Mom Was Right: Stay Bundled Up to Avoid the Common Cold

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An interesting study that demonstrated several things.

 

1. Some folks are more susceptible to the effects of cold exposure

than others

 

2. Such folks experience more colds per year than others

 

3. exposing a random group to cold increases the onset of cold

symptoms compared to a control group (however the increased incidence

clusters in the group who is cold susceptible - not everyone is

affected)

 

This was done by an ND and lends support to several TCM ideas, which

would be predicted based upon theory

 

1. External Cold is a disease factor

 

2. Since qi or yang xu makes one more susceptible to External Cold,

patients who exhibit that pattern would be more likely to get sick in

general, whether exposed to cold or not

 

for those who didn't get the html link:

 

http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/content/en/int/article.jsp?relativePath=/

content/en/newswire/current/

newswire_2006_01_05_3.htm & indx=3 & description= & title=Healthnotes

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