Low immune function refers to an underactive and poor performing
immune system. The immune system’s prime function is to protect
the body against infection and the development of cancer.
Support and enhancement of the immune system is perhaps the most
important step in achieving resistance to disease and reducing
susceptibility to colds, flus, and cancer. Supporting the immune
system involves a health-promoting lifestyle, stress management,
exercise, diet, and the appropriate use of nutritional
supplements and herbal medicines. If you answer “yes” to any of
the following questions, it is a sign that your immune system
needs support: - Do you catch colds easily? - Do you get more
than two colds a year? - Are you suffering chronic infection? -
Do you get frequent cold sores or have genital herpes? - Are
your lymph glands sore and swollen at times? - Do you have now
or have you ever had cancer? Recurrent or chronic infections-
even very mild colds-only occur when the immune system is
weakened. Under such circumst