{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/wellbridgeclinic.com\/how-to-kick-a-cold-fast\/#Article","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wellbridgeclinic.com\/how-to-kick-a-cold-fast\/","headline":"How to Kick a Cold Fast With Acupuncture: 7 Tips You Need to Know","name":"How to Kick a Cold Fast With Acupuncture: 7 Tips You Need to Know","description":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#232323″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]ACUPUNCTURE: 7 TIPS TO KICK COLDS AND FLU[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/wellbridgeclinic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cold-and-flu-season-ahead-caution-tape.jpg” alt=”Cold and Flu Quarantine Tape Barrier over Snowy Defocused Background” title_text=”Cold and Flu Quarantine Tape Barrier over Snowy Defocused Background” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ […]","datePublished":"2020-02-05","dateModified":"2024-04-09","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wellbridgeclinic.com\/author\/the-wellbridge-clinic\/#Person","name":"The Wellbridge Clinic","url":"https:\/\/wellbridgeclinic.com\/author\/the-wellbridge-clinic\/","identifier":24,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0acdd738c3aa5566f221fc566cf46ccfbeea59068c027f1667b0c6cc35b3e93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0acdd738c3aa5566f221fc566cf46ccfbeea59068c027f1667b0c6cc35b3e93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The WellBridge Clinic","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wellbridgeclinic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WBC_Large_Logo.png","url":"https:\/\/wellbridgeclinic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WBC_Large_Logo.png","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wellbridgeclinic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Acupuncture-7-Tips-to-Kick-Colds-and-Flu.png","url":"https:\/\/wellbridgeclinic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Acupuncture-7-Tips-to-Kick-Colds-and-Flu.png","height":1190,"width":2324},"url":"https:\/\/wellbridgeclinic.com\/how-to-kick-a-cold-fast\/","about":["Allergies, Asthma, Colds & Flu","Detoxification","Digestive Disorders"],"wordCount":1483,"articleBody":"\t\t\t[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#232323″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]ACUPUNCTURE: 7 TIPS TO KICK COLDS AND FLU[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/wellbridgeclinic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cold-and-flu-season-ahead-caution-tape.jpg” alt=”Cold and Flu Quarantine Tape Barrier over Snowy Defocused Background” title_text=”Cold and Flu Quarantine Tape Barrier over Snowy Defocused Background” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Hi Everyone!\u00a0 It\u2019s your friendly Portland Neighborhood Acupuncturists here at the WellBridge Clinic.\u00a0 \u00a0February is peak of Flu season and our mission is to make sure you stay healthy and recover quickly.\u00a0 Today our focus is on how nutrition, herbal medicine, and Acupuncture helps you kick colds and flu. Follow these 7 steps you can take to stay on top of your game.First off, you always hear our reminders to get your \u2018acupuncture tune ups.\u2019 We say that because acupuncture treatments are an effective way to increase our immune response. Those tiny acupuncture needles cause a big effect in stimulating and boosting the immune system. [1] [2] Research also shows that acupuncture enhances the effect of vaccines. [3]\u00a0 The bonus is that Acupuncture patients get that immune benefit from any well constructed acupuncture treatment even if we are treating\u00a0headaches,\u00a0car accident injuries, or\u00a0digestive issues.\u00a0 That is balance. That is holistic medicine.For now, stay healthy and follow these\u00a07\u00a0steps\u00a0to avoid succumbing to a cold or flu this season:7 Steps to Staying Healthy in Cold and Flu SeasonReduce stress: Budget more time for Sleep, Exercise, and AcupunctureProbiotics (NOT from the grocery store)Antiviral herbs such as Elderberry (Sambucus) and Isatis or Woad (Isatis tinctoria), known as Ban lan gen in Chinese medicine.Vitamin D3Diet: Reduce sugar and alcohol. Increase steamed leafy greens, Antioxidants, Vitamin C, and be sure to read on for the\u00a0Ginger Lemon-Drop Tea\u00a0recipe.Boost your Immunity: By taking mushroom blends of Shitake\u00a0(Lentinula edodes)\u00a0and Turkey Tail\u00a0(Coriolus versicolor)Acupuncture helps you kick colds and flu\u2026\u00a0Schedule your Acupuncture tune up.Who likes to know why?\u00a0 Read on:StressAs the saying goes, \u201cStress is the mother of all diseases.\u201d\u00a0 We live in what can easily be called the most stressful time in human history.\u00a0 When once we ran from lions, tigers and bears (oh my!) and then it was over\u2026.today our minds and bodies are often in a continual state of stress or \u2018sympathetic imbalance\u2019. This lowers our immunity and creates compounding dysfunction in our body that leads to disease and pain.\u00a0 It is our health mission to make sure we have good sleep, exercise regularly, and yes,\u00a0get acupuncture.\u00a0 Acupuncture balances our breathing patterns, heart rate, and hormones so we become more calm and increase the parasympathetic function.\u00a0 That way our immune system works better!ProbioticsAs acupuncturists, we are always working from a holistic health perspective and our digestive health is crucial.\u00a0 Even with the best of efforts, our modern diets have an impact on the balance of our gut microbiome [9]. That\u2019s why I always recommend keeping up with a round of probiotics a couple times per year, even the most healthy people.