Find the Triggers
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A couple things to look for 1) You have trouble breathing, 2) you have more difficulty getting air in than getting air out out?
Acid reflux causes you to have trouble getting air in during inspiration. People with asthma have difficulty getting air out of the lungs. Make sure you have the correct diagnosis!
When I was sick I was misdiagnosed at least seven times. That is seven time too many in my book. Getting on an treatment can permanently cure this asthma-like breathing problem. If you do not have enough acid in your stomach and this can happen as you get older or even to someone younger. not correct digestion leads to acid build up which causes acid reflux.
My ND put me on HCL, hydrochlric I simply took a few bites of food then take a HCL pill I was told to take one tablet if not burning in the stomach, then next time you eat take two, then next time you eat take three. As soon as it begins burning in the stomach cut back to two.
There are other ways as well one is licorice or good old baking soda, since we all know it is alkalizing and it neutralizes stomach acid fast, and alkalizes the entire system. Mix 1/2 teaspoon to full teaspoon in an 8 ounce glass of pure waterand drink immediately. You will find out fast if you have asthma or acid reflux Be caution because baking soda can raise your blood pressure.
Find the Triggers
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Find the Triggers
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Find the Triggers
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Find the Triggers
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When he feels a sinus infection coming on (which is rare these days), he does the Neti pot (1 C warm water, 1/2 t. real salt, 1-2 drops GSE, 1/4 t. baking soda) and gargles. We take a boat load of vitamins (including 500mg magnesium and 2.5g Vit C in a powder).
For colds, 150mg zinc, then again 4 hours later, then again 4 hours later - I find this odd but a friend recommended it and it works.
Garlic is great for lungs: swallow a raw crushed clove (I cut it in pieces).
Drink hot ACV with honey and a tap of cayenne at night - yum! Everything clears up.
That's all I can think of at this moment. Thanks so much for this website. I just wanted to give something back. Pura vida!
Fish Oil
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I researched for natural cures and found fish oil. I started taking it and the wheezing went away. My lungs feel pliant and able to open up. Wet and cold weather do not affect me anymore. I can breathe! When I don't take the fish oil, the wheezing comes back, so I'm convinced that what is what works for me.
The recommended amount I read is one teaspoon for every 50 lbs. of weight. That's what I take. I usually will take a liquid form, but sometimes pills, so I will take about three or so of those. My body lets me know how much works. I take the fish oil in the morning. I also take flax oil at night, one or two tablespoons. But when I only take flax oil, the wheezing comes back. It has to be fish oil (sorry vegetarians, I don't know any other answers for you).
In the winter I take cod liver oil, in the summer just regular fish oil. Both work as well, but the cod liver oil has vitamin D, which I feel I get enough of in the summer.
So I believe for me, the answer is that I need the omega 3 fatty acids for normal lung function.
The taste can be unpleasant, but there are flavored forms and then of course the pills, though they tend to be rather large.
Another bonus is that I notice my vision is much clearer when I faithfully take fish oil, particularly the cod liver oil. The owner of one of the vitamin stores I go to says that the elderly customers who have taken cod liver oil their entire lives often have 20/20 vision. I believe it.
I hope this can help someone and I'm really glad I found this site. I'm trying a few of the suggestions here and will post in a while when I see (or don't see) results.
Fish Oil
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Frankincense or Myrrh Oil Inhalation
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In a practical inquiry into disordered respiration, first published in 1797, Bree noted that historically many physicians, from Hippocrates onwards, had recommended inhaling vapours from frankincense, myrrh and various gums in order to treat both asthma and phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis or a similar progressive systemic disease).27
Garlic Foot Bath
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From the Book: Miracle Medicine Foods by Rex Adams, p. 21-22,37-43. 1977
In 1948, after years of research, scientists firmly established garlic's "penicillin power, " by isolating various substances in it.
