Performance of improving immunity

The core performance of improving immunity is never "not getting sick at all", but the simultaneous increase in the body's repair speed, stress tolerance and immune response sensitivity - in human terms, minor ailments heal quickly, you can withstand some sins, and you will not be "ranched" by viruses and bacteria at every turn.

Many people always think that not having colds or fevers all year round means that their immunity is full. Two years ago, I met a young man in the same department during my company physical examination. He had not had a fever or a cold in three years. The physical examination that year revealed a small nodule in his lungs. The doctor said that his immune monitoring was actually too "slow" and it took a while for the abnormal cells to grow before he was discovered. On the contrary, the sister who works next door may catch a common cold once a year, and she will be active for three days at most. She rarely even takes medicine, and all the indicators in her annual physical examination are normal.

Let me first talk about some intuitive feelings that are often mentioned in clinical Western medicine. I have been adjusting my immunity for more than half a year, and the most obvious change is the speed of wound healing. I scabed my knee while practicing skateboarding in the summer before. It used to take about ten days to completely scab away, and it would ooze pus and become inflamed at every turn. Last year, I had a similar wound, which scabbed over in three days. There was no problem even when I took a shower and touched some water. When I went for a follow-up examination, the doctor said that this was because the efficiency of immune cells in phagocytosis of germs had become higher. In the past, whenever someone around me had a cold, I was definitely infected. Last month, three people in the office got the flu one after another. My throat felt a little dry on the first day, but I was fine the next day after drinking two glasses of warm water. This is because the immune response is fast enough, and the virus was eliminated before it multiplied.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the judgment standard is actually more biased towards daily body sensations. In the past, I always felt that eight hours of sleep was not enough. I would feel groggy in the morning, my mouth would feel bitter and sticky, and I would have diarrhea after eating something cold. Now I wake up refreshed after seven hours of sleep every day. When I climb the 6th floor after get off work, I can easily carry a bag of two kilograms of watermelon for express delivery. I don’t pant like a dog, my tongue coating rarely becomes thick and greasy, and my bowel movements are very regular. I went to see an old Chinese medicine doctor before, and he said that this is "enough righteousness", which is what we call good immunity, and it is not easy for external evils to invade.

By the way, there are quite a lot of arguments about immunity on the Internet right now. One group says, "It's good if you don't get sick." The other group says, "It's immunity training when you get sick occasionally." In fact, both sides are right. It depends on the specific situation. If you have not had any minor problems for more than half a year, but you always feel tired and have no energy to do anything, then you should be careful. It may be that the immune cells have "struck" and failed to detect abnormalities in the body in time. ； If you occasionally have a low-grade fever or cold, you will recover on your own in about 3 days. This means that your immune system is in an "active and sensitive" state, so you don't need to be too anxious.

I have to mention something special here: don’t mistake immune disorders for immunity improvement. I once had a friend who blindly took an Internet celebrity supplement that was claimed to "boost immunity." After taking it for half a month, he started getting hives and itching all the time. He went to the hospital to check that it was hyperimmune disease. To put it bluntly, it means that the immune system is "crazy" and even destroys his own normal cells. This is not a good thing. If you really want to improve your immunity, don't touch those IQ tax products of unknown origin.

In fact, I have been working on it myself for so long, and the biggest feeling I have is that your body is more honest than any physical examination report. There is no need to chase those fancy indicators, such as whether your allergic rhinitis is relieved when the seasons change, whether eating some miscellaneous food will cause diarrhea, whether staying up late after a big night will take 3 days or whether you can recover the next day. These small and small feelings are the most real signals of improved immunity.