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As shown in the "Distance to the Moon" image. When the moon swings further away from the earth (February and September) and the frequency is not as close, it causes more allergy type symptoms in the body. How to Smoothly Transition The Return of Your Immune System in February/March Biology Researcher Randy Nelson at Ohio State University found that the decreasing sunlight heading into fall season (September/October) caused the immune system of mice to become significantly enhanced. His team than showed that 32 weeks later (February/March), the immune system would all of a sudden go into a sharp decline and return to its state of normality lasting throughout the rest of the year. This had a complete ascending to descending cycle lasting from 12 to 32 weeks. It appeared that the shorter days boosted the strength of the immune system. Randy theorizes that this is because the reproductive cycle shuts down during winter, and the immune system uses this extra energy to strengthen itself. This makes sense as we acknowledge Easter around spring, celebrating "renewal" and rebirth, which is related to reproduction. Autumn is the only season that the temperature is different in the morning and afternoon. In the daytime, it can be 65 degrees, but in the night, it may drop suddenly to 10 degrees or more. One of the main changes is in the wind, it becomes much drier, with the humidity returning around spring, increasing the moisture levels in the air significantly. If you work in a medical office, or know anyone that does, you will know the cold and flu season starts within 48 hours of Halloween, with a reprieve around Thanksgiving and starting again around Christmas and ending a few weeks after New Year's celebrating. This also happens to be the same time of year that people don't watch what they eat, allowing toxins to build up and gather in the fats in their system, leading to illness and disease. During late fall, we should ease our nervous systems down into a quieter mode, to promote optimum health through the winter; there is almost a palpable sense of heaviness, the energy moving downward, back to the ground, on its inward voyage. Chinese Acupuncture believes that the Large Intestine, which is responsible for over 70% of our immune system, is at its peak around the fall season. The lungs are also at their peak during this time. Autumn is the prime season to cleanse and boost the lungs and large intestine. In Humans, as day length decreases in autumn, the pituitary gland indirectly increases the secretion of testosterone and testicular volume increases. Products that cleanse the lungs and intestines include garlic, watercress, fresh ginger, kohlrabi, asparagus, radishes, onions and white wine. Also think of herbs such as basil, chives, dill (fresh and dried dill removes heavy metals such as mercury from fish and sea vegetables), the bark of cinnamon, cinnamon twigs, cumin, cloves, marjoram, mustard, nutmeg, pepper, dried mandarin skins, pepper mint, rosemary and star anise. Autumn foods: pears, apples, grapes, olives, limes, lemons, pickled gherkins, umeboshi (a Japanese prune), chestnuts, fennel (a root vegetable or a herb), barley gruel and barley water, millet, aduki beans, sea vegetables, peanuts (only a few, unsalted and used in cooking), coconut, sesame seeds (dry-roasted over your vegetables or on bread), barley- and rice malt, millet, barley, pork meat, venison, eggs, yogurt, cauliflower, button mushrooms, leeks, onions, salsify, young winter carrots, aubergines, beetroot, red cabbage, blanched celery, courgette, kohlrabi, bean sprouts, winter radish, Angela root, miso, soy sauce, sea salt, fish, crab (cooked in combination with ginger and vinegar), mussels (cooked with vegetables), oysters, herrings, sea vegetables. Essential Oils for the fall season include tea tree, eucalyptus, cajuput, sandalwood, peppermint and rosemary. Essential Oils to help cope with emotions around this time include: basil, bergamot, geranium, jasmine, neroli, rose, sandalwood and ylang ylang. You can take a bath with these to help lift spirits and clear the lungs. This "downshift" of the immune system, coming back "online" around early to late February, causes the lungs to become more prone to congestion and causes immune system impairments, (due to overstimulated intestines). This "overbalance" can be corrected with the following methods: Start exercising the body, allowing your T-Cells to rebuild their immunity. As your immune system comes "back online" include a detox of the liver and boost your intake of antioxidants. Another way to offset this "shock" is to perform a good detoxing consisting of the following :1 cup wheatgrass or fresh parsley, (wheatgrass is a sweeter taste.) 