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It's nearly that time of year! As soon as July starts to end and August edges closer, thoughts of the phrase "Back to School" are hard to avoid. While this is a time full of a lot of excitement, and maybe some dragging feet, this is also a time when contact with more folks as at its highest. During the fall plenty of people of all ages find themselves succumbing to the early and unpleasant cold or flu. Like many things, one of the best counters for this first strike is preparation.

What Can Be Done to Avoid the Cold in the First Place?

Most people contract these viruses through contact with other people as they can be passed person to person in a variety of ways. It's not exactly reasonable for many of us to avoid close contact with other people--especially with work or school. One way to help lessen the daily contact impact is regular hand washing. On top of regular hand washing, make sure to avoid touching your eyes, mouth, and nose. These are easy access points for viruses!

To keep the folks around you healthy, consider covering your mouth and nose for sneezes and coughs as well as keeping up that hand washing!

Maybe I'm Already Feeling Sick!

It's pretty easy to try and avoid those warning signs we know are for a cold. We might say they're allergies or we're just feeling "off" today, but it can help to trust your body and know when to rest. The CDC reports that the average adult has 2-3 colds per year and children have many more than that! It can take days to recover and with a few colds a year that's quite a few missed days! Knowing the nature of the season, it can be good to consider what you can do to support your seasonal health from the start of fall all the way through winter.

Supporting Healthy Immunity

Traditional Chinese Medicine has for centuries used a variety of techniques to provide winter health support and also work herbs to be beneficial to upper respiratory health. In that time, Yin Chiao Chieh Tu Pien has become a popular choice during the winter. This traditional mixture assists in preparation for the winter season and supports the body's natural defenses. So many of the individual ingredients enhance immune support:

Honeysuckle - Jin Yin Hua
Expels Externally Contracted Wind Heat, Clears Heat, Cleans Toxins

Balloon Flower - Jie Geng
Directs the Action of Other Herbs Upwards, Benefits the Throat, Transforms Cold Phlegm, Circulates Lung Energy

Forsythia - Lian Qiao
Cleans Toxins, Expels Clears Heat, Contracted Wind Heat

Peppermint - Bo He
Benefits the Throat, Disperses Wind Heat, Clears the Head and Eyes

Crested Grass - Dan Zhu Ye
Relieves Thirst, Lessens Irritability, Releases the Exterior, Disperses Wind Heat

Edible Burdock - Niu Bang Zi
Benefits the Throat, Detoxifies Fire Poison, Disperses Wind Heat

Schizonepeta - Jing Jie
Expels Wind Cold and Wind Heat, Releases Exterior

Fermented Soy Bean - Dan Dou Qi
Alleviates Irritability, Releases the Exterior for both Cold and Hot Exterior Conditions

Chinese Licorice root - Gan Cao
Moderates and Harmonizes Other Herbs, Tonifies the Spleen, Detoxifies Fire Poisons, Benefits the Qi,

All these individual ingredients are found in Yin Chiao Chieh Tu Pien that together make it a friendly option when considering what might help promote optimal health during the winter months.

sources: https://www.cdc.gov/features/rhinoviruses/index.h...