Respiratory Articles

Respiratory Articles:

Noni as a Natural Immune Booster

Noni has been in use as a medicinal herb in various cultures around the world for several thousand years. Its traditional use relating to immunity includes combating bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections. It is used to help respiratory disorders, sore throat, gum infections, fever, headache, diarrhea, and indigestion. It is considered to have anti-inflammatory effects and is also a common remedy for joint pain.

Read More: H1N1, Noni, respiratory, sore throat, Swine Flu

The Multiple Pieces of the Asthma Puzzle

Asthma is now at epidemic levels in the U.S., affecting up to 8% of the population. The Western medicine model that asthma is caused by an environmental exposure that triggers an excess immune response is true to a degree – but represents only a small slice of the pie. Clinging to that narrow understanding of asthma, and dispensing drugs accordingly, continues to be the gold standard of Western medical care. It is a travesty that the Western medical profession insists on treating a huge public health problem with a theory now relegated to the Stone Age. This shouldn’t surprise anyone. As soon as you start to understand the modern science on the subject, then one of the first thing you realize is that Western medicine itself has helped cause this epidemic with their overuse of antibiotics.

Read More: antibiotics, asthma, magnesium, Quercetin, respiratory, Vitamin D

Low Vitamin D in Infants & Children Linked to Lung Infections, Allergies, and Anemia

Three new vitamin D studies show just how important vitamin D is to the health of our children. This is especially important because it is widely known that 70% of U.S. children are deficient in vitamin D.

Read More: allergies, anemia, asthma, children, infants, respiratory, Vitamin D