In these challenging times, the strength of one’s immune system is of paramount importance. Here are 16 tips from Sadhguru on how to boost your immunity naturally.
在今天這樣的艱難時期， 人的免疫系統顯得極為重要。這裡有來自薩古魯的16個小貼士，提示如何以自然的方式增強您的免疫系統。
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across nations, the world is grappling with containing the virus and stopping its spread. Doctors agree that people with stronger immune systems are better equipped to handle the novel coronavirus. Sadhguru shares a few ways to naturally boost immunity over time.
如今，新冠病毒疫情正在各國蔓延，全世界都在竭力控制病毒的傳播。醫生認為，免疫系統更強的人能夠更好地應對新型冠狀病毒。在此，薩古魯分享了幾種能夠自然地不斷增強免疫系統的方式。
Sadhguru: Viruses are not a new entry into our lives. We literally live an ocean of bacteria and viruses. The important thing is that this particular virus is new to our system, so our bodies are struggling with it. To see that we can produce the necessary antibodies and become capable of handling it - as we have become capable of handling everything else - there are a few things we can do. It is not that this is a cure for coronavirus, but if these simple things can be practiced, you will see in six to eight weeks' time, your immune system will be at least a few percentage points higher. This is what you need to go through this situation without causing fatality to yourself and people around you.
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薩古魯：病毒並不是第一次侵入我們的生活。我們實際上生活在一個病菌和病毒的海洋中。重點在於，對我們人體系統來說，這個特殊的病毒是一個新的病毒，所以我們的身體在跟它做抗爭。人體能夠產生必要的抗體，漸漸地，我們就有能力應對病毒，就像我們已經有能力應對其他很多事情一樣，但如果我們能夠做到下述這些簡單的事情，你的免疫系統的力量至少會提升幾個百分點。要安然渡過這個時期，而不致讓新冠病毒禍害到你本人和你周邊的人，這些正是你所需要的。
1. Neem
Before you begin your morning sadhana, on an empty stomach, you must take eight to twelve neem leaves, chew them and keep them in your mouth. It is very important that it stays in your mouth as it is most effective here. Chew it for one to two hours. Do not wash it out or swallow it, just let it just be there in the mouth. Do your sadhana with that.
1、苦楝
在你晨修之前，空腹，將8-12片苦楝樹葉放入口中咀嚼，並將它們留在口中。很重要的一點，就是要讓苦楝葉留在口中，因為含在嘴裡效果最好。咀嚼一到兩個小時。不要吐出，也不要吞咽，就將它含在嘴裡。練功時也含著它。
2. Turmeric
Consume turmeric every day in the morning and allow it to stay in the stomach at least for one hour before you eat anything. This will do wonders for you. It is best to have organic turmeric.
2、薑黃
每天早晨吃薑黃，讓它留在胃裡至少一小時，然後才可以吃其他東西。這樣做效果很神奇。最好吃有機薑黃。
3. Mahavilva Leaves
There is something called mahavilva leaves which are available in the Western Ghats region. If you can eat about three to five leaves a day in the morning, that will also enhance your immune system.
3. Mahavilva Leaves
在印度西高止山脈地區，有一種樹葉叫做「mahavilva葉」。如果你每天早上能吃3-5片這種樹葉，你的免疫系統也會得到增強。
4. Nilavembu Kashayam
We are distributing Nilavembu kashayam across the villages near Isha Yoga Center. We have noticed in this part of Tamil Nadu where we are working, there has not been a single case in the last two months. One thing is the effective social distance policing by us and the authorities, as well as the Nilavembu kashayam. If you maintain these protocols, very easily you can enhance your immune system, because ultimately that is the only defence you have.
4、Nilavembu Kashayam
我們正在ISHA瑜伽中心附近的周邊村莊分發Nilavembu Kashayam。我們注意到，在泰米爾納德邦的這一區域，在過去的兩個月裡沒有一個病例出現。起關鍵作用的，除了我們執行了由我們和當局制定的保持社交距離的法規之外，還有就是這個Nilavembu Kashayam。如果你遵守和維護這些規範，很容易你的免疫系統就能得到增強，因為最終而言，那是你所擁有的唯一防護。
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5. Hot Drinks
Drink hot water about four to five times a day. It could just be plain hot water or you can put a little bit of coriander or mint, or you can add a pinch of turmeric, or even a little lime juice, and drink that regularly.