Alliin, the first substance isolated, was effective against the germs that cause salmonella poisoning, dysentery, and the staphylococci germs that cause skin boils and running sores. It was also effective against the streptococci germs that cause scarlet fever, sepsis, diphtheria, erysipelas, inflammation of the lining of the heart (rheumatic fever). Alicin, the other garlic ingredient, fights conjunctivitis (eye infection), putrefaction (food decay in stomach and intestines), typhoid, cholera and TB. But the big point to remember is that garlic is able to combat some germs even penicillin won't touch, like baccillus paratyphoid-A, which creates confusing symptoms like dysentery, "fake influenza, " rheumatism, or kidney complications. Garlic vapors halt germs at a distance of 20 cm! Its germ-killing power remains in the bloodstream for 10 hours!
During World War II, thousands of tons of garlic were purchased by the British government for treating wounds. It had been reported that not one case of septic poisoning or gangrene occurred among those treated! Around this time Albert Schweitzer reportedly used it against typhus, cholera and leprosy. In Malmo, Sweden, during a polio epidemic, out of 1,204 children who took it, not a single case occured. A Japanese doctor reports its effect against gonorrhea!
The only warnings I have ever seen in print with regard to garlic are that it should be cooked** (?)—or diluted—for people with weak constitutions, avoided by those with an allergy to sulfur, and not placed directly on open wounds without being diluted first. The Russians used special containers filled with ground garlic placed directly over an infected wound—even in amputation cases. The vapors alone killed any germs, and soldiers' wounds were cleaned quickly and efficiently!
**This book was written in 1977. Fast forward 50 years and thru laboratory testing we now know that cooking garlic destroys 90% of it's medical value. I suggest steeping garlic in cool water to achieve infusion.
Garlic is reportedly the oldest, safest, and surest remedy for asthma, bronchitis, and other respiratory ailments. For centuries, the Chinese, Greeks, and Egyptians all claimed that garlic cured infections of the respiratory tract. Dioscorides, a Greek physician who accompanied the Roman soldiers as their official doctor, in the 2nd century, specified garlic for all lung disorders. Pliny, the 1st century Roman naturalist, maintained that garlic cured consumption (TB). Down through the ages, garlic's reputation as an aid to breathing has persisted.
And this is because of garlic's proven antiseptic, germicidal powers. Grated garlic placed near the most vicious germs will kill them all in 5 minutes! Typhoid, cholera, polio, TB—even leprosy and gonorrhea—have all been stopped dead in their tracks by garlic! Against garlic, cold, flu, virus and allergy germs don't stand a chance!
In addition, the ethers of garlic are so potent and penetrating they dissolve mucus in the sinuses, bronchial tubes, and lungs. As one woman stated: "It was from an herb book that I learned about the wonders of garlic, and cleared up pneumonia congestion in my lungs when antibiotics failed." It is truly Poor Man's Penicillin!
NINETY PERCENT RELIEF REPORTED.
Among the best results that Messegue, the great French herbalist, has achieved are cases of asthma, bronchitis, and other respiratory ailments. Messegue, himself, does not care much for statistics. But one of Messegue's colleagues spent countless hours tabulating the results of Messegue's treatments. For respiratory ailments, the record shows —
|
Ailment |
Cured |
Improved |
Unknown |
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Asthma |
60% |
30% |
10% |
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Bronchitis |
10% |
80% |
10% |
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Emphysema |
10% |
70% |
20% |
Source: *Of Men and Plants by Maurice Messegue, Ibid.
The cure—which involves garlic—was learned from Messegue's father, Camille. "He was successful in his treatment of asthma*" states Messegue, "which in those days could be traced to simpler causes… Nowadays, air, water and food are polluted by chemicals which we then breathe or swallow. My father used to treat asthma with foot-baths. He would drop what he called his macerations into three or four liters of water, and his patients would soak their feet in this for quite a time."(Messegue, Op, cit.)
Why the feet?" you ask. Why not? It doesn't really matter how you take garlic—its penetrative powers are so strong that even when applied to the soles of the feet its odor is exhaled by the lungs, within an hour!
