Rob (Kentucky) on 02/11/2025
Onion water, garlic water, leek water, and extracts cooked out from any species of the onion family, seem to have a beneficial effect on the lungs and general circulation, in times of cold, coughing, soreness and tenderness, not as a curative remedy, but as a food tonic, especially, if mixed with Eucalyptus, or alfalfa honey and drank steaming hot.
Rob (Kentucky) on 12/09/2024
I remember as a kid back in the 1970’s, my country Grandmother (she was born in 1911) putting a “whistling” tea kettle on the stove and when it started to “whistle” she would set in front of it (about a foot 12”) and inhale the steam. I also remember her putting a spoonful of Vick’s Vapor-Rub into the water. As the kettle got hot, the salve would melt and release the medical oils into the steam. I don’t remember her ever use the kettle to make tea in so I’m sure it was for steaming only.
Putting Vick’s Salve into a pot of hot water and steaming it for inhalation was popular in the early 1900’s and still practiced today.
I have not seen anyone mention this use of a tea kettle on the internet. It’s always some company’s selling some fancy electric device or something like that.
DIY Old School Steam Inhaler Nebulizer
https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Old-School-Steam-Inhaler-Nebulizer/
Carolyn (Central, Va) on 12/04/2009
After recovering from pneumonia, I continued to have chronic lung congestion. Coincidentally, my son in Texas mentioned a salsa recipe he'd made and suggested I give it a try. He insisted I use fresh cilantro for superior taste. Well, within 5 minutes of making and sampling the salsa, I coughed up an enormous amount of thick phlegm and breathed easier for the rest of the night. By morning, some sleep congestion returned. I made eggs, and since I had fresh cilantro left over from the salsa, I put it on the eggs. Once again, the congestion cleared, with lots of phlegm purged. All within 5-10 minutes of eating the cilantro.
Thinking maybe I had imagined the results, I went a week without trying the cilantro again. The congestion came back. I ate cilantro again, and the phlegm cleared again. I've repeated that test many times since then, and each time cilantro has proven to be my hero. My aunt, who has emphysema (COPD), tried it and got similar good results.
My lung doctor, originally from India, swears by cilantro (and coriander, which includes the whole plant, not just the leaves). The last time I went for a checkup, he declared that my lungs were completely clear and told me to keep eating cilantro.
So now I cook with cilantro several times a week, no matter what. And whenever I travel, I take a small bottle of dried cilantro to sprinkle on my food.
Rob (Kentucky) on 08/23/2024
The 2 hard hitters I always recommend for use in a nebulizer are Thyme and Oregano essential oils. Both are very strong, but I find thyme more tolerable, for me at least.
The effects of Thymus vulgaris inhalation therapy on airway status and oxygen saturation of patients under mechanical ventilation: A randomized clinical trial
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212958820301609
Abstract
Background and Objective
A wide range of intensive care patients on a ventilator are at risk for pneumonia and atelectasis. Thymus vulgaris essential oil administered by nebulization has been proposed as potentially useful in preventing these complications. The present study aimed to determine the effect of Thymus vulgaris inhalation therapy on airway status and oxygen saturation in patients under mechanical ventilation.
Materials and Methods
AnchorThis randomized clinical trial performed on 66 patients on a ventilator in two groups. The experimental group received the Thymus vulgaris essential oil (four drops of pure Thymus vulgaris essential oil with 10 mL distilled water) every eight hours for 30 minutes in three days through a nebulizer. The control group received 10 mL of distilled water every eight hours for 30 min in three days through a nebulizer. A questionnaire collected information on socio-demographic characteristics and clinical parameters, and a checklist used to record variables related to airway status (weight, volume, the concentration of secretions; respiratory sounds; airway plateau pressure; airway maximum pressure) and oxygen saturation.
Findings
The concentration of airway secretions in the experimental group was significantly lower than that of the control group (p < 0.001, F = 61.901). The mean airway maximum pressure was significantly decreased (p < 0.001, F = 17.315) and showed a significant difference in the mean oxygen saturation at 8 am and 10 am between the day before the intervention and the first to third days after intervention in the experimental group (p < 0.001, F = 13.972).
Conclusion
Thymus vulgaris inhalation therapy diminished the concentration of airway secretions through increasing the volume and reduced the weight of secretions, and decreased the airway maximum pressure through a decline in the stimulation of the airway. It also facilitated the discharge of mucous membranes, improved gas exchange, and increased the oxygen saturation of patients under mechanical ventilation through direct stimulation of the mucosa, increasing the secretion of the airway mucosa, and increasing the activity and movements of the respiratory tract cilia. Therefore, Thymus vulgaris inhalation therapy may be recommended to improve the condition of the respiratory tract in patients under mechanical ventilation.
