Strengthening immunity in adults. Immunostimulatory drugs, how to improve the home folk remedies, vitamins

The immune system needs support to counter the negative influences. To strengthen the immune system in adults offers simple but effective ways.

Mitigating Factors immunity

Immunity - is the body's ability to resist both external and internal negative influences. There are many factors that can reduce the protective properties of the organism.

These include:

• Unfavorable environment: gas polluted air, polluted water, products containing harmful substances.
• Nervous and physical fatigue: stress, Stress, lack of sleep.
• Bad habits: alcohol, cigarettes and drugs.
• Improper diet: Industrial use of refined foods containing fats, preservatives, flavor enhancers and other harmful additives; an excess of sugary and fatty foods, lack of fruits and vegetables.
• Unhealthy Lifestyle: There is no regime, lack of exercise, overuse of coffee, frequent snacking, lack of walking.
• Some kinds of diseases (Lung, hepatitis, leukemia, immunodeficiency).
• Medical intervention: drug therapy, chemotherapy, surgery.
• Pregnancy and breast-feeding.

Strengthening immunity in adults is necessary to counter the negative impact of these factors.

Signs of weak immunity

The exact state of the immune system allows you to set a special blood test.

But it is possible to determine the attenuation and external symptoms, which include:

• recurrent colds (more than three times a year), their duration;
• frequent exacerbations of chronic diseases (GI pathology, cystitis, pyelonephritis, herpes, respiratory diseases);
• intermittent fever for no apparent reason;
• skin problems: boils, festering rash, slow wound healing;
• frequent headaches;
• pain and weakness in the muscles and joints;
• chronic fatigue;
• sleep problems - drowsiness, insomnia;
• mood swings, irritability.

If at least 3 of the following symptoms you should think about strengthening the immune system.

When it is necessary to strengthen the immune defense?

Strengthening immunity in adults is required under the following circumstances:

• the manifestation of 3 or more symptoms of weakened immunity;
• after serious diseases;
• during prolonged drug therapy;
• after surgery;
• by chemical or radiation therapy;
• during pregnancy and breastfeeding;
• at high physical exertion;
• in the off-season (spring, autumn).

Timely strengthening the immune system helps the body to quickly deal with the existing problems and not get sick in the future.

Ways to strengthen the body's defenses in adults

Strengthening immunity in adults is carried out in different ways.

Can be used:

• immunomodulatory drugs;
• vitamin complexes;
• traditional medicines;
• immunostimulatory food;
• tempering procedures;
• healthy lifestyle.

Most effectively acts combination of different ways to strengthen immunity.

Immunomodulatory drugs: A list, description, instruction

Immunosuppressed patients, whose body is unable to cope with the disease, may be prescribed immunomodulators. These medications, strengthens the immune system. They are used only when standard therapy has not given the expected result for treatment of the patient. They are used only on prescription.

From an existing variety of immune drugs can be identified:

drug Name	release Form	Description	instruction	Price (Average for Moscow)
Citovir-3	Powder Capsules	preparation of new generation, one of the most effective. Initiates the production of interferon. Used for the treatment and prevention of SARS	According to the capsule 3 p. / Day, half an hour before meals. The course of 4 days	400 rubles. 12 capsules
Likopid	Pills 1 mg, 10 mg	Potent drug. It stimulates phagocytic activity, production of interferon, tumor immunity. Used in the treatment of chronic infections, tuberculosis, hepatitis, conjunctivitis	1-2 p. / Day, half an hour before a meal, the dosage and duration of administration depends on the disease	1700 rubles. Table 10. 10 mg 250 rubles. Table 10. 1 mg
tsikloferon	Tablets, injection, liniment	Interferon inducer. Antiviral, anti-inflammatory drug. Apply with SARS, influenza, herpes	Once a day 3-4 tablets under the scheme prescribed by the physician.	220 rubles. Table 20.
interferon	Powder for injection, suppositories	Endogenous Modulator derived from human blood leukocytes. The prophylactic, antiviral, antitumor action,	Prevention:. Two drops in each nostril 4 / day for 5 days. The form and regimen prescribed by doctors	100 rubles. 10 ampoules
Kagocel	Pills	It stimulates the production of interferon. Expressed antiviral prophylactic effect	Accepted under the scheme, not later than 4 days after illness	230 rubles. Table 10.