BASIC PREPARATIONS.
(Reprinted with permission of Macmillan Publishing Co., from Of Men and Plants by Maurice Messegue Copyright © 1972 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. Copyright © 1973 by Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.)
For allergies, asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema, Messegue uses garlic—in large doses—in combination with other herbs and spices, all available without prescription at most health stores and herbal pharmacies. These applications are for external use only (foot baths, hand soaks, hip compresses) and are not to be eaten, or taken internally. All of Messegue's treatments include the following basic preparations.
Dried roots should be crushed; semi-fresh roots should be grated. Fresh plants should be chopped. Garlic should be crushed. He warns the user to follow the exact dosages given, otherwise the plants give undesirable, and sometimes disagreeable effects.
For foot and hand-baths, boil two quarts of water and allowed to stand for five minutes. Add to this 1/2 pint of crushed or chopped plants and let "macerate" for four or five hours, protected from dust. Then pour into a clean bottle (never use a metal container, he says). The resultant preparation can be used for eight days, without boiling or adding more water.
ALLERGIES
Garlic (one crushed head)
Single seed hawthorn (blossom—-one handful)
Greater celandine (flowers and stems, if possible semi-
fresh—one handful)
Couch-grass (roots—one handful)
Common broom (flowers—one handful)
Sage (leaves—one handful)
Linden (blossom—one handful)
Use in foot and hand-baths.
ASTHMA
Garlic (one large crushed head)
Corn poppy (flowers and capsules—one handful)
Lavender (flowers—one handful)
Ground-ivy (leaves—one handful)
Parsley (leaves—one handful)
Sage (flowers—one handful)
Thyme (flowers—one handful)
Use in foot and hand baths. Messegue advises that since asthma stems from a variety of allergies, you should follow your doctor's advice. While this preparation can bring relief during an attack, it is not necessarily a cure.
BRONCHIAL DISEASES
Garlic (One large crushed head)
Borage (flowers and leaves—one handful)
Cabbage (fresh leaves—one handful) or
Corn poppy (flowers and capsules—one handful)
Watercress (fresh flowers—one bunch)
Sage (flowers—one handful)
Sweet violet (flowers—one handful)
Use in foot and hand baths. In cases of bronchial and pulmonary catarrh, the treatment is the same as above.
EMPHYSEMA
Garlic (one large crushed head)
Single seed hawthorn (blossom—one handful)
Ground-ivy (leaves—one handful)
Sage (flowers and leaves—one handful)
Thyme (leaves—one handful)
Use in foot and hand baths.
REPORTED RESULTS.
On a lecture tour in Morocco, Messegue was challenged by one of the doctors at a medical convention, and offered to treat an asthma patient deemed incurable. The patient was to accompany Messegue back to France—where he would be treated at Messegue's expense—and then returned to be examined by a panel of doctors.
The patient was a hairdresser, Narcose Murciano, father of five children, who was suffering from such severe chronic asthma that work had become impossible. His acute attacks were so serious that the last one had nearly killed him. His case was desperate.
The man was, in fact, so incredibly ill that Messegue thought he was dying. His skin had lost all its elasticity—it stuck together when pinched. "The journey, to France was a nightmare, " Messegue recalls. "The poor wretch had to be so careful not to waste any of what life he still had left that he made not the slightest movement. He even kept his eyes shut.
COMPLETELY CURED.
Two months later I took him back to Casablanca, completely cured, " says Messegue, "and he has had no more attacks to this day... Since then the doctors in Morocco have sent me every asthmatic who has failed to respond to traditional treatment.
CURED IN FIVE DAYS.
In another case a Mr. Peyrot gave this testimony: "I had consulted more than twelve French and Swiss medical practitioners, all capable men, but none of them was able to relieve my attacks of asthma. I was suffocating day and night, and Maurice Messegue cured me in five days.
