To turn sub-health into a healthy state, we must first improve our immunity. What traditional Chinese medicines are there to enhance immunity?

Sub-health is a common health condition of modern people. Traditional Chinese medicines that can improve immunity include dandelion, Schisandra chinensis, Ophiopogon japonicus and Ligustrum lucidum.

At present, most people are in a sub-health state. If you want to turn a sub-health state into a healthy state, you need to improve your immunity first. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that low immunity is caused by imbalance of yin and yang. Therefore, in addition to tonic, you can also use some traditional Chinese medicines with less side effects than western medicines. What is lacking is that it takes a long time to achieve relatively slow results, but it will not be easily lost.

1. Chinese herbal medicines that can increase the number of white blood cells in blood are: Ginseng, Codonopsis pilosula, Sophora flavescens, Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae, Radix Aristolochiae, Radix Astragali, Ganoderma lucidum, Flos Lonicerae, Radix Ophiopogonis, Scutellariae Radix, Radix Rehmanniae, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, Herba Violae, Fructus Crataegi, Fructus Psoraleae, Fructus Jujubae, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae and Prunellae.

2. Chinese herbal medicines that can enhance the function of mononuclear macrophages (with the function of phagocytosis of bacteria and viruses) are: Radix Codonopsis, Ginseng, Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Ganoderma lucidum, Polyporus, Angelica, Calculus Bovis, Radix Astragali, Taraxacum, Prunella Spica, Taxilli, Poria, Artemisia annua, Stigma Maydis, buffalo horn, etc.

3. Chinese herbal medicines that can increase the number of T cells (immune cells belonging to human body) and transform lymphocytes (which can participate in human hematopoiesis) are: Ginseng, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Chuanxiong, Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum Multiflori Radix, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Schisandra chinensis, Angelica sinensis, Polygonatum sibiricum, Coicis Semen, Asparagus, Ligustrum lucidum, Lycium barbarum, Sophora flavescens, Epimedium and so on.

4. Chinese herbal medicines with interferon-like effects are: Radix Astragali, Flos Carthami, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Rhizoma Pinelliae and Cortex Mori. Plantain, Bupleurum, perilla leaf, Stephania tetrandra, stigma Maydis, etc.

5. Chinese herbal medicines that can promote antibody production are: Ginseng, Polygonum Multiflori Radix, Bupleuri Radix, Placenta Hominis, Rehmannia Radix, Epimedium, etc.

However, traditional Chinese medicine can't be taken at will, and tonic should be based on one's own physique, so don't take it for granted.