It is hard to understand the truth of what is happening whether in politics or health from regular news sources owned by a few corporations. Whatever the truth is of the current health crisis, strengthening the lungs keeps your immune system strong.
 
The connection between your lungs and the immune system is made in ancient Chinese medicine. This medical system developed a different way of understanding the body independent of western biology and medicine. It has been an effective system for promoting health and healing for thousands of years.
 
Wuhan province in China has terrible air pollution which contributed to their recent health issues by causing weakened immunity. Modern Chinese leaders have forgotten their culture's own wisdom about the link between health and our lungs while pursuing methods of development that bring people out of poverty while at the same time causing serious health issues. Italy is said to be the most polluted country in Europe. This is another place where people have recently had high levels of sickness and deaths attributed to the coronavirus.
 
Ancient Chinese medicine is based on energetics. The lungs are related to overall vitality through the function of extracting the finest energy from the air. This energy combines with the essential energy derived from food fueling all functions of the body including the immune system, known as wei chi, the most aggressive and strong energy of the body.
 
When the energy of the body is abundant from optimal lung function, easy to digest and nourishing food, good sleep, rest, and the right amount of activity; the immune system is vital and strong and can protect us from viruses, bacteria and toxins.
 
There are many things that you can do to strengthen your lungs. Too start, I will offer simple suggestions. Creating what is called a damp condition promotes weakness and congestion in the lungs. The suggestions below help avoid this.

• Eat moderate amounts of good quality fats from saturated and monounsaturated fats such as butter from grass fed animals, coconut oil and olive oil. Avoid fried and rancid fats in regular commercially prepared foods as these congest and weaken the lungs. Saturated fats strengthen the lungs.

 

• If you eat dairy products choose grass fed products in moderation. Commercial dairy products from cattle in confinement congest the lungs.

 

• Limit white flour products as they can congest the lungs.

 

• Eat foods that in China are said to have a metal energy (based on the 5 element theory) which strengthen the lungs. This includes moderate portions of grass fed meat or wild salmon, brown rice, sea salt, miso and root vegetables.

 

• Eat regular but moderate amounts of foods with preformed vitamin A such as sardines, liver from naturally raised animals, butter from grass fed animals and eggs from pastured chickens. Vitamin A in the form of beta-carotene from plants does not convert well to vitamin A.

 

• Limit sugars, fruit juice, raw salad, alcohol, excessive water consumption and fruits. Avoid commercial pastries with poor quality ingredients and limit natural pastries.

 

• Prepare Astragalus tea or take high quality Astragalus supplements. Astragalus is the premier immune, lung and energy tonic of Chinese tonic herbalism. Studies have shown it to be beneficial for cancer, anti- bacterial and anti-viral. Choose high quality Astragalus supplements prepared from a concentrate. You can also rinse a ½ ounce of the root. Add the slices with 4 cups of spring water to an enamel covered cast iron or ceramic pot. Bring to a boil uncovered and simmer until the liquid reduces by 1/3 or ½. Remove the Astragalus. Save the tea. Add 2 cups of fresh spring water with the slices. Bring to a boil and simmer until 1 cup of the tea remains. Discard the slices. Separate into 2 doses.  Drink 2 times per day between meals. Refrigerate the leftover tea. Heat up before drinking. You may prepare extra for up to 2-3 days.

 
Air pollution in Wuhan Province: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50688880/polluted-air-could-be-an-important-cause-of-wuhan-pneumonia
 
Air pollution in Italy: https://www.lifegate.com/people/news/luxembourg-bans-glyphosate
 
Four Seasons Herbs: https://shop.fourseasonsherbs.com/astragalus-huang-qi-high-grade-1/4-lb.htm

I’ve always seen health consultations that I give as the first step in a person's new or continuing education in natural health. I give advice on how to balance their health through diet, lifestyle practices, supplements, herbs and other natural treatments. For the client, the experience of the change that occurs for them when following consultation recommendations is a type of self-education. 
 
My advice is based on understanding the state of imbalances that are present in a client's body and mind. To this end, I employ a type of visual, touch and aural diagnosis that I developed through the study of oriental medicines, progressive modern biology and health research. I call this IDx Diagnosis®.
 
All information that is gathered from medical testing is useful for me to understand the advice I need to give, but there is an essential difference between myself and alternative doctors and counselors. If someone's cholesterol or other blood markers are off, I also look at other signs of imbalance in the organs through my diagnosis to see what is contributing to this.
 
From my study of oriental medicines, there is a hierarchy of systems that are out of balance that create problems in the blood:
 
1.The Lungs and Digestive Functions: These two areas of the body are responsible for creating energy and blood/nutrition. They interact with each other to fuel the body with proper nutrients and vitality.

2.The Liver and Colon: If the blood and energy is disturbed, it affects the liver and colon functions. If the lung, digestive, liver and colon functions are disturbed for a long time, imbalances pass on to a deeper level.

