How To Boost Your Immune System

 

The main function of the immune system is to protect the body against various infections. It is the most important body component that helps in determining one's state of health. The effectiveness of immune system varies from person to person. 

In the human body's natural immune system are nonspecific and specific immune system. Which includes immunity nonspecific include the defense or protection of physics (such as skin and mucosal linings), chemical (such as enzymes and stomach acid), mechanical (such as bowel motions and hair shakes), and phagocytosis (such as NK cells or natural killer, granulocyte , macrophages, and neutrophils).

An example is the human eye is equipped with a mechanism for setting the intensity of light entering the retina. The light intensity regulating device called iris or pupil. This organ can grow and shrink automatically.

With the pupils, the function of the sense of sight can be maintained well. If the light intensity is too large, while at the same time the pupil does not work, then the retina of the eye will be damaged so that it can be fatal to the sense of sight.

While the specific immune system is also divided into two, namely humoral and cellular. Humoral immune system consists of an antibody, immunoglobulin IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD, IgE, and body secretions such as saliva, tears, earwax, sweat, gastric acid, pepsin, and others. The main task of this system is to combat the organism infected by forming antibodies.

While the cellular immune system that play a role is the proliferation of T lymphocytes in the thymus gland influence of various factors on the origin of the thymus. T lymphocytes attack the antigens inside the cell. The main function of specific cellular immune system is to defend against bacteria, viruses, fungi and malignancy in intra-cellular.

The main components of the immune system are bone marrow, antibodies, cells, lymph nodes, spleen, chemicals, thymus glands and tonsils. The things you can do to start boosting your immune system are :

1.    Reduce Stress

When you're less stressed your body gets stronger. Your body functions in the manner it was meant to do, and that is to protect and maintain it in a healthy condition. With stress reduction the body is able to detach from environmental stressors allowing feelings of relaxation to encompass both body and mind.

Some natural healthy ways to lower stress and boost your immune system are: walking and moderate physical activity, yoga and stretching, hand washing to keep germs away, laughter and humour, listening to or playing music, etc.

2.    Feeding your immune system

Good food and nutrients boost the body's immune power in many ways. They increase the number of white cells, train them to fight better, and help them form an overall better battle plan.

The top eight nutrients to add to your diet to cut down on absence from work and school because of illness are vitamin C, vitamin E, beta carotene, bioflavanoids, zinc, garlic, selenium and omega-3 fatty acids.

3.    Using Aromatherapy

The following oils can all help to boost your immune system such as tea tree, lavender, helichrysum and rose.

You get the benefit of the natural chemicals in essential oils via your sense of smell, which is directly connected to your limbic system, and they can go to work on your nervous system almost immediately. The calmer and more relaxed you feel, the less stressed out you get, the less wear-and-tear occurs to your immune system.

4.    Stay Positive

When you always stay positive like do postitive activity and have positive thinking, your immune system will be stronger.

Let’s do it to avoid diseases to our body and make our life’s better.