Note: A 2011 study conducted at the Medical University of Lodz in Poland tested thyme oil’s response to 120 strains of bacteria isolated from patients with infections of oral cavity, respiratory and genitourinary tracts. The results of experiments showed that the oil from the thyme plant exhibited extremely strong activity AGAINST ALL of the clinical strains. Thyme oil even demonstrated a good efficacy against antibiotic-resistant strains.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22313307/
Rob (Kentucky) on 09/30/2023
Years ago, I was speaking with an elderly Croatian woman whose family lives in my town about how they treated respiratory illnesses back in her native country. Growing up as a child in a communist eastern block nation, they were very poor and their government controlled access to medicines. So, folk remedies were very popular throughout the communist nations.
She taught me how to use garlic as a steam inhalant. She said, by steaming the garlic cloves in a pot of boiling water and funneling the steam with aluminum foil over the pot or similar device so the steam is channeled and comes out as a stream, the sick person can stand over the boiling pot and inhale the steam deep into the lungs for 10 minutes (take a 1-2 minute break if you need too but continue for a full 10 minutes) and thereby place the medical properties of the garlic (allicin) into the lungs where the disease is located. Repeat several times daily.
I have used this remedy several times in the past when all other remedies have failed. Alot of people don’t like this remedy simply because it’s garlic and people don’t like the smell (including myself), but I guarantee you it is a sure fire remedy that gets results.
Here is an old saying: Garlic will make you lose your friends but re-gain your health…
Garlic Tea Steam Inhalation – (Croatian Folk Remedy) Mix 3 to 5 crushed garlic cloves (I prefer Chinese white garlic) in a pot of boiling water and cover your head along with the pot with a large beach towel (steam should not escape from it).
Another method I’ve used is to use a tea kettle or large sauce pot and as the steam comes out, place your head at a safe distances so you can inhale the steam but not burn your face.
WARNING: Use Caution When Using Hot Steam! If you happen to burn yourself, immediately place burn under cold water for 5 minutes. Also wrap it with a washcloth soaked in apple cider vinegar for 30 minutes and it won’t leave a mark or blister.
Inhale the steam deeply and slowly to get relief from sinusitis, lung infection or cough. Do it at night to thin the mucus and clear the infection. Garlic steam inhalation process will also work well for treating sinus infection in children.
Nebulizer Method – Add 1ml (20 drops) Tincture of Garlic to medicine cup and top off cup with Saline water. Nebulize several times daily til better. This method works better for the elderly and very young.
Steam Pot Ideas
India Police turn to pressure cooker steam therapy for Covid19
Source: https://www.siasat.com/steam-therapy-for-covid-19-2142853/
Vintage Steam Pot
Source: https://glorialana.com/tag/steam-inhalation/
Source: https://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/dr-nelsons-inhaler/#main-body
Tanzania Steaming Booth for Covid19
A little boy inhaling hot steam, Germany 1930s.
In the medical text, Charaka Samhitha (written somewhere between 400-200 BC), the Greeks, Romains and Egyptians, all prescribed garlic has been used as medicine to treat asthmatics and other respiratory ailments, to thin mucus and relieve coughing, chronic rhinitis, tuberculosis. Native Americans used garlic in the tea to treat flu-like symptoms. Louis Pasteur, the well known microbiologist, reported that 1 mm of raw garlic juice was as effective as 60 mg. of penicillin in killing bacteria (1858).
In the 19th century, garlic was considered as one of the important drugs and used as a stimulant, expectorant, and tonic. The therapeutic properties of garlic were also accepted by a large group of the population (Miyers 1996). The book ‘The home book of health ‘, written by John Gunn in the year 1878, described many therapeutic values of garlic. It has been recommended as a diuretic, as a general tonic, for the treatment of infections and in the treatment of pulmonary diseases. (Moyers 1996).
Garlic for Coronavirus: Australian garlic kills COVID and flu with ‘99.9 percent efficacy, ’ new study finds (Watch Video)
Could this type of garlic help fight against COVID-19? | 9 News Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so6ZvqU152g
Garlic is known to be good for killing bacteria, fungus and viruses. It has long been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. A world-first study reportedly shows certain garlic varieties can kill COVID-19 and the common flu with “99.9 percent efficacy.” The new research was released by The Peter Doherty Institute, reported The Australian Financial Review.
