ATYPICAL TB: AND EXPECTORATING / Clearing the Lung

(Aug 12)  

       Expectorating / Clearing the Lung
                           
                                          

Expectorating/Clearing the Lung at Least Once a Day

is one of the most Important routines for Insuring:

* Better Lung Care and Health

* Easier Breathing

* Less chance of secondary Respiratory Infections

* Easier Talking without Chocking

* Quiet uninterrupted Eating

* Laughing without coughing and chocking

* Lighter chest during Sleep

* Less ‘mucousy’ odour from within

* Less going accidentally down the stomach

* Better, easier Exercise 

* A generally Lighter feeling

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In order to achieve a Successful clearing,

less painfully bothersome and annoying

              but most importantly 

-let us not be selfish thinking only about ourselves-

     Easier and Less Brutal to the Lung

there are three basic Elements required

already mentioned and detailed in the relevant Entries

“Inflating the Lung”

“Hydrating the Lung”

“Relaxing the Lung”

*By Inflating the Lung, it easier fot the mucous to be dislodged

*By Hydrating the Lung, the mucous also is thinner more runny consistency

*By Relaxing the Lung it is easier to Finally expectorate without too much effort

 

The final step is to choose one or a combination of suitable method/s each time

that are efficient, yet gentle enough for both lungs as well as personal comfort.

Methods I have been using:

1- TENS Massager

            

Applying the Pads on the Back in the Corresponding area of the lungs

doing 10-15 min sessions at each position, starting from just below

the shoulders then placing them a little farther down to the level

But NOT ON the heart area -then down  just above the Kidneys.

Apart from the Relaxation effect, loosening up tight muscles in these areas

including the lungs themselves, the vibration causes the mucous to dislodge

and be ready to be cleared.

                         

(More details about the Massager below, at the end of this page)

2- Lying down and Tapping Chest

If the Lung is well Hydrated and Inflated Lying down will cause immediate

rash of mucous upwards –as i can testify from my good old times of swimming.

Nowadays, without the swim, the Inflating part is not as good

and only the Hydrating part is efficiently achieved through Diet

therefore, although lying down will still cause it to come up

i have to apply a bit of gently tapping on my chest with my hands

as shown in one Physiotherapy lesson i had at the beginning of this story.

This expectorating method, often the process starting on its own by the Lung

is not one of the gentler, as it eventually causes a lot of coughing

and aggravation of the throat canal.

Therefore i usually drink a glass of hot water prior to starting this process

to help the chest / throat area relax and after the clearing seems completed

i have some more hot water to help it all calm down.

3- Bath Time

 

This is my most Favourite just second to the massager in effectiveness

as it is also the gentlest and most relaxed one of them All!

Immersing the body in comfortably hot water,

brings a sense of total surrender in every part of the body, ailing or not.

I sit near upright for a few moments to allow the adjusting effect

and then i lay back, lowering the chest under water and immediately

the clearing process begins!... it all comes up as willingly as can be

and there is minimal coughing, more like  clearing of the throat action

but it would be incorrect to claim that it is totally peaceful and effortless

a) because this devil of inconvenience is a price to be paid to some degree

each single time, no matter what the method, and

b)  because once it starts, the rest follows and all the muscles and areas

involved, like lung, throat as well as ...person participating in condition

all try almost voluntarily to clear and get rid of what does not belong there...

After that there are many hours of evening peace...

an enjoyable quiet meal, a small conversation ...

even a bit of spontaneous laughter –as i am prone to it- without any major

coughing / chocking incident.

There is nothing more to add to this... It is:

 Simply as Gentle as Can Be, Relaxed as Can Be, Effective as Can Be

                                Just as Perfect as Can Be!

       
                                   

4- Natural Herbs

Back until the Malassezia Yeast outbreak and before i knew what this devil was

i was taking some herbal supplements, such as Valerian, St John’s Wart etc

in capsule form in reasonable mg strength rather unrelated to the Lung condition

Six months after the Termination of Antibiotics, this demon had nothing

to supress it anymore –as paradoxically the problem started with the

commencement of antibiotics but also somehow they suppressed it as well-

it came to the surface, initially appearing or noticed in my hair,

and at the time thought it to be head lice, then went down my body

so thought it might be lice, then scabies, perhaps worms,

-a long story before it was finally identified as Malassezia Yeast

detailed in my blog: 
 http://malasseziayeast-mypersonal-battle.blogspot.com/

So i bought different worm killing herbs such as Wormwood, Wintania,

Bloodroot, and some other ones i do not remember their names.

