Body-Strengthening Treatments During Coronavirus and Coping With Post-COVID Symptoms

Today, when the whole world is preoccupied with the coronavirus and coping with post-COVID symptoms, it’s time to look at what Chinese medicine has to offer. From past experience, we know that Chinese medicine can contribute greatly to strengthening the immune system, so that it is effective both when exposed to the coronavirus and when dealing with the symptoms that appear after recovering from it. Making use of the secrets of Chinese medicine is always recommended, but in order to know and confirm that you have indeed contracted COVID, you will need a home COVID test sold in all pharmacy chains. You can get tested with this test even without leaving the house, so you can quickly find out whether you’ve been infected and what’s worth doing to prevent the late symptoms of infection in advance.

Chinese medicine and the coronavirus

Many people are afraid of the coronavirus pandemic and the likelihood of falling ill with the disease, especially since it is known that the infection rate of this disease, like other similar pandemics, is very high. In order to try to prevent infection with the coronavirus, the strongest recommendation is to try to strengthen the immune system, as is also recommended during other, ordinary times. The assumption with the coronavirus is that as soon as the virus attacks, the activity of the immune system drops, and as part of that, inflammatory factors are triggered which throw the body into turmoil and can damage many organs. After dealing with the illness itself, during the recovery stage, the virus may leave the body with a weakened, depleted immune system, so that it struggles to return to itself and has to cope with various ailments and symptoms. This is where Chinese medicine is needed, as it can treat a wide range of illnesses and symptoms in a holistic, complementary way, as well as treatment and rehabilitation from many conditions. Using the components of Chinese medicine may regulate and balance the immune system, shorten the duration of the illness, and sometimes even improve the effectiveness of the treatment given.

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Post-COVID symptoms and coping with them

If you contracted the coronavirus and confirmed it using a home COVID test sold in all pharmacy chains, you may feel a number of symptoms even after you’ve recovered. Many people who had COVID suffer from symptoms afterward, and complain of excessive fatigue, lack of strength, a lingering cough, reduced appetite, strange pains or numbness in various places in the body. Among women, they may suffer from a menstrual cycle that’s out of balance, the appearance of period pain that wasn’t there before, a delayed or early period, and more. In order to understand which symptoms a person is suffering from and which organs are involved, at the Machat Ruach clinic I can carry out a thorough intake to understand how to bring the body back into balance. I will typically make use of treatments such as Chinese acupuncture, Tuina, herbal medicine and so on. In the intake, I will use a range of techniques such as observation, palpation, smell and listening.

What can be done at the Machat Ruach clinic?

Through the lens of Chinese medicine, COVID is a sign of a weakened immune system. Both contracting the virus and overcoming the symptoms that appear afterward are a sign, and a demand from the body, to strengthen the immune system. Chinese medicine has a variety of treatment methods that can strengthen the immune system as a whole, and specific organs in particular. For example, with COVID, where the lungs are the weakest organ, we can act to strengthen them in various ways. Although we believe the body can heal itself in many ways, when it comes to COVID and post-COVID symptoms, we still want to help the body strengthen and manage to overcome the illness with the help of a variety of Chinese medicine treatments. That said, it’s important to say that alongside Chinese medicine treatments and the variety of tools they offer, you should follow your doctor’s instructions and treatment recommendations, including taking a home COVID test sold in all pharmacy chains.