Scientists at Doherty have been researching garlic properties over the past 18 months. They found that a certain Australian grown garlic variety has antiviral properties with up to 99.9 percent efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza type A viruses.
The research involved in-vitro testing against the SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza type A viruses using garlic ingredients extracted from exclusive Australian grown garlic varieties.
“We wanted to know if these strains had the possibility of killing COVID-19, ” Dr. Julie McAuley, manager of the Doherty’s high containment facility COVID-19 research lab, told The Australian Financial Review. “I thought it might fail miserably. We blindly tested over 20 varieties. We found one of AGP’s products could reduce the infectious titre of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza by 3-log-fold (99.9 per cent). We barely detected any remaining virus genome, indicating nearly complete virucidal activity.”
Dr McAuley said the variety was tested across different sites to ensure the results were not related to the environment, nutrients, water or any other factors.
Allicin was shown to inhibit clinical isolates of lung pathogenic bacteria from the genera Pseudomonas, Streptococcus, and Staphylococcus, including multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains, was demonstrated.
Garlic has been shown to have broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity against many genera of bacteria, viruses, worms, and fungi. Numerous published in the US National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health studies (28,454 to be exact), as far back as 1944 and as recently as 2023, have demonstrated that fresh and vacuum-dried powdered garlic preparations are effective antibiotic agents against a wide range of organisms including, a few examples are:
Bacteria:
alpha- and beta-hemolytic Streptococcus
Citrobacter sp.
Escherichia coli
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Mycobacteria
Proteus vulgaris
Salmonella enteritidis
Staphylococcus aureus
Fungi:
Candida albicans
Cryptococcus neoformans (meningitis)
Helminths:
Ascaris lumbricoides
hookworms
Viruses:
Herpes simplex types 1 and 2
Human rhinovirus type 2
Covid SARS-CoV2
Parainfluenza virus type 3
Vaccinia virus
Vesicular stomatitis virus
Click here for more complete list:
http://medherb.com/Materia_Medica/Allium_sativum_-_Antibiotic_and_Immune_Properties.htm
Marsh (Colorado) on 02/07/2023
Rob (Kentucky) on 11/15/2022
He said, “It seems to me like we have a flu pandemic every year”.
Here is what I take to protect myself from flu and other sicknesses:
Vitamin D
Vitamin C
Cinnamon tea (3-4x daliy if sick or 1x daily for prevention)
He said; I used to get pneumonia every year. I haven’t had it since I started taking this stuff (2005).
Interesting….
Sherrie (Florida) on 04/15/2022
cclark (Oklahoma City, OK) on 08/07/2021
The oil is warmed and a few drops of turpentine are added. I rubbed this on his chest and covered it with a warm cloth at bedtime. In the morning his cough had loosened and he continued to get better. It worked every time.
Cassie (Eastcoast, USA) on 03/09/2020
waynosgirl (Utah, USA) on 11/24/2019
Then about 2 weeks ago he was unable to pull in a sufficient amount of air, so i took him up to our medical center because I was thinking pneumonia, which they agreed was the problem. They put him on a strong antibiotic, and water pills. It immediately began to improve, we also asked for and received medication to use in a nebulizer.
He lost over 8lbs in fluids from the water pills in about 9 days and his breathing was good. During follow up, we had the leg issue checked as well, and they sent him for a ultra sound-also for a ct scan of his lungs as they had some questions about what his x rays at the time we initially went in showed. they think but are not sure that the leg issue may be swollen lymph nodes. We have not gotten test results back on those yet [ct scan or ultra sound]. He was told he could try discontinuing the water pills and see if his breathing is still good without them.
He was off them 2 days but today was noticing a small amount of issues, so took one. Also today, he noticed that he can raise his arm up above his shoulder again. Because of the lymph node issue I have been giving him turmeric tincture and 1000mg of garlic [capsules] a day - hoping the turmeric would help with the inflammation and the garlic because it is a blood purifier.
At the time of this post, he has been coughing up really yellow phlegm today. He wasn't coughing up anything when the pneumonia started or b4 last night. The other thing we have noticed is when he does not take the water pills, his urine is much much darker yellow whereas with them, it is a clearer yellow.
Before he first started the water pills, the urine was a cloudy dark yellow, but when he was off them the 2 days it was just darker not cloudy. I'm not sure if there are several individual issues going on here or if its more of a chain reaction of causes. Can anybody give me their thoughts on which it might be? Or help in any way with possible treatments or avenues to pursue? He turned 60 this year and has a history of letting old physical injuries [many] heal on there own, neither of us have a lot of faith in mainstream medical care even if we could afford it.