When none of them made any difference i did not buy anymore

but was left with two that during their use i discovered some definite

unexpectedly positive effects on my Lung:

                            Withania and Bloodroot

* Both had a Strong Expectorant Effect within approximately half hour

  of ingestion. Not harsh or harmful at all in fact very helpful and beneficial.

* Bloodroot Stopped Bleeding and i believe –and felt- it effected

  some healing in the affected bleeding area but hard to confirm

other than the experience and the result.

Withania additionally proved to be an excellent Mood Lifter at a time when

spirits were at my lowest and most desperate –not because of the A-TB

but the relentless, unbearable daily torture of Malassezia Yeast

that made my life feel worthless and the Death i was fighting to avoid

for a full decade to become my most fervent wish...

http://a-tigress-eye.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/apparition.html

Bloodroot i had known in the salve form which we used to repeatedly

to cure my man’s skin cancers, so the fact that it is declared toxic etc

and the strong feeling of sickness for a couple of hours after ingesting

neither deterred me nor frightened me.
It is supposed to attack sick or dead cells and destroy them 
but leave intact and unharmed healthy ones.
I know also from personal external use that it stimulates the body's 
natural interferons, but external use is also excruciatingly painful
and if used in some areas can leave scars -but not ot my experience.
I can verify this as i have witnessed it repeatedly its miraculous healing
action in skin cancer applications and i believe it has a similar effect
working internally i.e sick cells attacked by TB.

Both have a strongly unpalatable taste and or after taste

that makes  determination to continue very hard but the good results

make it worth the effort.

I am still On and Off both of them

taking in them in powder form - filling 1 gelatine capsule per Day

for a period of time then take a break

1) to give my liver a break in case there is some toxicity it has to deal with

2) to give myself a break from the after taste and especially the Bloodroot

    strong feeling of sickness that if i did not know could have frightened me

3) to make it more effective when needed and receive the full benefit

    when extra help is needed.

4) though i have a strong belief that if i took Bloodroot continually

    it could heal my lungs, unfortunately i have found that as soon it enters

    the blood –which happens very quickly!- it affects a very strong reaction

    to the Malassezia Yeast that drives me crazy.

    Additionally, if it is a fact that it may have a toxic effect on the liver

    ( ha!... ha!...ha!....could it possibly be any worse than the antibiotics??? )

    then it can have a cumulative effect and giving it a break is a wise idea.

  

5- Physiotherapy positions

Back in the beginning of the story, when first diagnosed with TB–MAC

i was booked for one Physiotherapy tuition rather than actual treatment

and was given a print out of sketches with instructions of different positions

on how to clear the lung.  I was not very impressed, tried a couple and mainly

 –but not necessarily correctly– thought it all a joke, so i put the paper in my

health files and never opened it again, confident that i could do better on

my own techniques ... which i had not developed or had any idea about yet.

In the end, as always is the case, i proved once more i was my best doctor

and have not done half less than the official – hate me for this cockiness

if you may and if judged as such but this has been both my pride

and bitter disappointment of the helplessness of medicine and it having

a long record of letting me down...

               I laughed when i saw this and it quite true

Having said that, despite the fact i personally feel dismally let down

i highly respect many advanced areas of medicine, that at least

and without any doubt do help many people save and /or improve their lives!

And give some good credit to my Three Lung Specialists  that respected
my wishes and were helpful throughout the long years of treatment
and as for the first one, lets say ... i was a rather difficult patient.

                                                    * * *

Notes about the TENS Machine:

I have used three different brands and types throughout the decade, daily

and extensively and found them a very useful tool for many areas of my

ailing body.  

Out of those three types the one pictured above has been of exceptional

quality and effectiveness, and if /when i have to replace it i will buy the same

again- the current one is the second one of this brand.

They last for a long time and do very good work, one drawback 

for heavy use is that the battery lasts for approximately three weeks or more

but as it drains the effect weakens.

Out of the two other models one –which was my first purchase

was as near as good but with slower battery /Volts output

and consequently less strength, the third one a near complete failure...

I went for price and the fact that that it had electricity connectivity which was

useful and could solve the battery problem but very weak in output and crazy

programming of cycles, some very annoying rather than relaxing also the pads

really cheap and easily wearing out fast.

The good ones –of the same brand i bought on eBay and the cost is rather

high but worth it, the first one that was near as good was an omron brand

and i cannot remember if online purchase or chemists also high price

comparatively to the better one.

The third with electricity connectivity was also an eBay purchase and better

price but not worth the saving in the end.

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