Immunomodulators should be taken only on doctor's advice strictly according to the scheme assigned to them, otherwise you may experience serious side effects, including a remote action.

A less pronounced effect possess plant-based drugs, but their use is also effective when used prophylactically:

• Echinacea purpurea - lozenges, tincture;
• Siberian ginseng - a liquid extract, syrup, tablets, lozenges;
• ginseng - capsule, pill, tincture, syrup;
• Chinese magnolia - capsules, tincture;
• Rhodiola rosea - liquid extract, capsules, fitosbory.

Proper use of drugs to enhance immunity will help speed recovery and prevent the disease in the future.

Vitamin complexes: a review of the top 5 funds

Strengthening immunity in adults requires an adequate intake of vitamins and minerals. If the daily diet can not provide a sufficient amount of nutrients (eg, in the absence of seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables), it is recommended to take vitamin complexes specially designed:

Title	Manufacturer	Description	Price (the average for Moscow)
Complivit	Russia	As part of the 11 vitamins, 8 minerals. Take after eating 1 p / day. Developed a range of specialized products: anti-stress, diabetes, and other Opthalmo.	From 190 rubles.
Alphabet	Russia	It takes into account the compatibility of vitamins and minerals. Daily portion consists of three tablets, which are taken in three stages: in the morning - B1, lunch - antioxidants, evening - the D3, calcium, retinol, biotin. Developed a range of ages and diseases.	From 300 rubles.
Multi-tabs	Denmark	It features a large number of antioxidants comprises lactobacilli. Taken during or after a meal 1 p / day.	From 399 rubles.
Vitrum	USA	The balanced composition of the 14 vitamins and minerals 17. Take after eating 1 p. / D.	From 430 rubles.
Daily Formula	USA	From sports nutrition products, especially for energy-intensive sports. It contains 25 vitamins and minerals. It is recommended as a dietary supplement	From 390 rubles.

Independent and uncontrolled use of vitamins can be dangerous, you should get medical advice.

Folk remedies to strengthen the immune system in the home

Effective means for lifting the immunity offers traditional medicine. This wide range of natural products that can solve the problem of a weakened immune system.

Nut-fruit mixture

Quickly and efficiently strengthen immunity walnut fruit mixture.

Nuts the most suitable:

• walnuts;
• cashew;
• hazelnut;
• almond;
• cedar;
• pistachios;
• peanut.

All of them strengthen the body. Very useful dried fruits. You can add berries (cranberries, sea buckthorn), lemon, pomegranate. For greater effect, and improve the taste of honey used. Each of these components is a unique source of nutrients, and their combination enhances the effect.

For compounding components are taken in equal proportions, crushed, sweetening honey if desired. Dried pre-steamed. The daily ration - 1-2 tablespoons, preferably on an empty stomach. Increasing portion undesirably due to the high concentration of active ingredients and high calorie.

Possible compositions:

• figs, dried apricots, prunes, walnuts;
• walnuts, cashews, apricots, lemon, honey;
• cranberries, nuts, honey.

Freshly squeezed juices

Very useful freshly squeezed vegetable and fruit juices, especially in the season, "from the garden", especially the juices with pulp. You can mix different kinds of juice, slightly diluted with water if necessary. Daily portion - 1-1.5 cups, divided into 2-3 doses. Increasing the daily allowance is undesirable because of the possibility of hypervitaminosis.

The most useful:

• beet;
• a tomato;
• carrot;
• black currant;
• citrus;
• apples.

The recipe on the wheat sprouted grains

Wheat, germinated in the home, are an excellent means of raising protective equipment body. The grains are washed, placed on the plate between two layers of wet gauze (x / cotton fabric, paper). In a warm and bright location shoots will appear in a day. In the food consumed grains with sprouts of 2-3 mm. They are eaten as a separate dish or in salads, mixes, yoghurts.

Recipe with aloe

Aloe - a unique composition and healing properties of the plant. The spectrum of its therapeutic action is very wide. For the application of lower cut fleshy leaves and keep them in a cool, dry and dark place 10-14 days.

Formulations to enhance immunity:

• Mix onion juice, aloe and gourds in a ratio of 2: 2: 5, add 1 part honey. Infuse 24 hours. Taken before meals 3 p. / Day for 3 weeks.
• Brew tea from the leaves of strawberries and berries of hawthorn, before use add the juice of aloe. The components are taken in equal proportions. The leaves and berries may be used in dry form then infused tea per day.