DOCTOR ADMITS CURE.
Dr. Kreps, a surgeon and professor at Basel University, states: "... it is my duty to tell you that this man (Messegue) cured my own wife, who had always suffered from chronic asthma, against which we were powerless."
HOW GARLIC WORKS TO CUT PHLEGM, AND FIGHT INFECTION.
Here is another testimonial. One of Messegue's patients, a Mr. Glenna, from the southern part of France, states: "I kept getting lung abscesses: as fast as one would heal, another would return The doctors had more than given me up. The last two doctors had told me there was no hope and my wife was already preparing to go into mourning when her sister, who lives in Nice, told her that Mr. Messegue was performing miracles with his plants. I believe in herbs, myself. He gave me poultices and foot-baths, and my doctor in Menton had to admit that I was cured."
Garlic Syrup
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Garlic Syrup (Simplified Recipe) – From Advanced Treatise in Herbology (1978), by Dr. Edward Shook page 63.
- 1 pound fresh garlic, minced
- apple cider vinegar (I make mine with 40% vodka)
- water
- honey
Instructions:
– Put minced garlic in a quart mason jar.
– Add equal parts vinegar and water 1:1 ratio enough to just cover the garlic.
– Put on the lid and shake well. (Note: ACV will corrode the metal lid, put a piece of parchment paper or plastic wrap over jar lid before placing lid on).
– Let sit for 4 days (shaking once every day), then strain.
Now add:
3 pounds honey
Internally:
1 tablespoon 3-4 x a day adults.
1 teaspoon, 3-4 x a day for children.
Source: https://pdfroom.com/books/course-in-herbology-for-home-study-hour-of-the-time/YpgQlyPJdNz
DOSE:
For asthma and coughs: 1 teaspoonful with or without water every 15 minutes until spasm is controlled; then 1 teaspoonful every 2 or 3 hours for the rest of the day. After that, 1 teaspoonful 3 or 4 times a day, is usually sufficient.
For tuberculosis, cardiac asthma and dyspnoea (shortness of breath): 1 dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful 3 or 4 times a day between meals.
Children: (8 to 15 years) one half of the above dose; (5 to 8 years) one quarter dose; (from 1 to 4 years) one eighth in a little water or honey.
Garlic has also been used successfully in dropsy. The above formula may be used with benefit, but the following will be found to be much more prompt and effective, especially where the heart is much involved.
Glutathione, MSM
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Green Tea
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H2O2 Inhalation Therapy
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(Wilmington, De)
12/17/2014
Update: I am still having great success with the h202 inhalation therapy - using 6 squirts of the 3% food grade hydrogen peroxide a day. However, I really wanted to get to the root of this mild cold induced asthma condition so, I investigated my background a bit. I was born with asthma many years ago and was given many medications. My mother had little knowledge of the condition and so, I was given the standard meds back in the late 60's. Anyhow, I seemed to have little problems with asthma for many years but in reappeared about 10 years ago. I started with medications like singulair, flovent, duo-nebs, etc.....it was awful stuff. After 10 years, I knew I had to figure out this issue.
Fast forward to today...I am using hydrogen peroxide but knew that I must find out, on a cellular level, what is making me asthmatic. I started reading nutritional journals on the science behind nutrition therapy so, my investigation led me to Dr. Carolyn Dean and magnesium deficiencies. I have taken magnesium before but the pill forms are not bioavailable and, according to my research, we only get about 4% of the magnesium needed by taking a pill.
I delved into Dr. Deans blog, read everything I could about our deficiencies here in the United States and decided to get my magnesium RBC's checked (red blood cells) ...according the Dr. Dean, It needs to be above 6.0 and I was at 5.0. (I can't remember the measurement). I ordered her magnesium because in all honesty, I do believe the magnesium she developed truly is absorbable so much more then what we get from the nutrition shops and doesn't give me "the runs."
