The immune system is our body's defense system against infections and diseases. Organs,
tissues, cells, and cell products work together to respond quickly to dangerous organisms
(like viruses and bacteria). There are three types of response systems in the immune system:
the anatomic response, the inflammatory response, and the immune response.

Anatomic Response: This system physically prevents threatening substances from entering your body much like a brick wall protecting your house. Examples of the anatomic system include your mucous membranes (at the nostrils, the lips, the ears, the genital area, and the anus). Another easily understandable example is your skin. This is usually your body's first line of defense in preventing infection from a virus or bacteria. You wont really ever notice this system at work since it is constantly active and protects you from most bacteria and/or virus'.

Inflammatory Response: If bacteria or a virus gets past the physical system, the inflammatory system kicks in to overdrive by excreting or attempting to expel the invaders from your body. Sneezing, runny noses, fever, and swelling are examples of the inflammatory system at work. They work by trying to push the evil bacteria or bad virus out of your system like a fire hydrant popping open. It may also try to kill or isolate the bacteria or virus. An example of this is a fever. Your body raises its temperature in order to kill the bacteria in your body by overheating it. The purpose of swelling is your body isolating the bacteria or virus from reaching other parts of your body. While you may not feel well while these events are occurring, your body is actually fighting illness during these process' and it is generally a good sign of recovery.

Immune Response: This is the central part of the immune system and is made up of white blood cells, which fight infection by swimming through your blood stream and gobbling up antigens. Antigens are the parts and pieces that make up bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that your body doesn't want in it. Antigens are the enemy in this war. Antigens include unwanted coats, capsules, cell walls, flagella, fimbrae, and toxins. About a quarter of white blood cells, called the lymphocytes, migrate to the lymph nodes (little war pods) and produce antibodies. Antibodies are like soldiers with swords ready to combat disease by attaching themselves to the antigens (toxins) in your bloodstream and destroying them.

When dealing with your health and dealing with an infection or a sickness you will generally
only be dealing with the “Inflammatory Response System” and the core “Immune Response
System”. Consider this fight a war with the enemy much like a war between countries or a
war between the feeble and the bully. Controlling your inflammatory response system will, at
a basic level, only address your symptoms. Most over-the-counter and prescription drugs
only address the symptoms created by the inflammatory response system. They might
eliminate your sneeze or they might reduce your fever but the problem with this is that you
have now cutoff one of your bodies defense systems and your last defense (immune response
system) must then go into hyper-drive because you just took a pill that is now tying up the hands of one of its strongest allies. These drugs don't address the root of the problem. They
only hinder and prevent your body from healing itself from within. If you really want to rid
of a disease, a virus, or a tricky bacteria, the immune response system is what you are going
to need to assist, not the inflammatory response system. You should only need to counter the
inflammatory response system if it gets out of control such as a high fever or excessive
swelling or excessive coughing that is affecting your ability to breath or affecting other
essential organs from functioning normally. Coughing, sneezing, and fevers are essential to
your body’s heeling process as they help rid of bacteria and viruses. If you properly assist
your immune response system with the appropriate strategy for your condition, the symptoms
will surely go away and the inflammatory response system will subside as your body heals
itself. When your dealing with a chronic or persistent condition your Immune Response
System is going to need some help in building up its army. Remember this is a war against
your health and well being. The proper strategy is what determines who comes out on top in
the end. You vs. the Virus.

MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING. You can easily use nothing more
than food and herbs to help build your proper immune system army, however, you MUST
determine what type of bacteria or virus you are infected with. This is because certain viruses
may be immune to certain antibodies that your immune response system is generating. If you
build up your army with the wrong type of soldiers eventually you will have a large number
of angry, tired, and exhausted soldiers. Eventually, these excessive antibodies (soldiers) will
turn on you and start harming the wrong cells. Its like you sent in the marines on foot to
battle a warship. IT IS DIRELY IMPORTANT to understand that certain foods and certain
herbs help to build certain armies. Knowing which armies you need to build is essential to the
successful butt kicking of the nasty enemy bacteria or virus'. The easiest example of how
building the wrong army can harm you is the Allergy. Allergies are antigens (evil enemies)
that may enter your system either through eating, drinking,  breathing, or any other means of
entry. Your body is hypersensitive to the allergen meaning it gets really pissed off when the
allergen enters its turf. Your body in return overreacts to the the allergen and a huge
unnecessary army is built up in your system very quickly. At this point if you don't take
urgent action against your out of control army, this army may start destroying your system
from within and possibly even killing you in the process either by quick inflammation or by
slow deterioration through disease. This is why some people are able to survive cancer and
others are not. The ones who survived had the proper battle plan addressing the concerns of
their own body while the others unfortunately did not. Again, remember it is a war against
your health and well being.