Garlic Salve for Lung Infections Rob (Kentucky) on 11/05/2020
You can usually pick up a 4oz tin of it at country stores near their communities, or you can make a crude version of this at home on the stove.
Materials needed:
How to make:
Put the grated garlic into coffee mug. Allow it to set for 20 minutes in the mug to convert the garlic juice to allicin. Add enough olive oil to the coffee mug to fill it by ¾. Now put the coffee mug in the middle of the pot. Add water to the pot, enough to bring water level up to the half way mark on the coffee mug. You now have made an “improvised double boiler”. Turn on heat to medium setting. You want the water hot but not boiling. Stir mixture in mug from time to time. Cook for at least one hour while maintaining water level in pot with fresh water. Turn stove off and allow mug to cool to room temperature. Strain olive oil/garlic thru a fine strainer to remove pulp. If you want to, add 10 drops lavender oil to the mug too help with the smell.
Apply this garlic oil to bottom of feet, chest, back, sides and around neck 3 – 4x/daily to draw out and kill infection in the lungs due to bronchitis or pneumonia and the best remedy for pleurisy. This garlic oil can be used on babies and the elderly.
Internally, we drink Mullein leaf tea with honey or Mullein tincture throughout the day.
Nebulizing Hydrogen Peroxide for Pneumonia Rob (Kentucky) on 10/23/2020
This “general recipe” is for internal use. You can use 3% brown bottle hydrogen peroxide. I load this into my medicine cup on my nebulizer.
-As a preventative to keep infections at bay / promote healing – add 0.5 ml (cc)(or ~12 drops if using a dropper) to a nebulizer filled with 5 ml (cc) distilled saline water. Use once a day or as often as you feel the need.
–To fight a lung, bronchial or sinus infection or to get hydrogen peroxide into the body for a systemic treatment – add an amount (see below) of 3% hydrogen peroxide to a nebulizer filled with 5ml (cc) distilled saline water. Use several times. Repeat this process 4 -6 times a day and more often when fighting a virus.
âThe lowest effective dose is ~0.5 ml (cc) or ~ 12 drops (if using a dropper) in 5 ml (cc) distilled water for about 3 minutes. (As a guideline: 1 ml usually contains about 25 drops, but obviously varies with different droppers). If this is your first time using this therapy, use this dose (or even less) to test your reaction. Use this treatment every 2-4 hours.
âIncrease dose as tolerated up to a maximum ½ tsp = 2.0 ml (cc) in Nebulized 3% H2O2 will not only contact the lungs, it will also enter the bloodstream, where it will oxidize pathogens and toxins. For a maximum of 10 minutes per breathing session. Use this treatment every 2-4 hours.
Caution must be exercised by smokers and individuals who have used prescription and nonprescription drugs in their lungs, and those who are very sick. If H2O2 solution is too strong, the H2O2 reaction with a heavy contaminant or microbial presence could promote tissue-damaging inflammation in the lungs and a potentially dangerous systemic “die-off” effect, called the Herxheimer Reaction.
Warning: The following symptoms after nebulizing indicate that you are using too strong a solution - flu-like symptoms, headache, fever, diarrhea, fatigue. Consult your physician before using peroxide in a nebulizer.
Lisa (Jax, Fl) on 08/19/2020
I have been using a cool mist humidifier to deliver colloidal and/or ionic silver to my lungs 4 x a day or more for almost 6 days. Possible bronchitis/pneumonia. Also doing hydrogen peroxide inhalation’s 7 x a day. Avoiding ingesting colloidal silver due to gastritis. Need to keep anything off of the stomach for a while.
How long do I need to do this for it to work? Still have pain.
Thanks!
Addylynn (Atlanta, Ga) on 08/11/2020
The pneumonia cleared up rather quickly but the pleural effusion was getting worse and I became the lucky recipient of a chest tube. The doctors used enzymes to dissolve the fluid then drain it. It wasn’t as successful as they hoped after repeating this a few times. Eventually they let me go home to see what my body would work out on its own and come back in a month. Fortunately, my body worked out a good amount of the fluid and found I have a fair amount of scar tissue from the pneumonia.
I feel ok, energy level is still a little off and the oxygen level is good. But I have a lingering pain when I take a deep breath but not when I breath normally. Does it get any better? What about the pneumonia shot? Should I get it?
Lastly, the respiratory therapist in the hospital was a Russian lady and she was gold to me. She told me after I get out, I should take a teaspoon of food grade peroxide everyday and I will never have lung issues again. Does anybody have experience with this protocol?
