After a huge wind storm on Friday, I thought about what can be extremely stressful to so many, and that’s the lack of wind. The inability to breathe can be a huge source of anxiety. Try being a hundred feet underwater and run out of air in your scuba tank. That’s a major panic if you don’t know what to do.
Our lungs work without our awareness most of the time. When they don’t, the whole body suffers. Having had pneumonia as a young man, having to fight to get air into the lungs isn’t any fun. Asthmatics will attest to the panic that can overcome you with breathing problems.
Protecting the health of our lungs is important. Just like the lining of the digestive system, the lungs and bronchi are composed of mucous membranes. These membranes secrete a thin layer of mucous to maintain their health. This mucous not only keeps the cells moist and supple, but also acts to trap airborne impurities. The little hair like cilia beat in an upward direction to move these impurities up, out of the lungs and eventually deposits them into the throat or nasal pharynx, causing a cough or sneeze to blow them out of your body.
Anything which damages these cilia or mucous membranes lining our lungs and bronchi can allow particulates to create inflammation and chronic respiratory distress. Breathing dust of any kind over prolonged periods can result in damage. Breathing fumes from chemicals or industrial particulates can seriously damage these membranes.
Inhalation of the gasses of welding can have some damaging effects. Considering the effects of heavy metals on nerve function, aluminum gas along with other airborne metals can paralyze these cilia, allowing mucous to accumulate in the lungs, creating greater amounts of irritation and inflammation to develop.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is one which has been on the rise in our country due in part to smoking. But, quite obviously, exposure to other airborne particulates have their impact as well. Just living in a place like Los Angeles can be a huge problem. When chronic infection or inflammation damage the little air sacks called alveoli, the degree of surface area for exchanging gasses becomes limited, with oxygen levels being compromised.
Because of damage to mucous membranes in COPD, the ability of cilia to move mucous and debris from the lungs becomes compromised. The lymphatic system can become overloaded resulting in a need for lymph drainage and immune support. For this, I’ve had many patients use my cold and flu botanical on a daily basis. This combination of herbs enhances immune function as well as maintaining good lymph clearance.
One herb in particular which is beneficial for lung support is Golden Seal. Recently I was contacted by a wonderful man in South Africa who’s wife has been suffering chronic cough. Due to the difficulty of getting nutritional products shipped all over the world, sending the lung protomorphogen, Pneumotrophin, could take a long time. As I’ve witnessed with one international patient, the tariffs can make these products ridiculously expensive. In this particular case, he was able to locate a tincture of Golden Seal in his town, and start his wife on it. The results are already being manifest. We can do wonderful things with the right herbs.
On the subject of lung protomorphogen (or DNA), it can help take the burden off the tissues to allow for the healing of these membranes. It can dramatically impact a cough, silencing it within minutes to hours. When using them, it’s important to realize that nourishing the mucous membranes must be done to rebuild them. Vitamins A, C, and E are critical to nourish any skin condition. It’s critical in the healing of sinus problems as well as inner ear infections. These tissues share the common denominator of being mucous membranes.
Natural vitamin C (not ascorbic acid) is required to strengthen and repair connective tissues. And lastly, good fats, especially good cholesterol is required to maintain the integrity of the alveoli. Cholesterol blocking drugs can aggravate lung problems.
Our lungs work without our awareness most of the time. When they don’t, the whole body suffers. Having had pneumonia as a young man, having to fight to get air into the lungs isn’t any fun. Asthmatics will attest to the panic that can overcome you with breathing problems.
Protecting the health of our lungs is important. Just like the lining of the digestive system, the lungs and bronchi are composed of mucous membranes. These membranes secrete a thin layer of mucous to maintain their health. This mucous not only keeps the cells moist and supple, but also acts to trap airborne impurities. The little hair like cilia beat in an upward direction to move these impurities up, out of the lungs and eventually deposits them into the throat or nasal pharynx, causing a cough or sneeze to blow them out of your body.
Anything which damages these cilia or mucous membranes lining our lungs and bronchi can allow particulates to create inflammation and chronic respiratory distress. Breathing dust of any kind over prolonged periods can result in damage. Breathing fumes from chemicals or industrial particulates can seriously damage these membranes.
Inhalation of the gasses of welding can have some damaging effects. Considering the effects of heavy metals on nerve function, aluminum gas along with other airborne metals can paralyze these cilia, allowing mucous to accumulate in the lungs, creating greater amounts of irritation and inflammation to develop.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is one which has been on the rise in our country due in part to smoking. But, quite obviously, exposure to other airborne particulates have their impact as well. Just living in a place like Los Angeles can be a huge problem. When chronic infection or inflammation damage the little air sacks called alveoli, the degree of surface area for exchanging gasses becomes limited, with oxygen levels being compromised.
Because of damage to mucous membranes in COPD, the ability of cilia to move mucous and debris from the lungs becomes compromised. The lymphatic system can become overloaded resulting in a need for lymph drainage and immune support. For this, I’ve had many patients use my cold and flu botanical on a daily basis. This combination of herbs enhances immune function as well as maintaining good lymph clearance.
One herb in particular which is beneficial for lung support is Golden Seal. Recently I was contacted by a wonderful man in South Africa who’s wife has been suffering chronic cough. Due to the difficulty of getting nutritional products shipped all over the world, sending the lung protomorphogen, Pneumotrophin, could take a long time. As I’ve witnessed with one international patient, the tariffs can make these products ridiculously expensive. In this particular case, he was able to locate a tincture of Golden Seal in his town, and start his wife on it. The results are already being manifest. We can do wonderful things with the right herbs.
On the subject of lung protomorphogen (or DNA), it can help take the burden off the tissues to allow for the healing of these membranes. It can dramatically impact a cough, silencing it within minutes to hours. When using them, it’s important to realize that nourishing the mucous membranes must be done to rebuild them. Vitamins A, C, and E are critical to nourish any skin condition. It’s critical in the healing of sinus problems as well as inner ear infections. These tissues share the common denominator of being mucous membranes.
Natural vitamin C (not ascorbic acid) is required to strengthen and repair connective tissues. And lastly, good fats, especially good cholesterol is required to maintain the integrity of the alveoli. Cholesterol blocking drugs can aggravate lung problems.
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