\u00a0 The organisms that live in our body have such a powerful impact on our physical and mental health that I could write an entire book, but I\u2019m going to emphasis this:It\u2019s important to know that all probiotics aren\u2019t created equally\u2026not even close.\u00a0 One of the best recommendations I have is to stop relying on yogurt, fermented foods, and eliminate grocery store probiotics.\u00a0 To make a scientifically measurable change in our microbiome, we need to start with spore encapsulated probiotics\u00a0[7].\u00a0 We carry these at the clinic and you will experience a difference in your whole health.Antiviral Herbs\u00a0Chinese herbal medicine has a long history of treating viral infections. One of the most potent and well researched plants is Ban lan gen root(Isatis indigotica). Isatis\u00a0has been used for over a thousand years to treat upper respiratory tract infections and is active constituent in Tamiflu.[12] Elderberry syrup is a tasty way to keep healthy during the flu season. As a natural anti-viral, research shows that elderberry helps reduce the length of sickness caused by the flu.\u00a0 Also keep elderberry handy for other virus outbreaks, like shingles, chicken pox, and cold sores. [4] [5] [6] [14]Vitamin DEveryone has heard of the benefits of Vitamin D to avoid the winter blues.\u00a0 Vitamin D has so many more effects on the body other than just elevating our mood. [8] The benefits of Vitamin D range from hormone balancing to preventing osteoporosis.\u00a0 Today I want to emphasize that research shows that a daily dose of 2000iu of Vitamin D helps prevent respiratory infections in adults and children. [10]\u00a0 Taking vitamin D is as important as what kind of vitamin D, and how we take our Vitamin D.\u00a0 Vitamin D is absorbed best by the body when in a micro emulsion so that it can be absorbed effectively. We have carefully chosen a product from Biotics Research that has been proven by research to be better that most other sources of Vitamin D.DietEating well will always transform any health problem.\u00a0 Here are a couple things that will make all the difference in staying healthy:Avoid alcohol.\u00a0 Booze lowers your immunity by altering inflammation responses in the body and it benefits the \u2018bad\u2019 bacteria that work against us.Reduce sugar\u2026.stop refined sugars.\u00a0 The key here is where are all of those sugars coming from.\u00a0 Avoid processed grains like pasta, and \u2018Just Say No\u2019 to white refined sugar.Minimize or stop dairy.\u00a0 Dairy is a mucogen\u2026it promotes the creation of mucus.\u00a0 No one likes mucus. I know we all thought it was something good, but it\u2019s not.Increase antioxidants.\u00a0 Think of Antioxidants as one of the cleaners in our body.\u00a0 You can get more by eating leafy green vegetables, berries, and supplement with vitamin C.Ginger Lemon-Drop TeaIf you get sick, try this feel good recipe:Ginger Tea. Steep a good strong ginger tea. I always keep a ginger tea like Yogi Tea Brand in the cupboard.\u00a0 If you are motivated, fresh ginger is fabulous. Be sure to cut off any moldy parts\u2026mycotoxins are poisonous.Lemon. Squeeze in lots of lemon\u2026like half of a lemonHoney.\u00a0 Add enough honey to take the bite off the ginger and lemon flavors.\u00a0 Make it so you enjoy drinking it.Medicinal MushroomsMushrooms have been used consumed for thousands of years to help boost the immune system and help fight off infections. [13]\u00a0 Try mixing in powdered organic mushroom extracts into your warm morning beverage.AcupunctureScience keeps confirming the benefits of Acupuncture for pain relief and immune boosting.\u00a0 If you do get sick be sure to make and keep your appointment for acupuncture because Acupuncture helps you kick colds and flu. [1] [2]\u00a0 A good herbal formula, acupuncture, and moxibustion treatments can significantly reduce the severity of symptoms and shorten the duration of the cold.\u00a0 Even better, stay ahead of the game, keep tuned up, and prevent any cold or flu with regular acupuncture appointments.\u00a0Schedule your acupuncture treatment today.\u00a0References:Acupuncture and Immunity Overview:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4540978\/Acupuncture effect on Neuro-Endocrine-Immune Network system:\u00a0https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/qjmed\/article\/107\/5\/341\/1563714Acupuncture strengthens the effect of Vaccines:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23301487Elderberry works like Tamiflu:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/19682714Small Study showing that people that took elderberry for influenza got better 4 days quicker than people who didn\u2019t take elderberry:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/15080016Elderberry inhibits influenza virus:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/9395631Spore based Probiotics improve symptoms of endotoxemia:\u00a0https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2018-10-benefits-spore-based-probiotic-supplementsbut-probiotics.htmlVitamin D overview:\u00a0https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/vitamins\/ai\/ingredientmono-929\/vitamin-dWhat is the gut biome:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/290747.php#2Vitamin D prevents Respiratory infections:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3543548\/Ban-Lan-Gen granules in the treatment of seasonal influenza:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4383212\/Immune Modulation From Five Major Mushrooms:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4684115\/Inflammation-modulating effects of herbal medicine as an adjunct to anti-virals:\u00a0https:\/\/www.hindawi.com\/journals\/ecam\/2010\/879853\/[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\t\t\t\t"}