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Which home remedies can help?

In addition to a balanced, vitamin-rich diet and regular exercise, there are several other simple remedies or home remedies that are good for the immune system. One of the best known is probably the homemade “hot lemon”: the freshly squeezed juice of half a lemon is poured into a cup with hot, no longer boiling water and sweetened with honey as required. If you like, you can put some slices of fresh ginger in the cup.

This drink contains a large portion of vitamin C as well as the disinfecting properties of ginger and honey. Drunk hot, it also relieves acute throat and pharyngeal problems. Other hot drinks like tea also have this effect and can also be supplemented with honey or lemon juice.

Other herbs and plants besides the already mentioned ginger, which have a slight disinfecting effect and thus can support the immune system, are sage, eucalyptus, echinacea and arnica – the leaves or extracts can be brewed as fresh tea with hot water. Excessive consumption of coffee and alcohol, on the other hand, should be avoided to strengthen the immune system, also to ensure a good and restful sleep quality. Another method of strengthening the body’s defenses in an uncomplicated way at home is alternating showers: When showering, warm and cool water is used alternately.

This gets the circulation going and also ensures improved thermoregulation of the body, i.e. in everyday life the body can store heat better and release cold more easily. Basically, this is the same effect as a regular visit to the sauna or a Kneipp cure. For a start, it may also be sufficient to end the shower with a shower of cold water.

Many people also swear by the regular consumption of a chicken broth.Chicken broth is certainly not unhealthy, as it contains a lot of liquid and minerals and can – when drunk hot – relieve throat and pharynx problems. However, most vitamins are destroyed by cooking. Therefore, the effect of chicken broth, which is perceived as “healing”, is mainly based on the placebo effect. Nevertheless, or perhaps precisely because of this, it has a certain status as a household remedy.