I have absolutely no affiliation with Dr. Dean but I respect her work and research immensely - I say this because I am sitting here, day 3 taking her magnesium liquid.....and no need for Advair or H202 therapy. Have I been magnesium deficient for so many years because of all the fluoride in my daily life? I believe so....I am speechless. The fluoride molecules are in so many medications and they hang on to the magnesium we get from our food sources. The pharmaceutical companies add fluoride to the medicines so they are more powerful but, with a price. I know Advair has fluoride molecules, my toothpaste has fluoride molecules, my water source has fluoride molecules.....folks, if you or your child have been taking ANY medications for many, many years (like me), get your magnesium RBC's checked. Here is a site that indicates which meds have fluoride in them.
http://www.slweb.org/ftrcfluorinatedpharm_ster.html
I give this information to everyone because it has taken me at least two years of investigation to get to this point and I hope it can help others. When I have my magnesium RBC's checked again, I will give everyone an update.
(Delaware, Usa)
01/23/2015
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Update: So here it is, my journey seems to be almost complete with my asthma. I use Bill Monroe's H202 Therapy as a go-to if I start wheezing, take 2 teaspoons of Black Seed Oil (Nigella Sativa) daily to reduce systemic inflammation AND keep my sinuses clear of mucous plus, take Dr. Carolyn Dean's Remag (picometer size liquid magnesium), 1/2 tsp 2X a day....and continue to practice buteynko method of breathing. BTW, my Magnesium RBC (red blood cell) test was 5.0 mg/dL and according to Dr. Dean, it needs to be between 6.0-6.5 mg/dL, not the 4.2-6.8 mg/dL as indicated on the test range. The fluoride in the Advair was leaching the magnesium from my system - hence, I was not getting the proper nutrition I needed to combat my asthma. My body was not getting properly fueled nutritionally because the magnesium was not allowed to drag into the cells the vitamins and nutrients it needed.
If you have an interest in getting to the root of some of your health issues, I suggest you read the follow excerpt from functional medicine university. This one page of information is an eye opener as it relates to magnesium deficiencies.
(Portland, Or)
05/16/2016
Hi MyWay,
I am so happy I saw your post in my seemingly endless search for dealing with my 6-year old's asthma. We are seeing a moderate (not so steroid-happy) allergy specialist, he eats a very healthy diet, I constantly run air filter, we have all the bedding covers, his bedding is washed at least weekly and still.. It's been frustrating and I do not want to see my little guy on so many medications for the rest of his life, it's plain disturbing - our bodies do not need so much life support to function! Your research resonated with my personal experience as I recently had a horrible neck/shoulder pain and nothing was having a lasting effect on it, until my chiropractor suggested that I tried magnesium supplement - it was amazing! Within days, all my pain has gone. The magnesium deficiency, was making my muscles spasm and I can completely see that for asthmatics for the lung muscles thus causing difficulty breathing. I'm definitely going to look into this, especially since it also robs my little one of the nutrients. Thank you so much for your suggestion!
(Cebu, Philippines)
06/25/2024
H2O2 Inhalation Therapy
Every time I try the treatment I end up having to get an rx for prednisone because I can't take how bad the asthma is. I get really erratic and upset, maybe the lack of oxygen? I also get a chemical smell when my asthma is at its worse. I thought it was my car, but I get whiffs of it everywhere and no one else can smell it. The only chemical I use is mouse in the roots of my hair, don't even use body wash (got a three year skin allergic reaction, not taking that chance again), homemade pure laundry detergent, etc.
Any ideas of how I can safely use the h20h, what the smell is, and if my asthma is really some sort of infection? It has been five years now, the only time I did not have asthma was when I was pregnant and breastfeeding.
(Somewhere, Europe)
03/01/2013
Ja, try: 1. Using food grade h2o2. 2. Try diluting it a LOT. For example try ONE drop in distilled water for a start.
Ja: Dido on Mmsg recommendation.
Is the chem odor you smell something like Ammonia???; this happened to me using nebulized Colloidal Silver, but I am thankfully over that now.
