Helix Clinic blog

One of the main benefits of Chinese Medicine, acupuncture and herbal medicine is that they can help to prevent diseases arising as well as treating symptoms when they do appear. This preventative aspect is one of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s great strengths.

There is currently a lot of public worry about the spread of swine flu, especially when people see news reports of how quickly it is predicted to spread through the population. For those people who want to avoid conventional drug treatments, we have some traditional and natural preventative solutions that can help.

First of all, take some basic measures to keep your immune system strong. We recommend a good dose of Vitamin C and Zinc daily, and continue to eat healthily with lots of fresh fruit and vegetables.  Garlic has very powerful anti-bacterial and anti-viral actions, so eat plenty of it. Echinacea has an immune strengthening effect, and is also a powerful heat clearing herb, so is useful to take if any heat or fever symptoms appear.

At The Helix Clinic we have developed a traditional herbal formula that helps to create a strong defensive barrier to flu viruses. This formula is a variant of one that has been used for hundreds of years in China to guard against flu. We are making this formula available to all patients who can come in to see us, so if you are interested please feel free to contact us for more details.

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