With rosehip

Rosehip - a powerful tonic due to its composition. Record the vitamin C content is particularly valuable in the winter - dried berries are an excellent source of ascorbic acid.

But the wild rose is necessary to prepare properly for the maximum benefit. One of the main rules - do not use boiling water destroys vitamin C. The optimum water temperature - 60-85⁰FROM.

preparation methods:

• The infusion of dried fruits: 1 tbsp. l. crushed fruits pour cup of hot water, leave in a thermos 7-10 hours. Adding honey will strengthen the reinforcing effect.
• Syrup of fresh berries: 1 kg minced, boil for 10 minutes in 1 liter of water. Add 1 kg of sugar, cook for another 20 minutes. The cooled mass filter. Daily rate - 2 tbsp. l.

sea ​​buckthorn

Useful properties of sea buckthorn make it a favorite among the berries. Broths, teas, jams, butter - ways of cooking very much.

Among them:

• Honey Syrup: crushed fruit filled with honey in the ratio of the volume of 1: 1.2. Insist week in the refrigerator, with occasional stirring. The daily norm 1-2 tsp
• Tincture: mix a kilo of berries with a glass of sugar, pour a liter of vodka. Insist month in the dark and cool. Daily intake - 1-2 tablespoons

With lemon

Lemon - the usual remedy for the common cold, but it can also be used as a preventive measure to strengthen the immune system. The most effective combination of lemon and honey.

Possible applications:

• Lemon juice. It is very useful to drink in the morning on an empty stomach a glass of warm oxen with lemon juice. Taste and useful tea with lemon, lemon slice and after the tea should also eat.
• frayed lemons (Required with peel, but without seed) mixed with the liquid honey in a ratio of 2: 1. Store in a glass container in a cool dark place. Daily portion - 3 tbsp

With wine and onions

Strengthen the immune system in adults effectively helps onion and honey in the composition of the wine. Milled bow (200 g) was poured 150 g of liquid honey, mixed well. The composition is filled in 1.5. l dry red wine brewed two weeks. Strained medicine taking 60 ml before breakfast.

With ginger

Ginger root combines spicy flavor, spicy flavor and restorative properties due to its saturated structure.

Methods of use:

• A small piece is cut, filled in a glass of water, boiled at low heat for 5 minutes.
• 100g ginger and 3-4 scalded lemon crushed and mixed with a glass of liquid honey. Daily rate - 1 tbsp. l.

With mummy

Miraculous properties mummy used in folk medicine for hundreds of years, despite some skepticism of official science.

To strengthen the immune system:

• 5 grams of resin dissolved in a mountain three lemon juice, add 100 g of grated aloe. The composition of the need to insist night. Daily rate - at tbsp 3 p / day.
• Mumie dissolve in water to give a dark brown color. Daily rate - 50 mL of 3 r / day.

With needles

Restorative effect needles known since the time of the fight against scurvy.

Can be prepared:

• Infusion: a mixture of chopped needles and water in equal proportions infused 3 days in a dark cool place. The strained infusion can squeeze a lemon wedge. The daily norm - a glass, divided into 2 portions.
• Broth: 2 tbsp. l. crushed needles boiled for 20 minutes in a glass of water, and then half an hour insist. The broth is ready, you can add lemon juice and honey. The daily norm - in the morning and evening for 100 ml.

With nuts

Nuts of all kinds enhance immunity easy to use them for food. You can use the leaves of the walnut: 2 tbsp. l. minced raw fill two cups of boiling water for 2 hours. Daily rate - 50-60 ml.

With garlic

Garlic is rich in essential oils and volatile production, providing its effectiveness in treating and preventing diseases.

Its use can be enhanced by combination with other products:

• Polstakana liquid honey mixed with finely crushed garlic (2 heads). Daily intake - 1-2 tbsp. l.
• Useful glass of warm milk at night with the addition of 10-15 drops of garlic juice.

Herbal Recipes

Strengthening immunity in adults often spend phytotherapy. medicinal herbs List extensive.

