健康小贴士：不吃药也可以治病

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　　Leading naturopath shows how to su percharge your immune system and fight infections with out relying on antibi otics.

　　自然疗法专家告诉你如何抛开抗生素、利用自身的免疫系统来治疗感染。

　　There are natural ways to boost your body's defence system.In the right circumstances antibiotics are invaluable, but we have to use them selectively.

　　我们可以借助一些自然疗法来增强机体的免疫力。在对症的情况下，抗生素的确是不可多得的灵丹妙药，但我们需要加以选择地使用。

　　As a result of overusing them, we are gradually seeing the rise of drug-resistant bacteria--superbugs that are a real danger to our health.Even when antibiotics are used against the "bad" bacteria that infect us, "friendly" bacteria, which we need for optimum health, are also damaged or killed.The solution is to help yourself.

　　滥用抗生素造成的后果是现在具有抗药性的病菌层出不穷，这些超级病菌是真正的健康杀手。而在使用抗生素来消灭影响我们身体健康的“有害”细菌时，健康身体所必需的“有益”细菌也受到伤害或被杀死。依靠自身的抵抗力是解决这一难题的办法。

　　The key is to help strengthen your immune system and modify symptoms without taking them away because they are part of the recovery process.There are natural ways of doing this very effectively, for adults and children.

　　问题的关键在于增强你的免疫力，而不是通过简单地消除症状来缓解病情，因为这些症状是痊愈过程的必然环节。对此，有些自然疗法极具功效，且老少咸宜。

　　Sore throat 咽喉肿痛

　　This tells you an infection is on its way.It could be viral or bacterial, but the first course of action is to take zinc lozenges(from chemists and health-food shops).

　　咽喉肿痛是感染发生的信号。无论是病毒

　　If your lymph glands are swollen, showing your waste disposal mechanism is blocked, lymphatic drainage massage will help.You should also try to avoid breathing through your mouth rather than your nose because this means not only is the air not filtered, but you are also drying up the mucous membrane, part of your body's defence mechanism.

　　淋巴结发炎说明机体的废物处理机制受到阻塞。这时可以采用淋巴排毒按摩疗法。同时还应尽量避免以口代鼻呼吸，因为以口呼吸时，不仅空气未能得到过滤，人体内防御系统的一部分——黏膜也无法保持湿润。

　　Enhance your immune function by taking care over your diet.High levels of refined carbohydrates, high-fat foods, alcohol and caffeine all affect efficiency.A good multivitamin and mineral supplement will act as insurance against any deficiency but probiotics also help.The herb extract echinacea has immune-enhancing properties.Gargling with one or two drops of tea tree oil mixed with water helps；it is a powerful anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, an ti-viral agent.

　　要提高免疫力还需注意饮食。过多地摄取精制碳水化合物、高脂肪食品、酒精和咖啡因都会使你的免疫力大打折扣。适当补充多种维生素和矿物质可以避免免疫力的下降, 益生菌制品也有此功效。松果菊属草药提取物也可以提高免疫力。把一两滴茶树油溶于水中用来漱口也是良方；茶树油具有抗真菌、抗细菌和抗病毒的功能。

　　Toothache 牙痛

　　If you have an infected tooth, you need to take antibiotics.Here, the alternative is not about what to do instead of taking them, it is about what to do as well as taking antibiotics and how to protect yourself after you've finished the course.The key is to take a supplement of the two main probiotics we need for the intestine, lacto-bacillus acidophilus and bifidobacterium bifidum.Both help to detoxify the bowel, manufacture B vitamins and keep yeasts and undesirable bacteria in check, but are damaged by antibiotics.

　　牙齿发炎确实需要服用抗生素。对此，自然疗法也并不是抛开抗生素，而是在服用抗生素的同时以及疗程过后采取一些自我保护措施。主要是补充肠道所需的两种有益菌群：嗜酸乳酸杆菌和两歧双歧杆菌。它们有助于排除肠道内的毒素, 制造维生素B, 并且能够有效控制酵母菌和不受欢迎的细菌的生长。然而抗生素会使它们遭到破坏。