The immune system acts as a barrier capable of generating an immunological response against the attack on the body by viruses, bacteria, and toxins. Let’s find out better how to cure it and keep it healthy.
Anatomical Description Of The Immune System
Imagine many toy soldiers ready to fight for you. The immune system is our primary defense system. It defends us from the aggression of bacteria and viruses. Many cells that make up the immune system are found in the intestine. If you think this organ is also the seat of all our emotions, you will understand how important it is to maintain a good psychophysical balance.
The cells of the immune system are called immunocompetent cells. The primary lymphatic organs are found: the bone marrow and the thymus, and secondary, the lymph nodes, the spleen, the adenoids, the tonsils, and the cecal appendix. B lymphocytes, responsible for the immune response, have particular proteins on their surface, called surface receptors or antibody molecules, which interact with antigens (foreign substances).
Following this interaction, the transformation of B lymphocytes into plasma cells, producers of the five main types of immunoglobulins ( vegetable or animal proteins ), and into memory B cells begins. Antibodies are proteins capable of recognizing the antigen and allowing it to be eliminated; therefore, humoral immunity is that defensive process of the organism which is mediated by antibodies.
Natural Treatments And Therapies For The Immune System
Seasonal changes can lower the immune system, but this is more difficult if there is a large consumption of fruit and vegetables associated with prebiotics and live lactic ferments ( probiotics ), which lays the foundations for a correct diet suitable for strengthening the immune defenses.
Oilseeds also help strengthen the immune system, as does spirulina which has immunostimulating properties. Excellent plant adaptogens, echinacea, astragalus. There are also medicinal mushrooms useful for improving the functioning of the immune system and resolving the symptoms of autoimmune diseases such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.
Poorly aware management of stress automatically lowers the immune system. There are specific anti-stress herbs. For example, Griffonia is used with good results as a natural antidepressant, as it raises serotonin levels and regulates the sleep-wake cycle (circadian rhythm).
Griffonia has also proved to be useful for controlling nervous hunger, linked to stress states.
On the other hand, it acts to rebalance the mood, limiting the reabsorption of two hormones (noradrenaline and dopamine) which intervene to support the body during periods of greater nervous exhaustion. Also excellent are lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis), passion flower ( Passiflora incarnata ), and valerian.
Yoga
The power of some yoga techniques and the extreme effectiveness of meditation are indisputable for strengthening the immune system. The influence exerted by the mind on the nervous system and the immune system is enormous: the global state of well-being is constantly influenced by our moods and vice versa.
And the channel along which this action continuously takes place is the nervous system. The breathing of yoga acts directly on these delicate little “soldiers” who protect us: a correctly performed pranayama is extremely relaxing. The positions then take into account the balance and well-being of the three main links of the nervous system: spine (nerve supply), abdomen, brain.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Acupuncture restores harmony in case of immunological disorders. The needles act directly on the large organic mass responsible for immune regulation: the intestinal microbial flora, which can weigh up to 1.5 kg (the heart weighs about 800 g and the liver 1.4 kg). A good acupuncture session regulates, strengthens, and modulates the immune system, even in children. Chinese dietetics also makes use of psychotherapy for the treatment of the immune system.
In particular, Shiitake is a medicinal mushroom that enhances the immune system because it contains lentinan, a beta-glucan capable of stimulating macrophages, T lymphocytes, and Natural Killer cells, i.e., all those white blood cells responsible for recognizing and destroying potentially harmful to the body. There are also other medicinal mushrooms useful against autoimmune diseases and improve the immune system’s balance.
Curiosity About The Immune System
Actions you don’t imagine, but that are good for the immune system:
- Take a long walk in the greenery to fix the colors in your eyes, and then come back to visit them when they have already changed. Nature is there to tell you that everything evolves, flows, and changes;
- Clean up the words. It is always said that Easter is a cleaning season. Try to keep the words you say hygienic, too, don’t save on silence, and refrain from saying the first thing that comes into your head. It is a great exercise in spirituality; it educates the soul and the heart;
- Speak to (not about, but to, there is a difference; keep within yourself and talk to yourself) the life plan you have. Talk as if it were a person. Tell him to grow with you, to support you, to see the light;
- Understand the line between self-esteem and pride. Explore this difference with small gestures, phone calls, business relationships, and the like;
- Tell the truth to those you love. Be sure. Which? The inner one. How to contact her? Already understanding that there is a need to do so is a big step.
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