what is bronchitis

Chronic Bronchitis - Cold Flu Treatment, Antibiotics, and Herbs

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Antibiotic overuse (especially for the common cold) has led to antibiotic resistance. Natural antibiotics and anti viral herbs that may boost immune system are discussed, plus the types of cold and flu, and cough and cold in a weak immune system.

Most people don't realize that western biomedical understanding didn't include the immune system until very recently. The first vaccine was developed in the late 1800's, and most of the immune system was not understood until the 1960's. Oriental Medicine has been diagnosing and treating immune system diseases with herbs since as early as 150 A.D. when the first systematic book on externally contracted illnesses, the "Cold Damage Classic" was written. Never be reluctant to admit that you don't know. There is no one who knows everything. So if you don't know much about Chronic Bronchitis, all that has to be done is to read up on it!

Vulnerability occurs particularly when you are tired, or from excessive environmental influences like cold, heat, dryness, and dampness- each of these is associated with a season when that pathogen is more prevalent Variety is the spice of life. So we have added as much variety as possible to this matter on Bronchitis to make it's reading relevant, and interesting!

Entrance of the Pathogen

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The Lung (a system of correspondences including the lung, throat, nose, and skin) is the most exterior and most vulnerable organ. Sweating opens the pores, and 'wind' enters through pores. Wind can be thought of as the pathogen itself, since another quality (cold, damp, or heat, for example) is usually attached to describe the pathogen. Wind-heat, then, is the invasion of the body by a heat pathogen.


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• Tiredness, Qi deficiency, & Weakness The fight may take so much of your energy that you can do nothing but lay in bed.
• You may also lose your appetite, which is a sign of qi deficiency in OM.
• Some people are more constitutionally weaker from birth, especially those with childhood asthma and allergies.
• These are often metal or water type people.
• They need to be especially vigilant in prevention.
• The best way of gaining knowledge about Chronic Bronchitis is by reading as much about it as possible.
• This can be best done through the Internet.

15 Anti-Viral Chinese Herbs Proven Effective in Human Studies

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Andrographis (Chuan xin lian): Viral hepatitis, encephalitis B, herpes zoster, viral influenza   Astragalus (Huang qi): Restores immune function in immune suppression from chemotherapy, increases IgA, IgG, and interferon production   Deer antler (Lu rong): Promotes lymphocyte transformation and treats leukopenia due to chronic benzene poisoning, promotes bone marrow function   Ganoderma (Ling zhi): Treats hepatitis, chronic bronchitis, cardiovascular disease, altitude sickness, cancer (especially leukemia)   Ginseng Ren shen: Increases resistance by stimulating adrenal gland via pituitary   Isatis (Da qing ye, Ban lan gen): Encephalitis B, measles, mumps, infectious hepatitis, URTI   Licorice (Gan cao): In pulmonary TB, it increased ESR - arthritis and hepatomegaly from hepatitis - acute and chronic hepatitis   Lonicera (Jin yin hua): Severe acute pneumonia, bacillary dysntery   Oldenlandia (Bai hua she she cao): Peritonitis, UTI, hepatitis, chronic bronchitis   Phellodendron (Huang bai): Meningitis, dysentery, GI infection, conjunctivitis, UTI, candidal/trichomonal vaginitis   Polygonum (He shou wu): Malaria Polygonum cuspidatum (Hu zhang): Lung infections, tonsillitis, hepatitis, RA, osteoarthritis   Salvia (Dan shen): Hepatitis, SLE   Siberian ginseng (Wu jia pi): Xue and qi xu - improves leukocyte count in 70% of leukopenic patients - caution when there is heat   Sophora (Shan dou gen): Alkaloids effective in countering leukopenia due to radiation   Viola (Zi hua di ding): TB.

Wind-Heat * Symptoms: Feeling of heat, fever more than chills, sore throat or cough, body aches, red eyes, irritability * Herb Formulas: More sore throat - Honeysuckle & Forsythia Formula; More cough - Mulberry & Chrysanthemum Formula * Kitchen Medicine: Mint or chysanthemum tea (cooling)