Herbal Medicine for Cold and Flu
August 19, 2010 by Herbals Medicines
Filed under herbal plants
Have you heard that herbal medicine can actually help you with the cold or flu? The common cold is often considered one of medicine’s great mysteries. There is currently no cure for it and it can be devastating to your quality of life during the time you have it. There are many over the counter remedies that try to treat the common cold or flu virus but all these really do is mask the symptoms. Often they come with a great deal of side effects as well and some people would rather just avoid this altogether.
Many people are turning to herbal medicine for better cold and flu relief and you can be one of them. Another good thing about herbal medicine for cold and flu is that it can help you during the cold, after it and in the future to prevent it from recurring.
Over the counter medications do not do this; all they do is treat the symptoms while you have a cold. They don’t help you to fight it faster or to recover after it is gone and your body is feeling drained. They certainly don’t do anything to help prevent you from getting cold or flu again in the future.
There will still be a serious sickness your body is trying to fight off. You need to boost your immune system to help it do its job naturally and fight off your cold or flu faster. This has an added benefit because in the future, you will have a stronger immunity to the cold or flu virus and it will be easier for your body to fight it off.
However, it’s important to understand how herbal medicine for cold and flu works. These herbal treatments do not fight the cold and flu virus directly. Instead, they work to boost your immune system and help it do what it does naturally- which is to fight off infection and disease. This is a more natural and healthy way to treat your cold or flu.
What types of herbal medicines are used for cold and flu? There are actually several different types that have been used throughout history and are still used today for cold and flu. Astragalus root is often used to boost the immune system and help it kick out foreign invaders. It is also often used to help treat colds.
Another Chinese remedy for the common cold is a combination of herbs; honeysuckle flower, platycodon root, forsythia fruit, peppermint, bamboo leaf, licorice root, burdock root, black soybean and schizonpeta used together make a treatment often called “Yin Chao”. This herbal medicine is believed to help fight off the cold symptoms whiel also boosting the defenses of the immune system.
Before battling the cold or flu season alone, consider how herbal medicines might be able to help you.
