Immunity blog – user’s guide

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Practice prevention: The time of fall is the best time to strengthen our defenses, attune our immunity and get prepared for the cold weather & flu season ahead.

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Immunity I: Holistic Principles


Strengthen immunity: If you have a history of catching colds & flu or they easily go deep or linger, it’s a good idea to work on strengthening your immunity. Or, if you’re feeling extra stressed or worn out lately, this could have an adverse effect on your immune system response.

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Immunity II: Lifestyle
Immunity IV: Self-massage
Immunity V: Nutrition
Immunity VI: Gut immunity
Immunity VII: Spice up your immunity
Qigong for Lungs I
Shielding Meditation


Support first responders: If you’re feeling like something is coming on – a slight feverishness or chill, sore or scratchy throat, unusual fatigue, short of breath or other such symptoms, it might be good to take some appropriate & timely action to rally your defensive response.

Check out:
Immunity III: Managing an infection
Immunity IV: Self-massage
Immunity VII: Spice up your immunity
Qigong for Lungs II & III

 
Managing an infection: If, despite your best efforts, you’ve become sick with something that could be Covid, there are natural methods that can help shorten the duration of the disease and greatly decrease the likelihood of developing serious symptoms.

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Covid 19 & Chinese medicine
Immunity IV: Self-massage
Qigong for Lungs II & III

 
Full recovery: If you have already gotten Covid and are now virus free you still may have suffered damage to various body tissues that may impede your functioning if not properly cared for.

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Covid 19 & Chinese medicine


Life-long health: And, if everything’s fine and you want to keep it that way, we recommend you practice a  Qigong exercise like Eight Treasures as a foundation of your life-long health care.

Check out:
Qigong of the Eight Treasures

Immunity II - Lifestyle

Immunity II - Lifestyle

Activities, attitude & lifestyle to support strong natural immunity:

Balance activity & rest. Overworking physically or mentally or depriving yourself of restorative sleep will surely weaken you and make you more susceptible to infection. On the other hand, being sedentary has been compared to smoking a pack of cigarettes a day for its negative impact on your health. Regular physical exercise of 30 minutes or more / day of moderate intensity

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Immunity I - Holistic Principles

Immunity I - Holistic Principles

Welcome to my immunity blog. In this first section we will go through general principles of immunity according to the holistic energy medicine of ancient China. In future blogs you will discover more detailed dietary advice, demonstrations of self-massage on acu-points and more Qigong practice that can be practiced outside or inside, especially if you might have to spend “sheltered in place” or in various levels of confinement.

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