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| They go beyond simply handing the body a list of temporary instructions. They teach it how to operate better. Some of the most popular herbsechinacea, ginseng, shiitake mushroom, garlic and Chinese astragalus and ligustrumare good choices for treating CFS. Besides buffing up the immune system, they control production and activity of T-cells and natural killer cells. Scientific studies have found that garlic improves the efficiency of T-cells by preventing them from clumping and enhances natural killer cells by 145 percent in only three weeks. Most of these herbs probably also regulate white blood cell activity, including leukocytes. |
| At the same time, echinacea, ginseng, Siberian ginseng, shiitake mushroom and garlic make healthy, uninfected cells more resistant to invasion. Ginseng offers other advantages, if Dr. Cheney's theories about RNA are correct since it regulates and improves the activity of RNA as well as the related DNA and cell division. Researchers conducting one study described the wide range of beneficial immune changes of ginseng dehydrated tea or extract as "drastic." 4 |
| We can literally travel around the world to find other immune system herbs to help CFS. There is ashwaganda, an Ayurvedic remedy from India, pau d'arco from the Incas and uña de gato, or "cat's claw," from the Peruvian rain forest. Pau d'arco may boost the spirits, besides. When the award-winning Argentinian botanist Dr. Teodoro Meyer treated cancer patients with it, he noticed their outlook on life improved along with their general health. Chinese medicine uses astragalus and ligustrum in the traditional Fuzhung formula to promote vitality and healing. Astragalus is valuable for chronic disorders |
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