It is time for you to get your

with a Seasonal Acupuncture Tune-Up with Dr. Megan Marco.  Call 860.536.3880 NOW to schedule your appointment!  ($25 - $200 depending on treatment preference.)  If you are sick, Acupuncture will help you get better quicker.
 

Step 2:  Get a Massage with our Talented Licensed Massage Therapists 

to Move Your Lymph and strengthen your immune system.

 

Step 3:   Come to Stonington Natural Health Center to:

• stock up your herbal medicine cabinet
• make a kit specific to you with herbal formulas that kill bacteria and viruses.  **See below**
• have Dr. Marco look at the stage of illness, your specific Herb Type, and what your symptoms are, to pick the proper Chinese Herbal Formulas for you.  
• have an Herbal Consultation OR just pop in for herbs if it is straightforward. 
• Be sure to have your herbs handy to blast the bacteria or viruses, to take daily for prevention, or if you have been around someone sick. 

Megan Marco, DAc, LAc

Stonington Natural Health Center

Your Place for Health, Healing, & Happiness 

860.536.3880

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What else

can I do to prevent the flu?

1. Wash your hands frequently  . Come get a natural antibacterial spray for your hands for when water is not available or for an extra boost:  Immune Support Essential Oil Spray, which can be sprayed on your hands, doorknobs and other surfaces. The anti-bacterial gels are petroleum, which is like putting gasoline on your hands. 
2. Don't touch your face, eyes, nose, or mouth. These are the areas that bacteria, viruses, and microbes can enter your body. 
3. Cough and sneeze into a tissue.
4. Wash any shared surfaces (like phones, keyboards, kitchen counters) frequently. 
5. Stay warm.  Dress in warm clothes and layers during these chillier months.  In Chinese Medicine, colds are called External Pernicious Influences (EPIs), and when they invade they cause colds and flus.  The areas that are easiest for EPIs to invade are the back of the neck, the lower back, and the shins.  So be sure to wear your scarf, a warm coat, and knee socks on those chilly days.  Putting a warmed-up flax or rice bag on these areas sure feels good, too. 
6. Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated.
7. Take a hot sauna or hot bath to induces a mini-fever to kill and denature unwanted bact  eria and viruses.  Boil slices of ginger and pour the ginger, water and all into your bath.  Combine with bath salts and your bath feels incredible.
8. Aerobic exercise to increase oxygen and blood flow in the body, thereby increasing your body's natural virus-killer cells.
9. A well-nourished immune system is better able to fight off infections. Fuel your body with dark green, red, and yellow vegetables or fruits.  Here at SNHC we stock, recommend, and prescribe high-quality organic vitamins.
10. Omega-3 Fatty Acids fight inflammation -- here at SNHC we have the highest quality fish oil from the cleanest Scandinavian waters.  Pharmax is the only company that does a process to get the "fishy gunk" out of their fish oil so that there is no burping.
11. Here at SNHC we carry high quality probiotics to help your digestion be healthy to outnumber the opportune bacteria with the good bacteria.
12. Don't smoke.  Quit smoking.  Avoid smokers.  Smoking kills cilia that help the lungs and nasal passages clear bacteria, viruses, and phlegm. You can quit smoking with ear acupuncture right here at SNHC.
13. "Relax -- If you can teach yourself to relax, you can activate your immune system on demand. There's evidence that when you put your relaxation skills into action, your interleukins -- leaders in the immune system response against cold and flu viruses -- increase in the bloodstream. Train yourself to picture an image you find pleasant or calming.  Do this 30 minutes a day for several months." Acupuncture and Massage treatments
    are excellent ways to bring you into a deeply relaxed state and healing nap.  -- information from WebMD by Jonathan L Gelfand, MD on February 21, 2010.

Herb Tip #1:  To preserve your Chinese Herbal tablets: leave the cotton in your bottles or add a few cotton balls back in to absorb any moisture.   A few years ago, the  FDA mandated that herbal companies put an expiration date or manufacturing date on herbal formulas.  The companies informed practitioners and consumers  that the herbs are still good after the date on the bottle.  We have observed that the herbs can last a very long time (over 10 years).  This is great news -- you can keep herbs on hand in case health concerns come up!

Herb Tip #2:  Other ways to take Herbal Tablets:

a)  Dissolve them in a little teacup of hot water with some honey or sugar to taste

b)  Grind them up and put in a shot glass or juice glass.  You can add a little hot water and then grape juice or just grape juice and stir briskly.

c)  Grind them up and mix with a little apple sauce or yogurt, followed by apple sauce or yogurt that does not have herbs.

d)  Grind them up and put them in a part of your smoothie.

Make sure that the herbs are mixed in and have not settled to the bottom so t hat you get their full benefit.

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