Herbalists recommend:

• Plantain - a mixture of juice and honey (1: 1) eat 10-14 days under Art. l.
• Lungwort - 2 tbsp chopped herbs to insist in 250 ml of vodka for two weeks. Daily norm -. 50 ml of 2 r / day. Honey can be diluted with water.
• Rhodiola (Red brush) - 100 g of grated root pour a liter of vodka for 3 days. Daily rate - 3 r / day for 1/3 h.. l., diluted with water.
• Echinacea - tablespoon crushed dry raw pour two cups of boiled water in a thermos 10-12 hours. The daily ration -. 100 ml 3 r / day.
• Chamomile - 3 tbsp. l. colors pour cup of hot water, warming on a steam bath for 15-20 min. The final composition pour water to the original volume. Daily portion - the glass during the day.

Herbalists herbal note efficiency, such as strawberries, black currants, chamomile, raspberries, cranberries in an equal ratio. Collecting brewed and drunk as a tea

immune-boosting foods

Proper healthy diet in itself is a powerful tool for strengthening immunity. Meanwhile, there are products, which structure is particularly useful for maintaining the immune system.

Honey

A unique product of beekeeping different multi-component composition. An extensive set of minerals and vitamins supplemented bee enzymes and organic compounds. Bactericides make honey a natural antiseptic, flavonoids stimulate the activity of enzymes.

Honey is a preventive and therapeutic agent - but only natural, artificial honey devoid of medicinal properties.

Honey is useful in and of itself, and in combination with other products: aloe, nuts, lemon, dried fruit. But we must remember that in very hot water, honey loses much of its medicinal properties.

Walnuts

Useful in almost all nuts, but walnut is a leader. It is composed of essential oils and fats, besides vitamins and minerals. Particular attention is paid to the content of nutritionists essential fatty acids Omega-3.

Walnuts have a firming and toning effect, stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, have a beneficial effect on the circulatory system. To enhance immunity, and they can be used individually or in combination with other types of nuts, fruits, berries, honey.

dairy

It is still one of the most useful natural products, beneficial effects primarily on the digestive tract. To strengthen the immune system is better to give preference to fermented milk products - acidophilus milk, kefir, yogurt.

Probiotics ensure the smooth functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, thereby providing a beneficial effect on the body as a whole. The greatest benefit of dairy products will bring if they drink on an empty stomach, with no added sugar.

chokeberry

Aronia (black chokeberry) different effective influence on the circulatory system of the body. Its constituent substances reduce cholesterol levels, enhance the blood vessels, as well as stimulate the endocrine system.

In herbal medicine used aronia berries and leaves. Under reduced pressure, chokeberry administered in the diet should be carefully limited in number.

Grapes and raisins

Grapes and fresh, and in dried form (raisins) is fount vitamins, micro- and macrocells, organic acids, tannins, antioxidants, flavonoid and other nutrients. Grapes has a beneficial effect on the immune, circulatory and respiratory systems. It protects against age-related loss of vision and slows the aging process in general.

Especially valuable use of raisins in the winter, in the absence of fresh berries and fruits.

Other methods: tempering, exercise, lifestyle, and other

Adults other than drugs, herbal medicine and nutrition, and other suitable ways to strengthen the immune system:

• hardening at times reduces the likelihood of disease. Hardened organism much easier to tolerate the temperature drop and other adverse effects.
• Physical activity necessary for health of the whole body, including it strengthens the immune system and protective.
• Rejection of bad habits. Alcohol, cigarettes, drugs destroy the health, first and foremost - the immune system.
• Confronting stress. Stress is harmful to health, it weakens the immune system and destroys the body.
• And needle-reflexology, physiotherapy. Toning the body and restoring its health, strengthen the immune system procedures, improving their own defenses.

In conjunction with proper nutrition, these methods are able to strengthen the immune system and rid the body of common diseases.

Prevention of weakened immunity

There preventive measures to protect against loosening of immunity, and, consequently, of the disease.

To maintain immunity is necessary to:

• to lead a healthy, physically active lifestyle;
• monitor their health, and in time to see a doctor;
• completely disease being treated, preventing their transition into chronic;
• keep track of your diet;
• keep drinking regime;
• not gain excess weight;
• avoid fatigue, sleep at least 7-8 hours;
• avoid stress;
• to monitor the cleanliness of the house.

Compliance with these simple rules will avoid problems with the immune system. According to medical research, the human immune system is equally determined by heredity and lifestyle.

Physical activity and proper nutrition, and avoidance of fatigue and nervous strain - these are the main ways to strengthen the immune system in adults. If necessary, you can resort to the help of herbal medicine and immunomodulators, but only after consulting your doctor.

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