Austin Longevity Center
Let’s be prepared. Let’s start filling our medicine cabinets with TCM home remedies for the winter cold and flu season. First, the two most commonly used foundation formulas… Yin Qiao San (or Yin Qiao Jie Du Pian/ Lonicera & Forsythia Tablets) has been relied upon by practitioners for many, many years to combat the first […]
I started out this blog thinking about taking care of colds and flu/winter respiratory challenges, which I get back to thinking of EVERY winter. This winter nearly all the patients walking through our doors are either currently sick, just over something, nursing a family member or two, or about to be the next ‘victim’. Patients […]
So now we need to know how and how much to care for a person with a fever. First and foremost, fever can be left to run its course. The most important thing is to treat your self or your family member and not the fever. In other words, make certain to be hydrated, comfortable, […]
LET’S TALK ABOUT FEVER. First of all, know that FEVER is the body’s FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE. It is a POSITIVE response to invading infection. If your immune system is strong then as the first responder, FEVER will BURN out what tries to get in. The body knows that a higher temperature is an inhospitable […]