Health Tips Blog » using herbs http://healthtipsblog.net Health Tips - Medicine - Doctors - Your Body Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:04:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Using Astragalus Root To Cure Your Cold http://healthtipsblog.net/2010/using-astragalus-root-to-cure-your-cold http://healthtipsblog.net/2010/using-astragalus-root-to-cure-your-cold#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:27:44 +0000 Heather http://healthtipsblog.net/?p=69 AstragalusNow that we have talked a little bit about zinc, let’s move onto astragalus.  This particular herb is actually been used in traditional Chinese medicine for years and it is a preventive herb.  What it can do is actually help you prevent getting a cold or the flu and it can certainly strengthen your immune system immensely.

Astragalus has also been known to be used as an antioxidant and has even been suggested to use to treat heart disease.  It is actually being investigated as a possible herbal treatment for those people that have a very, very weak immune system.

You can actually find astragalus in many different forms, from capsules to teas to even the dried root!

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