5、熱飲
每天喝4-5次熱水。你可以喝熱的白開水，也可以把香菜或薄荷放入其中，或者加少許薑黃，甚至一點酸橙汁，併合理分時飲用。
6. Raw Amla or Indian Gooseberry
This is the amla season, that is the bettad nallikai for Kannada people. This is not those huge, golf ball kind of amla. That is all hybrid amla, which is also okay if you do not find anything else. But otherwise, what grows in the hills is small in size. You just smash one amla, put a little salt on it and just chew it. You must keep it in your mouth for one to two hours, as it is most effective there.
6、印度生醋慄
現在是醋慄季節，醋慄就是卡納達人說的那種bettad nallikai。我們不是指那種大如高爾夫球的醋慄，那是雜生醋慄，如果你找不到其他的，用這個也行。如果你能找到，最好是找那種長在山裡的小尺寸醋慄。你要做的就是將一個醋慄壓碎，撒上一點鹽，然後放入口中咀嚼。必須將它含在嘴裡一到兩個小時，因為含在嘴裡效果最好。
7. Amla with Honey and Peppercorns
Soak amla (gooseberry, or nellikai) in honey overnight, along with some broken black or green peppercorns. Have about three spoons three times a day. It works best if that is the first thing that you take, when you are on an empty stomach. If you do this, in four to eight weeks, one can see significant betterment of one's immune system.
7，醋慄泡蜜和胡椒蜜醋慄
拌上搗碎的黑胡椒或綠胡椒，把醋慄（雜生或原生的）在蜂蜜中浸泡一夜。用量為一天三次，每次三勺。在吃其他東西之前，空腹時進食，效果最佳。如此持續4-8周，你的免疫系統就會得到顯著強化。
8. Raw Mango
This is also the beginning of the raw mango season. Do not wait for it to ripen, eat the raw mango. It is not a preventive for coronavirus, but it can up boost the immune system a little bit.
8，生芒果
現在也是芒果季的開端。不要等到它長熟，在它還沒長熟就食用。它不能預防新冠病毒，但對增強免疫系統起到一定作用。
9. Chyawanprash
There are traditional offerings like Jeeva Legium or chyawanprash that also build the immune system. If you have old people at home, beyond sixty years of age, it is good to start them on chyawanprash.
9、 Chyawanprash是糖，蜂蜜，酥油，印度醋慄果醬，芝麻油，漿果以及各種草藥和香料的煮熟混合物。它是根據阿育吠陀教科書中建議的說明進行製備的。Chyavanprash在印度被廣泛出售和食用，作為膳食補充劑——譯註
有些印度傳統滋補品，比如chyawanprash（它的另一個名稱是Jeeva Legium），也有助於提升免疫能力。如果你家裡有超過60歲的老人，讓他們食用這個膳食補充劑也是很好的一個選擇。
10. Kavacha
We are creating what is called as a kavacha. This is done with the science of Rasa Vaidya or Indian alchemy and it is done in a certain way that you can actually wear this bracelet on your arm. They come in different sizes so if you want, you can wear it on your calf muscle too. It is a consecrated piece which will definitely boost your immune system.
10、Kavacha
我們創造了一種叫kavacha的東西。這是根據一種叫Rasa Vaidya的科學（也被稱為印度鍊金術）製成的，它被做成一定的形狀，方便你很自然地戴在手臂上。根據需要不同，它有不同的尺寸規格。這是聖化之物，對提升免疫能力肯定有好處。
11. Prithvi Prema Seva
Most people develop a relationship with the soil only after they die, but it is very important to develop a relationship with the soil when you are alive. Especially now with this virus around. We call this prithvi prema seva. That means getting involved with the soil in a very loving manner. By doing this, your ability to resist these kind of invasions upon your life will be greatly enhanced. It is not just enough if you are alive; it is important that you live strong.
