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Wednesday 26 October 2022

Natural remedies: How to use wormwood to boost your immune health during flu season

The holidays are right around the corner, but so is flu season. If you want to boost your immune health naturally, try wormwood and moxibustion.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), acupuncture and moxibustion have been practiced since ancient times. Practitioners use these three natural methods to help prevent illnesses and promote overall wellness.

A healthy body functions properly when it is balanced in all channels. But what does that mean?

In acupuncture, the human body consists of meridians, acupoints, channels, qi (chi) and blood. All five elements affect each other and your internal system.

Using Chinese herbs is similar to using Western health supplements. The herbs help you stay healthy and protect against diseases by boosting the efficacy of your internal system, making sure that your body is in optimal condition.

But when you’re already sick, TCM becomes a holistic remedy to cure physical and internal imbalance, blockage and malfunction, like Western medication given by your doctor.

But unlike most Western medicinal practices that are artificial and mass-produced by pharmaceutical companies, Chinese herbs are 100 percent natural. Additionally, these natural herbs are less likely to cause negative side effects.

One of the most commonly used traditional Chinese medicine is wormwood (Artemisia vulgaris). Considered a weed in the U.S., this medicinal herb can grow up to six feet.

The plant bears yellow or reddish-brown flowers in the summer. Wormwood leaves have a silvery fuzz on their underside and it has a sage-like smell and slightly bitter taste....<<<Read More>>>....