3 carrots, 2 apples, 2 stalks celery, 1 beet with top Astrophysics Links: MEV electrons Real Time: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/lists/particle/Gp_part_5m.txt Solar Flux Real Time Courtesy of NOAA: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_5m.html Real Time Cosmic counts can be found here: http://helios.izmiran.rssi.ru/cosray/main.htm http://cosmicrays.oulu.fi/ Mev forecasting 3 days ahead http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/refm/datafiles/refm.txt 8 days ahead http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/refm/datafiles/ws_refm.txt Solar Flare Forecasting (courtesy of NOAA): http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/weekly/WKHF.txt Interesting facts about cosmic rays: Cosmic rays are composed of over 90% hydrogen protons, similar to the hydrogen content in sea water. When you water plants with a 12% solution of seawater, you get significant growth. Cosmic rays striking the atmosphere are high in the minerals beryllium-10, carbon-14, and chlorine-36, which are deposit themselves in rain and snow. Beryllium happens to be an alkaline mineral. Carbon is in the thermal conductivity range similar to clay. There is an indicator of the sun called the sun's BZ. The most beneficial time to perform Tai Chi and other life force generation exercises is when the Sun's BZ points south. The BZ direction changes on average every 8 days, and it can point in any direction after a solar flare. BZ Forecast and prediction Courtesy of NOAA: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ws/index.html Geomagnetic Forces and Their Effect Upon the Body All living things once originated in the ocean, and as the life forms got more advanced, they evolved onto the earth. A solar flare (also known as coronal mass ejections) can produce two periods of magnetic disturbances. The first is associated with high-energy protons and ions lasting a few minutes. These highly charged particles buffets earth's magnetosphere resulting in extraordinary variations in Earth's surface magnetic field. The layer above our earth that ham radio operators use to increase the range of their signals is called the F2 layer. During certain periods in the cycle of higher solar activity, the F2 layer becomes highly charged, turning into a dense field of plasma. It is during this time there are rarely more than 1 million electron-ion pairs in a cubic centimeter. This increase is measured in what is known as the "Suns Solar Flux." Resource: Understanding Solar Indices By Ken Larson, KJ6RZ http://www.cvarc.org/tech/solarindice.html Between one and four days later, a dense mass of low to medium energy protons and ions made up of the solar wind surrounds earth. This results in a geomagnetic storm lasting for a day or two. This period of activity is known as the "Recurrent CHHS". In oil carrying pipelines the pipe-to-soil voltages actually increase during this recurrent CHHS period. The high currents manifest with increased rates of corrosion, especially if these pipes are stationed east to west and in high latitude regions. Quote from Nasa Science: "Ground currents induced during geomagnetic storms can actually melt the copper windings of transformers at the heart of many power distribution systems." Source: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2009/21jan_severespaceweather/ Transformers use oil to keep them cool. It is important to point out that not all solar flare storms produce higher geomagnetic activity. Sometimes both disturbances occur, other times only the single disturbance occurs. Electrical equipment can sometimes mimic the activity of a solar flare. The degradation of insulation in some electrical appliances causes a strong electric field to occur, which ionizes the air and excites nitrogen molecules, causing an emission of ultraviolet radiation. This corona effect degrades the insulation level of the appliance and produces ozone and to a lesser extent nitrogen oxide which may subsequently react with water in the air to form nitrous acid and nitric acid vapor in the surrounding air. Overall geomagnetic activity of the earth is measured in KP units and you can find the overall KP index here: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/kp_3d.html You can find the suns solar flux at this link: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_5m.html. Forecasts of geomagnetic storms and solar flares can be found at this link: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/weekly/WKHF.txt All above links courtesy of NOAA. A simple guide to follow regarding geomagnetic activity Higher geomagnetic activity that occurs at the exact same time a solar flare (higher X-Ray Background Levels) occurs with a higher solar flux activity, I believe is most destructive to the body. If the geomagnetic storm occurs a few days after the solar flare, the effect is usually the opposite and more beneficial to the body. Higher solar flux activity has been shown to increase emotional anxiety and stress. This can be turned into a positive, using this energy to increase our thought processes, powers of intention and performing exercising of the body. Scientific Validation Linking Geomagnetic Activity and Health Geomagnetic activity varies in wavelength, frequency and pulsation. In July 1984, researcher Mr. Blackman told the Bio electromagnetics Society that local geomagnetism is a critical variable in experiments, and explained why researchers had trouble reproducing biomagnetic experiments. It was because the results from these biological experiments varied with the local geomagnetism of their area. The labs trying to reproduce the same experiments were in different regions, where the geomagnetic activity was higher, lower or of varying wavelengths. This validates the theory that some geographic regions have areas where people will routinely suffer from poorer mental or physical health, compared to other regions. In the next illustration is an image showing higher geomagnetic energy (image courtesy of NOAA).