If you have a small patch of a garden you can do it there or you can volunteer to work in someone else's garden. They will get free labor but do not think that they are getting more; you are getting much more because you being connected with the soil will make a phenomenal difference for the way your physical body functions. Everyone must make use of this somewhere - at least go clean the streets. Do something! It is very important to put your hands into the soil. Otherwise, those of you who are too well-to-do but do not want to be seen doing any work because it may create a wrong image for your affluence, you can have a mud bath! Yes, that is also one way.
11，接觸大地之母
大多數人都是在死後才跟土壤建立一種關係，但重要的是在你活著的時候發展這種關係，特別是在今天病毒肆虐的時候。我們稱之為接觸大地之母（prithvi prema seva），意思是以愛的方式，跟土壤建立一種深厚的關係。這樣做了之後，當你生命受到侵襲時，你對此的抵抗能力就能大大增強。活著還不夠，活得強壯才是重要的。
如果你有一小塊花園，或者你可以志願在別人的花園裡幫工。他們能得到免費的勞力，但不要認為他們得到的比你多。你所得到的要多得多，因為跟土壤連接會對你身體功能的運轉方式造成極大的良性影響。每個人都必須找到地方來運用這個辦法，至少要去打掃街道。做些什麼吧！雙手跟土壤接觸是非常重要的一件事。另外，你們中有些人生活優越，不想被看到自己在做這樣的事情，因為這會給人造成一個貧窮的錯誤印象，那你可以洗一個泥漿浴！是的，這也是一種辦法。
12. Chant Yoga Yoga Yogeshwaraya to Generate Ushna
The 「Yoga Yoga Yogeshwaraya」 chant is about generating samat prana or ushna in the system. There is something called as ushna and sheeta, which in the English language translates into heat and cold, but that is not what it exactly means. It indicates that direction, but it does not mean that. If you generate enough samat prana and create ushna in the system, your immune system will function much better. This chant will generate a certain amount of strength in the immune system, because it generates heat.
Here is the link to the sadhana offering，Let this be very clear that this is not treatment for coronavirus, nor is it a prevention. "I did my chant, so I can go and do irresponsible things" - it is not going to work like that. These are things you do over a period of time to strengthen your system, so that when the next virus comes, you may be in a little better place to handle it.
12、唱誦
唱誦「Yoga Yoga Yogeshwaraya」是為了在人體系統中產生samat prana或ushna。有一種叫做ushna和sheeta的東西，在英語中被翻譯成「熱」和「冷」，但這個翻譯並不確切。它喻示了那個方向，但意思並不對。如果你在人體系統中產生足夠的samat prana和ushna，你的免疫系統就會運行得更出色。這一唱誦會在免疫系統中製造一定的強化力量，因為它會生成熱量。
讓我們把話說得更清楚一點，這個唱誦既不能治療新冠病毒感染，也不能預防。 「我做過了唱誦，所以我可以去做不負責任的事情」——這種想法是行不通的。你要花一段時間去做這些事情來加強你的人體系統，當病毒來襲時，你在應對它的時候才可能稍微多點優勢。
13. Practice Isha Kriya
The basic mistake we have made is that we have no distinction between what is 「me」 and what is 「mine.」 What I gather can be mine, we are not disputing that right now, but it cannot be me. If I say this piece of clothing is me, then obviously, I have lost it. Similarly, if I say that this body and the content of this mind that I accumulated - what I know and do not know - is myself, then I have a problem. Well, it is playing havoc with your life on a daily basis, but in moments of crisis like this, it may show up in a strong way. For this we have a simple solution: Isha Kriya, a simple way of separating what is you and what is not you. It is available free for everyone to make use of. If you bring this much consciousness into you, as to what is me, what is not me, it will be very easy to ride through times like this.
