Category Archives: Immune System
Zinc is a crucial mineral necessary for all aspects of immunity. Zinc is present in all tissues and body fluids, and plays such an important role in general physiology, that it is obvious a deficiency of this mineral will seriously impair homeostasis and health.
(more…)It has been over two years since SARS-CoV-2 began its spread from obscure origins in Wuhan,1 and we now have a third mandatory shot of COVID-19 vaccine to contend with in Australia as part of the global effort to contain the damage. The efficacy of this booster is now officially three months, so the question remains how many times this cycle will be repeated?
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Garlic (Allium sativum) grows in the form of a bulb consisting of several cloves and produces a strong characteristic odour. The Egyptians fed it to the labourers who built the pyramids in order to build their strength and protect them from illness, and also used it to treat bites and skin irritations, according to the Hearst Medical Papyrus. The Greeks and Romans also knew it well, bringing it with them on military campaigns wherever they went to treat wounds. Dioscorides summarises the medicinal uses from antiquity: it is good for treating oedema, expels flatulence, kills many types of worms, and externally it is good for nits and lice. He adds that garlic clears the arteries, heals old coughs, treats acne and running ulcers.1
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