Cold and Flu Season

Chinese Medicine has a long history (thousands of years) of treating and preventing contagious diseases.  Over these years, they discovered lifestyle habits that prevent illnesses like colds and flus, including:

• When sleeping, make sure that there is no wind blowing directly on your body (from a window or fan)
• Cover the neck area with a scarf in cold, windy weather
• At the onset of chills, have some miso soup or ginger tea.  This helps to "sweat" out the virus and prevent it from going deeper into your body/lungs
• At the beginning of a sore throat/fever (with no chills), try drinking peppermint tea
• Make sure you get adequate sleep and maintain a healthy diet 
• get acupuncture, especially when experiencing early symptoms
• If you get frequent colds, get acupuncture to boost your immune system
• Get a prescription for an herbal formula to help boost your immunity and prevent frequent illness (*required disclaimer:  The FDA has not approved any herbs or vitamins for the prevention or treatment of disease)
• and the obvious one:  wash/sanitize your hands often.  

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