Know Your Immune System

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Author: Dr. Ahmed Elkadi, M.D.

The human immune system is wonderful. In a very simplistic way, it resembles an army or police force, helping with the natural defence and repair mechanism needed for the prevention or healing of disease. It is composed primarily of specialized white blood cells and a variety of organic compounds produced by the immune cells to act as messengers or regulators. Some of the well-known immune cells are the T-lymphocytes, natural killer cells, and macrophages (big eaters).

The organic compounds that help the immune cells include interleukins, interferon's, tumour necrosis factor, and many others. Together with their organic compounds, the immune cells form a kind of team or network that helps with the coordination of the immune battle (initiation, regulation, and termination). They also kill or eliminate hostile agents such as cancer cells, bacteria, viruses, or diseased cells harbouring some diseases – causing virus or other agent.

Manifestations of disturbance (or dysfunction) of the immune battle as seen in many chronic degenerative diseases are conditions where the immune system fights the body’s own normal tissues instead of fighting foreign hostile agents. When taken together, black seed and garlic have an immune enhancing effect. The garlic improves the natural killer cell activity. The black seed and garlic have an immune enhancing the helper T-cell count and improving the “helper to suppressor” T-cell ratio.

Reprinted from alive magazine.

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