed to antigens = production of immunoglobulin (antibody molecule). The *B cell* "remembers" the chemical configuration or pattern of the antigen so if it is ever exposed to it again the "B cell" will multiply ++++ making "clones" that produce the antibody. This type of extermination is mainly done against viruses and bacteria circulating in the blood. Another **lymphocytes** which can become active is the **"T cell" (T for thymus). "T cell" pass through the -> Thymus become active reacting against viruses, bacteria and cancer cells that have invaded the body cells. There are two types of "T cell": 1) **Helper cells** which stimulate activity in the immune system 2) **Suppressor cells** which become less active as invaders are overcome. To work effectively these two cells must be kept in balance. The **Thymus** has an important immunological role - it forms T-lymphocytes and induces the development of lymphoid tissue. Plus as mentioned earlier it stores blueprints developed for each antibody. To assist your Immune System try this: ##### Thymus Tap Locate the thymus. Tap it. Gently rub the area. If there is pain in that area this could indicate your immune system is out of balance and you may need to make some changes to your life style, diet, or other factors that may be affecting it. Gently massaging is an effective assist to the Thymus. ##### Using Herbs to Strengthen the Immune System Remember when building your immune system to concentrate on all the body systems since each contributes to a healthy response through out. 1) **Surface Immune Activation** here we will strengthen the "surface" or "secretory" immune system using herbs that will increase the macrophage (remember those "big eaters") activity raising the potency of our protective shield. Some herbs for this are: **Coneflower, Usnea, Garlic, Myrrh and Calendula** 2) **Hormonal Modulators** this gives remedies that work through modulation of immune response by controlling hormonal secretions. The state of body's hormonal balance affects our nerves and the strength of the immune system. Remember all systems of the body interact with one another. The health of one is dependent on the health of others. The immune system clearly interacts with the nervous system, the hormonal system and the liver. Strengthen these and you will strengthen the immune system! **Herbal Detoxification** - Going back to that first point I made about the body being self-healing and homeostatic if you support the normal detoxification processes you will be increasing the elimination of harmful wastes. Make sure the whole range of elimination processes are being addressed then focus in on specific areas where there may be more toxic pressure put on the body. ###### Elimination Pathways, Actions and Recommended Herbs 1) Digestive system and colon - aperient, laxative - Western Dock 2) Kidneys and Urinary system - diuretic - Dandelion leaf 3) Liver and Blood - hepatic - Dandelion Root 4) Skin - diaphoretic, alternative - Yarrow, cleavers 5) Respiratory system - expectorant, pulmonary, anti-catarrhal - Mullein, Hawthorn, Goldenrod These are just a few suggestions but there are many more herbs that would complement these. ##### Closer Look at Herbal Actions for the Immune System **Adaptogens** @minismallholding wrote a wonderful article all about adaptogens, well worth checking out [here](https://www.naturalmedicine.io/naturalmedicine/@minismallholding/a-look-at-adaptogens-their-uses-and-potential-for-growing) Adaptogens will strengthen various body systems. Looking at what will strengthen the Endocrine system those adaptogen herbs will strengthen and balance the hormones and will enable us to adapt to a wide range of non-specific stresses in our environment by acting through the "pituatory-adrenal axis" **Examples: Licorice Root, Borage, Wild Yam** **Alternatives and Anti-Scorbutics** Using these herbs will assist the body in it's natural process of cleansing. They comprise the group that are anti-viral blood cleansers and will gradually alter and correct impaired blood conditions. **Alternatives (blood purifiers, blood "sweeteners"** These alter the processes of nutrition and excretion by restoring the dysfunctional organs of the system to healthy action. They promote absorption of inflammatory deposits, purifying the bloodstream through improved digestion and secretion. When you are cleansing the blood you want to know the cause of the blood toxicity so you can eliminate it. **Examples: Burdock, Red clover, Stinging Nettle, Goldenseal, Dandelion, Western Dock** **Anti-scorbutics:** - "scurvy" preventing - these either contain moderate to high amounts of vitamin C or promote the absorption and utilization of vitamin C. **Examples: Balm of Gilead, Burdock, Dandelion, Juniper, Stinging Nettle** **Anti-Microbials** these help the body destroy and resist pathogenic micro-organisms, strengthening the bodies resistance to invading organisms aiding the body's natural immunity. **Examples: Anise, Bearberry, Caraway, Calendula, Cayene, Coneflower, Garlic, Gentian, Goldenseal, Juniper, Myrrh, Peppermint, Rosemary, Rue, St. John's Wort, Sage, Thyme, Usnea, Wormwood and Yarrow** Here's to keeping strong and healthy using Nature's Medicines! This information was taken from the **Course in Herbology** I took by **Root Woman & Dave** and is an entry to the **Natural Medicine "Immunity Challenge"** Find the details [here](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@naturalmedicine/our-first-challenge-on-hive-win-50-hive-and-lotus). ![]() Originally posted: https://hive.blog/hive-120078/@porters/of-immunity-building-your-immune-system-with-herbs-nature-s-medicine |
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