In this time of pandemic coronavirus, here are some natural health tips to boost your immune response.

Taking care of your gut microbiota

Your gut flora is involved in modulating your immune response. A quality microbiota is a guarantee of good health. 

• Take a course of probiotics.
• Focus on a healthy, balanced and natural diet. Banish junk food and prepare homemade dishes rich in fresh, raw or lightly cooked, seasonal fruits and vegetables.
• Beware of excesses: meals that are too rich and/or too much water
• Feed the good bacteria thanks to prebiotics which are your allies: eat fiber, lacto-fermented foods and beverages such as sauerkraut, fruit kefir, kombucha ...

Don't give in to fear!

Fear creates stress which significantly weakens your immune system, we even talk about immune collapse. Indeed, the stress is oxidative and acidifying, which has the effect of modifying the plasma pH and thus favoring the development of viruses and pathogenic bacteria. 

Cut yourself off from the news, relieve yourself to nature, go for a walk, enjoy your loved ones, meditate, practice an art, play sports, etc...

Regaining a state of inner calm regenerates your cells and therefore potentiates your immune system's response in case of aggression.

Immune-boosting dietary supplements

• The products of the hive: pollen, thyme honey, propolis, royal jelly...
• Liposomal vitamin C has a better bioavailability than "normal" vit C. By making it liposoluble, it penetrates the cell membrane. Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that fights againstthe effects of free radicals caused by pollution, stress, junk food, tobacco etc...
• Spirulina : super food extremely rich in nutrients.
• Extract of Grapefruit seeds. It is not an essential oil. EPP is an exceptional antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal and antiseptic. During epidemic periods, it is advisable to make a preventive cure of about 20 drops in a large bottle of water to be drunk throughout the day, 5 days /7. If relatives are affected, you can increase to 45 drops/d.

Focus on Quercetin, an immunity booster

The quercetin is a super powerful antioxidant discovered at the same time as vitamin C. It is also called vitamin P. Its discoverer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his research. 

The quercetin proves to be extremely rich in flavonoids which are plant antioxidants (polyphenols) powerful enough tostrongly strengthenthe immune system.

The quercetin Acts as a cellular cleanser, it fights the harmful effects of free radicals and restores the internal balance (homeostasis)

We find the quercetin in colored food:

• Raw yellow hot pepper, 
• Black elderberry, 
• Dark chocolate, 
• Raw red onion, 
• The wild blueberry, 
• Blackcurrant, 
• Raw broccoli, 
• Green tea. 

However, the best sources of quercetin are capers and lovage which is an edible plant from the Balkans.

Immuno-stimulating herbal medicine

 //\\ Be careful with people suffering from autoimmune diseases or under immunosuppressive treatment.

• Echinacea: immunostimulantand anti-infectious
• thyme : antiseptic of the respiratory tract
• Eleutherococcus: immunostimulant / promotes recovery/shortens recovery time/general tonic/anti-stress
• cypress: antiviral 
• blackcurrant leaves: anti-inflammatory / stimulates the adrenals

Aromatherapy in diffusion.

To be practiced only in the absence of children and animals!

• Origan compact origanum compactum : the most powerful of all anti-viral and anti-bacterial essential oils. A few drops in your electric diffuser (not candle to avoid burning the oil) for 10 minutes 2 times a day are enough to heal your home. 
• Shell Marjoram origanum majorana
• Tee-trea

To conclude

Cultivate positive thoughtss, take care of your inner garden. Pasteur said "the microbe is nothing, the field is everything". On a physiologically balanced terrain, the virus cannot take hold. Trust your ability toheal yourself, your body has a fabulous army: your immune system. Properly fed, your little soldiers produce miracles every day! Start by taking care of yourself because you are far more dangerous to yourself than any virus...