Healthy spleen strengthens immunity system |
Our immune system must be helped in fighting with bad factors that can sicken our body. People take natural supplements, vitamins and minerals to increase immunity.
Increasing immunity means, in fact, curing and cleaning organs that have the function of defending the organism from external and internal bad factors.
The organs that have this role are: liver, gall bladder, kidneys, digestive system and respiratory system and spleen.
Spleen is a lymphatic organ and it is placed in the left side of our body, in superior part of abdominal cavity.
Functions of spleen
-destruction of older red blood cells,
-production of lymphocyte that have role in curing infections, killing viruses, bacteria as tuberculosis, pertussis,
-spleen makes fighting cells for immunity system,
-is the collector of the blood,
-recycle and transforms old red blood cells in iron... If you deal with a chronic iron anemia it's possible to have problems with the activity of spleen.
Signs of an abnormal activity of spleen
-gases and distentions,
-chronic diarrhea,
-teeth marks on sides of the tongue,
-pain in the left side a spank under ribs, flank.
The most known diseases of spleen
-splenomegaly caused by anemia, hepatic cirosis or tuberculosis,
-hypersplenism, a hyper function of spleen. The red cells are destroying them self without being aging.
The treatment of spleen diseases
-if you have spleen problems you must eat foods that contains chlorophyll as spinach, nettles, green salad, especially green vegetables that are increasing capacity of spleen to defend the organism,
-you must apply directly on the spleen zone hot towels, hot tea. Heat is good for the spleen.
-herbs and condiments as: garlic, black pepper, ginger, ginseng, cinnamon, horseradish, that are heating our spleen,
-another foods that helps spleen: pumpkin, beans, beetroot, carrots, parsley, celery, chicken and fish.