First, try greatly improving the air quality in your home. HEPA filters and Negative Ion Generators should help.
There are a number of herbal supplements specifically formulated to improve lung function, worth trying. Swanson Foods sells a very old Chinese formula containing many herbs that have helped many folks, a really superior product worth trying (I think it's labeled "Lung Essentials").
Try boosting your natural defenses with Wheat Sprouts.
Please update us how your doing.
(Philadelphia, Pa)
05/15/2013
Hi, I have not tried the h202 inhalation again since I wrote in. I drink it on occasion but would like to wait until I get it under control without any major hiccups before trying again. The last thing I want is to have to turn to a large dose of steroid again as I've read too often this is retroactive in the healing of the lungs and for asthma. It is like an ammonia smell but I have never had the colloidal silver. Thank you for the suggestion... I started drinking the asthma tea, a few brands make it. I stopped cold turkey: the fast acting, my daily steroid inhalent (which was perscribed 4x the normal dosage) and the nebulizer. I started eating lots of garlic, onions, baking soda, avc, kelp extract, fish oil, 3000 mg of vit c as antihistamine, and a sickening amount of other vitamins. I for the most part stay away from all sugars and carbs unless they are dark green veggies. The asthma has never been better. It is not perfect but this is my own fault as I am not consistent with taing the vitamins every night and I am not consistent with quitting smoking. Just read about this flax oil mucilage made at home that is supposed to be wonderful for mucous and lungs... But has a heavy detox effect as it supposedly rids the body of the viruses that hide in the spinal cord until the immune is supressed... it will be interesting if I get the same side effects.
(Dallas, TX)
07/14/2023
Hi, if you nebulize the H2O2, please make sure that you use the mask that allows you to breathe through your nose. Only breathe through your nose for the duration of the treatment. Do not use the part you stick in your mouth. This is in a way related to the Buteyko method.
I've given myself an asthma attack a couple of times while doing a nebulizer treatment through my mouth. When you do that, the amount of carbon dioxide in your system drops, which contracts and constricts your bronchial tubes. (see Buteyko method for a thorough explanation on how this mechanism works)
So your issue may not be with the hydrogen peroxide, but with keeping your mouth open during the treatment which triggers the lowering of carbon dioxide and the immediate constriction of your bronchial tubes.
Wish you the best of luck in discovering how to improve your asthma.
Nikki
H2O2 Inhalation Therapy
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While I believe there are limits to how long and often one should do this, I absolutely can't argue with its effectiveness. I'm hopeful that this awful 3 year battle with asthma and 25 year battle with sinus congestion may be ending. I've researched endlessly and over the years have tried so many supplements and herbs that just didn't help. My advice to anyone trying this is to ease into it a bit and never start with a 3% solution. I doubt I will ever go stronger than 1% because my body reacts strongly to medications.
Many people are afraid of hydrogen peroxide because strong solutions are so dangerous. As with so many compounds, whether something is a poison or a medicine is all about the concentration. I learned this once when I put straight 3% hydrogen peroxide in my ultrasonic humidifier and inhaled the mist deeply and repeatedly. My breathing started shutting down and I was barely able to inhale enough albuterol to stop the attack. I think people just have to be smart about things and shouldn't go overboard. And I definitely recommend trying this approach long enough and frequently enough to see what it can do.
I believe allergies play a part in asthma and sinus problems, with the secretions in sinus and lung tisssues forming a material which gradually is populated by microorganisms from the environment and ultimately creates a biofilm. Biofilms can become highly impenetrable to drugs, a problem which is the target of much medical research.
My hope is that the 1% hydrogen peroxide inhalations will be the means of killing the bugs which are probably residing in films in my lungs and sinuses and causing my asthma. I believe taking the guaifenesin and drinking plenty of water is important in helping to move out those problematic secretions--killing the bugs is good, but getting rid of the gunk makes it even better.