Lastly, thank you for your response.
Josie (San Antonio, Tx) on 06/02/2018
I need some answers, so I can get my lungs better again. I don't want to go back to the hospital again. I'm also taking vitamin c with Rose Hip to supports my immune system. I take the vitamins 3 times a day. It has 1000mg. I also read that you have to take some probiotics when doing the colloidal silver. I need to know if that is true. I need to know if I'm doing something wrong that the colloidal silver is not working right. What do I do and take while doing my colloidal silver. this is my second time doing the silver. Please help me someone. This is all new to me and I do need some help. I was also doing some garlic and it did help me. I hope momma to many can help me too.
I also need to know if you can take some Tylenol 3 with codeine when doing colloidal silver? I'm having a lot of pain. HELP .
Imangie (Toledo) on 02/09/2018
Also, last night I had to sleep sitting up in the recliner because I felt like I couldn’t get enough air. Anyway, I had been reading earlier today about home remedies and saw someone recommend cayenne pepper for cough and phlegm in the chest. I knew I had some in my spice cabinet and was willing to try anything.
I put about ¼ - ½ teaspoon in about ¼ cup of water, stirred it good and drank it down, chasing it with more water knowing it would be hot. I then eat my dinner right away (parsley salad with quinoa) and had hot tea with lemon. After dinner about 45 minutes later I noticed I wasn’t whizzing or coughing anymore. I felt almost normal for the first time in days. I said something about it to my husband and he agreed saying he had noticed a change in me too. It has been about 4 hours now and I still feel better so much better. I really believe the cayenne opened the airways in my lungs and stopped the rattling in my chest (I still have a little but nothing like it was). I don’t normally share my experiences, but I feel if it can help anyone going through such misery…like the person that shared with me earlier, I should too. If I wake up tomorrow feeling bad again I plan on trying it again.
By the way, I have been taking turmeric in a small amount of milk, 2000 mg vitamin C, B12 under the tongue, and other supplements every day, but nothing seemed to work so quickly as the cayenne did.
Renee (Vader, Wa) on 09/03/2016
I was hospitalized for my pneumonia 5 times for a week at a time. I had to leave the last time against the doctors permission because I have conjestive heart failure and he wanted to treat my kidneys first. I tried to tell him that if he flooded my kidneys with me having chf and pneumonia I would die for sure. He wouldn't listen and he tried to force me into taking the iv. I had to get out of there fast! I went home and looked up Earth Clinic. That's when I found out that all the steroids and antibiotics were what was causing me to get pneumonia multiple times! I immediately started to lower my steroids. I was taking 160 milligrams of steroids a day just to keep me breathing! i kept taking my antibiotics.
To keep my infection at bay. I had to lower my steroids slowly but surely. I started the cure of h2o2 drops in water and the apple cider vinegar and baking soda! lo an behold, in a couple of days I had some relief from the pneumonia and my kidneys! I also bought vitamin supplements and immune support. I also started the coconut oil and dmso on my lung and doing the oil pulling with coconut oil. I also started using the sea salt for the minerals, although sparingly until my kidneys got better.
Now I'm going to need to get help with my terrible pain, cuz I went off my morphine of 90 milligrams per day! help, I'm in alot of pain but I won't take the morphine any more! .
On an upnote, I was on the highest level of oxygen and now I'm back to 2! Sometimes I can have it on 1 1/2! but I'm not going to push it! I'm taking it slowly but surely. But 2 is great news for me! I'm now able to go to my regular bathroom most of the time, and I can do some light housework! I'm gonna be able to drive soon, when I get my handicap sticker! I am so psyched to get to do some things on my own! I never thought I'd be happy to do the dishes, crazy right? but I am! I'm fighting this with everything i got. If someone else has any suggestions for me, I would appreciate any help with this! and any idea's for the pain, of course I would appreciate it.
Again Earth Clinic, you literally just saved my life! thank you, thank you, thank you for being the only thing that saved my life! I would literally be dead!
P.S. I forgot to tell you that because of the steroids i've been taking for a year, my front teeth are rotten! and I lost 2 of them! hows that for anti steroid use!.
Cristi (Sydney) on 06/09/2015
ACV, Garlic and Lemon Power Shot for Pneumonia Apv1986 (Hollywood, Fl) on 05/14/2015
Here are the ingredients for my "Power Shot":
That's all!
Don't take this on a full stomach. Also, sprinkle a crushed ice cube and mix it in so that it goes down easier.
Repeat every night before bed and drink plenty of water (not immediately, at least 20-30 min after).
