Supporting Your Immune System
Learn how you can help support and optimize your immune system naturally.
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In this webinar, nutritionist Erin Chamerlik will walk you through the basics and give easy, simple, and affordable tactics that anyone can implement.
Erin will give you a quick overview of the immune system and then share many useful and practical tips that will help you feel “armed and ready” for whatever comes your way.
- Do you know what to do when you have been exposed?
- Do you know what to be doing daily, BEFORE you are exposed?
- Do you know what to do in the event you are exposed and develop symptoms?
Topics in the Video
Nutrition
Lifestyle
Supplements
Essential Oils
Below is information that goes along with the video.
Nutritional interventions – The Reclaim Diet (my book on Amazon)
Supplements
See my list of recommended supplements to have on hand.
Vitamin D
Take 5,000 – 10,000 IU/day (to keep your D levels close to 70-80). If you feel sick, immediately take 100,000 IU for three days. Get a D3 with K2 in a gel cap with fat.
(10,000) or (5,000)
Zinc
15-30mg/day. When feeling sick, take 50mg, once a day for 7 days.
Choose a supplement balanced with copper. Take 1 per day, two if sick.
Take zinc as an amino acid chelate. LDA Trace mineral complex has zinc, copper, selenium, iodine and 7 other trace elements for optimal health
Take zinc with quercetin. This combo gets the zinc into the cells. Together they can stop viral replication. MUST start ASAP at the first sign of sickness.
Magnesium
- 400mg daily
- Mg Plus Guard
NAC, N-Acetyl Cysteine
500 – 600mg daily (take one capsule three times a day when sick)
Quercetin – Powerful immune and respiratory support
Quercetin drives zinc into cells, as an antioxidants neutralizes free radicals. Quercetin supports the body’s normal response to allergens, inflammation and histamines. Daily take about 500mg. Here are a few options:
Quercetin-Bromelain Forté: 2 capsules provide 500mg quercetin along with a mixture of proteolytic enzymes and bioflavonoids that help regulate the immune cytokine response. Quercetin is called a zinc ionophore, meaning it helps zinc get in the cell.
Quercetin 500 from Metagenics: 1 capsule provides 500mg quercetin.
Buffered Vitamin C Powder
- Take in divided doses, begin with 1,000 – 3,000mg a day.
- When sick you will need much more, take that dose hourly to bowel tolerance. Buffered Ascorbic Acid
- You may need 10,000 mg when sick, or more, that is why you need to take it as Buffered Vitamin C powder, so you don’t get diarrhea before you get enough C in you.
- Take in divided doses. Begin with 1500 daily. Work up slowly to 3000 then 5000. When you are sick your body requires much more, so take to bowel tolerance in divided doses
- When sick, take a quart jar of water, add 3 tsp (about 9000mg), drink a bit every 30 minutes, and finish within 8 hours.
- Super C Chewables (Young Living) is an option for daily supplementation.
Colloidal Silver
Read my post about Colloidal Silver Here.
Use nasal spray in nose and drops in mouth.
Colloidal silver liquid drops are held under the tongue according to manufacturers directions (up to 7 times a day).
Homeopathic remedies
“In homeopathy we recommend Thuja 30 as prevention of Corona.” Eminent homeopath Dr. Pratip Banerji.
Our recommendation for prevention of Corona is a homeopathic medicine called Thuja 30. Thuja is basically an anti-viral medicine. We have been using Thuja and our observation of this medicine is that it is both a preventive as well as can be used to treat viral diseases with excellent efficiency.
https://www.indiablooms.com
Review Study, Thuja occidentalis: An Unexplored Phytomedicine with Therapeutic Applications Conclusion: As important phytomedicine, and antipsychotic, T. occidentalis possesses a plethora of immunological properties that can be used effectively in the management of viral respiratory infections and has the potential to prevent further progression of the disease.
Thuja 30c. Five pills taken twice a day for 7 days than twice a week for 3 weeks. (under tongue, away from essential oils).
Essential oils
See my list of recommended essential oils and immune supporting products from YL.
Heat and Cold
Fever enhances the innate immune system.
Fever is innate immune system, interferon is working, don’t suppress.
Prior to 1928 (penicillin discovery), hydrotherapy was used since no antibiotics. 1928 penicillin, meant we stopped trying natural methods and come up with drug treatments.
- Contrast showers is a tonic to keep immune system supported.
Taking a hot shower followed by a cold shower is a tool that can keep your immune system going. - Soak towels in hot water, put towels on bed, then have patient lie on towels or put hot towels on the body for about 20 minutes. Follow with Cold water on patient to lock heat in. Keep a cold towel on your head and carotid arteries.
- Large foot bath with hot water.
Any part you can heat helps increase core body temperature. - Sauna. Get the temperature up hot and heat the body comfortably.
This will stimulate the part of the Immune system that is suppressed in sickness.
Medicinal Mushrooms
Mushroom powders deliver powerful antioxidant activity to help reduce the damaging effects of oxidative stress from free radicals.
What if you could fight a host of diseases and even increase your longevity, just by adding a few delicious servings of fungus to your diet every day?
I use this mushroom powder 1/4 to 1/2 tsp in coffee. Here’s more information on all the benefits and what to look for when buying mushroom powder.
Elderberry
Organic Elderberries are marvelous for providing significant antioxidant protection and boosting the immune system. Articles and studies published in scientific literature highlight many benefits we can enjoy from consuming elderberries or elderberry extract:
- antioxidant protection
- anti-inflammatory benefits
- stimulate the immune system
I make my own elderberry syrup and include raw honey. Raw honey is used in preparing elderberry syrup not only to improve flavor but to confer many health benefits.
Raw honey is:
- a natural immune booster
- a natural anti-inflammatory agent
- a natural antimicrobial agent
See my Elderberry Syrup Recipe here or buy one already prepared.
Nebulized Hydrogen Peroxide
Please see my post on how to use hydrogen peroxide and a nebulizer, HERE.
Nettle Tea Infusion
An herbalist recommended making and drinking a Nettle Herbal infusion.
Take 3 heaping Tbs of organic nettles, steep in one quart of hot water in a jar, overnight. Strain and drink.
Nettles: Organic loose leaf
We have many tools in our tool box for wellness.
- Nutrition
- Lifestyle
- Supplements
- Essential Oils
- Nebulized Hydrogen Peroxide
- Herbs
- Homeopathy
Get things on hand and begin using what you can now.
We can take control of our health, and support our immune system to beat what comes our way.
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