An Integrated Approach to Keeping Your Immune System Strong

When considering infections, there are different lenses through which we can look at health and disease.

Modern Western medicine utilizes diagnostic testing, and if we’re sick, we’re given medication to kill the pathogen. When those tests return to normal, we’re seen as healthy again.

Another view, according to some of the latest scientific research, is that sickness can be related to emotions, stress or past trauma and can be addressed through relaxation and mindfulness.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) views the physical and emotional aspects of illness as a full picture; symptoms are seen as part of a unique pattern when determining a combination of herbs, lifestyle modifications, movement, acupuncture and emotional/trauma work to promote healing. You don’t just target the infection, you also build the body’s energy. This is a new way of looking at healing for many, though these practices are centuries years old.

Learn how TCM practices combined with familiar and emerging protocols can help keep your immune system strong!