Rob (Kentucky) on 09/07/2025
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 |
|
Asthma |
60% |
30% |
10% |
|
Bronchitis |
10% |
80% |
10% |
|
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."
Rob (Kentucky) on 06/24/2024
Garlic Syrup (Simplified Recipe) – From Advanced Treatise in Herbology (1978), by Dr. Edward Shook page 63.
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.
Rachel M (Saskatchewan ) on 08/18/2023
Martin (Ireland) on 07/28/2023
wendauggie (costa mesa USA) on 07/14/2023
I have asthma/COPD, after many years of suffering with no end in sight(not to mention the $ on medical appointments, prescriptions and ER visits), I read previous posts promising ACV (RAW/UNFILTERED ORGANIC APPLE CIDER VINEGAR INCLUDING THE MOTHER) and change of diet (no processed food/no dairy products)as a cure.
I started by taking 2 tsp twice a day, and completely changing my diet. I have not felt the need to taken any prescriptions since, except when I challenge my diet and eat so little as 2 oreo cookies or even 3 bites of ice cream. And instead of my rescue inhaler I take 2 Tbs *my shots.
*my shots
2 TBS acv
2 cloves fresh garlic
2 lg pieces fresh ginger
2 lemons
2 Tbs local raw honey (or best MANUKA HONEY)
777gal (New Zealand) on 07/13/2023
This evening, I was coughing relentlessly and then realised I had forgotten to take my kefir today. Accordingly, I immediately took my kefir, and my coughing eased considerably.
Within 5 minutes, my cough was gone. What a miracle!
I drink 1 cup unsweetened milk kefir per day.
Rob (Kentucky) on 05/12/2023
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
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844275/
Pam E. (SW California) on 12/25/2022
Missourita (Missouri) on 10/16/2022
Recently, to better my health, I eliminated processed sugar, and my asthma completely disappeared! I didn't need my inhaler any more! Shocking! After looking it up, I found medical resources stating that sugar is inflammatory and contributes to asthma. They were right!!! Now, to keep up with no processed sugar ;) (or rarely having sugar)
Melissa (Georgia ) on 10/10/2022
Lisa (Netherlands ) on 10/07/2022
Just try don’t give up. Astma can heal.
NAC for Asthma Jon (Waycross, GA) on 10/01/2022
The thing that seems to have helped me the most is N-acetyl-L-cysteine (N-A-C) Some sources say asthma is a glutathione deficiency. I still have breathing issues similar to asthma from asbestosis & COPD. But I hardly ever have serious breathing issues unless I have a COPD exacerbation. N-A-C is pretty inexpensive, I paid $13 for 600 capsules, 600mg ea.
I usually buy 3 bottles at a time, shipping was $6. That was at ilifeline DOT com.
N-A-C is very inportant for glutithione production so I take 2 caps twice daily. In my case some amino acids are helpful, including l-glycine.
I'm 67 & it seems my digestion is off so I take Super Enzymes, Dr. Berg's Gallbladder Support, Ox Bile & Tudca. I should add that not eating sugar or anything the body converts to sugar, & especially processed foods is very important, I eat keto, very low carb & I fast so I've lost ~100lb net.
These things helped me, especially the N-A-C, so I wanted to share. Have a GREAT day, Neighbor!
Zark (Emerald City) on 08/09/2022
The No Starch Diet is comparable to Paleo, but a bit stricter:
- No grains
- No dairy
- No legumes, potatoes, yams as all are starchy
- Yes: meat, fish
- Yes: walnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, brazil nuts ..
- Yes: carrots, cauliflower, cucumber, lettuce, tomato
- Yes: most fruit .. except no to banana and stone fruits
After eating Natto (Japanese cultured soy beans) I was able to resume eating starchy foods without the asthma recurring (except curiously have to avoid peanuts, and not too much cheese). Only in extreme conditions did the asthma return eg a cold causing me to cough a lot and then maybe some asthma until the cold abated.
Keto Diet for Asthma Ralph (Australia) on 04/30/2022
Loretta (NC) on 12/17/2021
Simon (Lithuania) on 09/19/2021
Me personally, I usually take one teaspoon of turmeric powder, mixed with water + add a pinch of black pepper for better absorption. It helps, it really does. But I never used it for a long time treatment cause, honestly, it tastes horrible. But it's natural and has possibly no side effects. I would recommend reading more about it for those who want to try it, it's not supposed to be over-used, just be informed.
Dale (Santa Barbara) on 08/03/2021
Vitamin E, Cod Liver Oil, Vitamin C Treated Asthma and Sinus Problems Rose (FL) on 12/25/2020
Take:
I took them with food, 3 times a day, when I was very sick with asthma, for a year. I stopped taking them when my asthma went away, & started taking them, again, whenever I have problems with it.
My brother, had very bad sinus problems, & this same remedy, above, helped him get better.
Blessings!
Braulio Oliveira (Bahia, Brazil) on 01/02/2019
Researches have found the cure to asthma and it is an ostheoporosis medicine!
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/96649-researchers-hugely-exciting-asthma-discovery
Basically what they discovered is that asthma is linked to the Calcium metabolism. 99% of the calcium is present in bones and teeths. Anywhere else Calcium is present it causes problems: vascular deterioration that causes heart and brain problems, artritis when it goes to articulations, wrinkles when it goes to the skin, etc.
But nature have its natural Calcium GPS called Vitamin K2 MK7! Vitamin D3 absorbs calcium in the intestin to the blood, but it is K2 that takes it from the blood to the right place: bones and teeths. The first asthma symptom is a result of the accumulation of calcium in the periphery of the body: the skin.
Years before the first asthma crisis almost always there is a strong dermatitis resulting from calcium accumulation. Then years later that calcium will end in vital organs like lungs causing bronchospasm and alkalosis in the blood (buteyko method helps a bit as it balances the alkalized blood with excess calcium). Calcium in lungs could also help build homes for bacterias like Chlamydia pneumoniae. K2 MK7 is a very rare nutrient nowadays, even harder to find in a vegetarian diet (although this diet can also be lower on calcium). K2 MK7 metabolism is related to many other nutrients but mostly D3 and Zinc. If those are also defficient, K2 MK7 won't be able to do its job.
My son had 3 severe asthma crisis that led us to emergency, and many others that were administered at home through glucocorticoids, butheyko method and other things. As K2 MK7 suplementation started my son was in the middle of an crisis.
The crisis was quickly reverted. Now after 3 months of taking at least 400mcg K2 + 5000ui D3 + 50mg zinc 4 to 7 days a week, his is far away from an asthma crisis and his skin is slowly recovering to a completely healthy state.
It takes time until the calcium spread through the body to be catch by Vitamin K2. High doses of K2 have no toxicity recorded on rats, but it *must* come with higher doses of D3 and other related nutrients.
Paracelsus (Orlando, Fl) on 07/09/2020
Liposomal vitamin C is the next best thing to IV vitamin C. Vitamin C has been shown to cure or ameliorate many disease conditions. I take it daily for its immune boosting function and also in conjunction with niacinamide to keep my arthritis at bay.
I think we should never allow ourselves to think that something isn't curable. As the great physician Paracelsus said, "There are no incurable diseases, only incurable patients".