Let this be very clear that this is not treatment for coronavirus, nor is it a prevention. "I did my chant, so I can go and do irresponsible things" - it is not going to work like that. These are things you do over a period of time to strengthen your system, so that when the next virus comes, you may be in a little better place to handle it.
13、修習Isha Kriya
我們所犯的基本錯誤就是，我們在「我」和「我的」之間不做任何區分 。我所累積的可以是「我的」，我們現在不否認這一點，但這些東西不可能是「我」。如果我說這件衣服是」我「，那麼顯然，我根本沒做區分。同樣地，如果我說我所積聚的身體和頭腦裡的內容——我所知道的和不知道的東西——也是「我」，那我就出現問題了。沒錯，這個錯誤基本上每天都在你的生活中搞破壞，但在當前這種危難關頭，它的出現可能會造成更大的破壞。對此，我們有一個簡單的解決方案：一種用來區分什麼是你、什麼不是你的簡單方法。每個人都可以使用這種免費提供的方法。如果你把這樣的覺知帶入其中，就能清楚地意識到什麼是我以及什麼不是我，那樣的話，像當前這樣的艱難時期就很容易度過。
14. Keep Up Your Sadhana
The only thing that we actually know is that those who have a strong immune system will survive while those who do not will be affected by this COVID-19. We do not know anything else about the virus except that one thing. For that one thing you must keep up your practices, which will make sure your immune system is very high. Researchers from Indiana University, University of Virginia, Harvard Medical School and others have conducted studies on the Isha Yoga practices and they have manifested what is happening at that level where the inflammatory, BDNF and other markers are clearly showing that the immune levels are much higher for people who are doing the practices. Everyone should keep up the practice.
14，堅持靈性修持
我們真正所知的唯一一件事情是，那些具有強大免疫系統的人能夠存活下來，而其他那些人則將會被新冠病毒感染。除了這個之外，我們一無所知。為此，我們必須堅持修習Sadhana，這樣做可以確保你的免疫能力處在一個相當高的水平上。來自印第安納大學、維吉尼亞大學和哈佛醫學院等研究機構的研究人員對艾薩瑜伽修行進行了研究，這些研究顯示：那些做修行的人，他們的炎症反應和腦源性神經營養原子和其他指標的水平都清楚地表明，他們的免疫水平要高得多。所以，每個人都應該堅持靈性修持。
15. Get Enough Physical Activity
Now people are at home. If they just sit around, and through the day if they are eating something or drinking alcohol, they will make themselves much more susceptible. One simple thing is to stay physically active. This is a good time for us to use these few weeks to get fit. If you do not know anything else, at least simply jog on the spot every day at different times - maybe fifteen minutes at a time, five to six times a day. The body will try to handle things better.
15、保持充足的體力活動
如今人們都待在家裡。如果他們只是坐著不動，如果一天到晚吃東西或飲酒，他們就會變得更容易受到感染。我們有一個很簡單的解決辦法，那就是讓身體保持在活躍的狀態。這幾個星期是我們健身的好時機。如果你不了解別的運動，至少可以在不同時間段裡，每天做原地慢跑——比如每次15分鐘，每天5-6次。這樣，身體就能處在一個良好的應對狀態中。
16. Keep Yourself Joyful
Mental distress is definitely one way of putting down the immune system. To stay fully spirited, joyful, and exuberant is also a simple way of making your immune system and the body to function much better.
A joyful, sensible, and responsible human being can deal with situations much better than those who are dead serious about everything. Especially if you are in panic, you are paralyzed. It is very important that all your faculties are in place, that your body and your brain function and respond the way they need to.
16、保持愉快
精神上的痛苦一定會壓制免疫系統。保持精神充足、心情愉悅、充滿活力，這也是一個大大改善免疫系統和身體狀態的簡單辦法。
一個愉悅的、理性的和具有責任感的人要比那些對任何事情都極其嚴肅的人更能處理好生活中發生的各種狀況。尤其當處在驚恐之中時，你已經失去了反應能力。非常重要的一點就是，讓自己的各項資源都處在良好的準備狀態，你的身體和大腦都能以恰當的方式做出反應。
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