3.The Adrenal Glands, Thyroid and Pancreas: If a person's diet is not supplying enough energy and nutrients or if the lifestyle is sapping too many nutrients or energy from the system, these glands are involved and start to affect the whole body function. The adrenal glands (and along with it the thyroid) are considered the internal energy bank of the body. When this internal energy is overdrawn from its bank account, may health problems arise especially those associated with aging (diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc.)
 
The first step in experiental education is balancing one's diet in order to restore balance to the body. The nutrients and energy from food fuel all bodily functions. To this end, a whole foods diet based on adequate nutrients including carbohydrates from whole grains, vegetables, fruit and natural sugars, proteins from animal and vegetable sources, fats from balanced oils and whole foods along with other natural foods. These are recommended in a particular way to restore balance to organs that are seen to be troubled through IDx Diagnosis® along with relevant medical tests.
 
I will recommend specific foods for an imbalanced organ. Vitamin rich foods are suggested to balance a weak digestive system. Traditionally foods such as organ meats, eggs, fatty fish and fish eggs high in vitamin A were considered deeply strengthening to the whole body. Modern research shows these foods heal the digestive organs because of their high vitamin A content. 
 
When a person eats to balance their organs according to the recommendations I give, an education is taking place. The body and mind is learning through the experience of eating what a more balanced state of health feels like. My diet recommendations last for 3-4 months.
 
It takes 120 days for all the blood cells to change according to modern biology. As the body becomes more balanced, the person feels what it is like to be in balance with their health. My recommendations may change to balance the body for the next 120 days although in actual practice, in a re-visit consultation, I often have to correct the diet that I recommended because it wasn't followed enough.
 
For example, I might recommend that a person avoids raw food because they have an energy deficiency. Raw foods like all watery foods lower the metabolism. In oriental medicines, this is known as an energy deficiency. After 4 months, it might not be necessary to avoid all raw foods. If the metabolism is still low, I might recommend continuing to avoid them or add in foods to raise the metabolism such as grass fed meat or wild salmon.
 
For people with chronic or serious conditions, seeing me every 3 months for a year or two helps them to continue on the healing journey by learning about the effects of different foods that I'm suggesting. After this period is over, many see me for an annual checkup.  Along with this personal experiential education, I suggest  intellectual studies of my programs and writings to help make more sense of their experiential education.

​80 percent of Americans have been found to be deficient in magnesium. Many people do not eat magnesium rich foods, are taking medicines that deplete magnesium or are using up all their magnesium.
 
Magnesium is involved in over 300 biochemical functions in the body, such as regulating heartbeat rhythms and helping neurotransmitter function.  This is why hypomagnesemia (another name for magnesium deficiency) is something you really want to avoid.
 
Magnesium is an essential mineral and an electrolyte. Some of the main functions of magnesium are:

• Regulating blood pressure
• Keeping bones strong
• Balancing nitric oxide in the body
• Supporting growth and development in babies and children
• Supporting proper function of nerves, muscles, and tissue
• Neutralizing stomach acid
• Moving stools through the intestine and preventing constipation

 
The kidneys primarily control levels of magnesium within the body and excrete magnesium into the urine each day which is one reason why urinary excretion is reduced when magnesium and other electrolyte statuses are low. Magnesium is actually the least abundant serum electrolyte in the body, but it’s still extremely important for your metabolism, enzyme function, energy production and much more.
 
Although we only need small amounts of magnesium relative to other nutrients, we must regularly replenish our stores either from foods or magnesium supplements in order to prevent deficiency symptoms. That’s because the body loses stores of magnesium every day from normal functions, such as muscle movement, heartbeat and hormone production.
 
Stress is a major cause of magnesium deficiency. Under stress, the body produces excessive amounts of estrogen. Stress can be caused by many factors such as extreme diets that are missing nutrients, mental approaches to life, lifestyle circumstances, excessive work or a lack of rest or sleep and many other factors. Adequate good quality salt is important to strengthen the adrenals so that the body holds on to magnesium.
 
It is best to get magnesium from foods and in some cases good quality supplements such as magnesium glycinate. Foods that are high in magnesium that are more balanced in their effects are: peaches, avocado, orange juice in moderate amounts, apricots, avocado, bananas, leafy greens, beets, wild rice, buckwheat, oats, black eyed peas, kidney beans, brown rice, wild salmon, halibut and many meats.
 
If you can handle coffee, it is high in magnesium. Magnesium is also high in chocolate, nuts and seeds. Because of its stimulating effects, I don't recommend a daily use of chocolate. Excessive amounts of polyunsaturated fats in nuts and seeds can lower the metabolism which creates a high estrogen state. I recommend the moderate use of seeds and nuts except in the condiment sesame salt.