Note: Two of the (many) areas that Traditional Asian Medicine excels in is replenishing energy after illness and in treatment of the elderly. I have often had patients come into my office that are suffering from the after effects of illness, and a course of acupuncture, herbs, and targeted nutrition will usually have them feeling better in a fairly short period of time.
Aging may intensify and prolong feeling run down when common infections like the flu occur, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A new study, done with mice and published in the Federation of the American Societies of Experimental Biology Journal, suggests that miscommunication between the immune system and brain may be to blame for extended sickness symptoms and other cognitive disorders in elderly people and animals with an infection.
Study: 'Run-down' feeling with illness may last longer as people age
