Posted by: mrpaul on: January 19, 2011
i’ve been meaning to do a post about the pleurisy i began dealing with a month ago after a bout of bronchitis (or possibly pneumonia…i still wonder)
so here’s a list of things that were helpful for me:
- nebulizing colloidal silver
- using a cool mist humidifier
- using Vicks vapor rub on chest
- using an essential oil called Eucalyptus Radiata on my chest
- drinking a tea by Yogi Teas called Breathe Deep
- using a product called Natural Calm (powdered magnesium)
- using the OTC antihistamine Chlor-Trimeton (go figure, but it really helps)
- using a product called Oregamax (oregano herb capsules)
- essiac tea (i buy the raw herbs from the Herbal Healer website and make it myself – it’s not too much work – i recommend essiac for a lot of lung issues)
so i think that covers it
by the way, the Yogi Tea Breathe Deep is pretty amazing – check out all the good reviews on Amazon.com
and essiac tea is extremely amazing - if you’re not familiar with it, a little googling research will show how effective it is for a number of health conditions
so back to pleurisy – it can sometimes follow bronchitis or pneumonia – it’s a little weird if you’ve never had it before and you suddenly feel the strange lung sensations that go with it
i never even knew one person in my entire life who got pleurisy when my doc diagnosed me – i mean who comes into the office one day and says “I just came down with pleurisy”???
anyway, i sure learned not to take lung health for granted!

My daughter has pleurisy….what a debilitating illness it is! She has had it for 6 long months to date. I would love to hear from someone who has experienced her symptoms of shortness of breath, chest & rib pain. What treatment helped, eased or cured your pleurisy?
Maur.. Sorry to hear about your daughters pleurisy problems.
From what I’ve researched and have done myself for 13years, using Colloidal Silver, The CS via a nebulizer should help quite a bit, from what I understand and my own experiences. The infection associated with Pleurisy, aka – Pleuritis, in your daughter, can be ‘ addressed’ with a high quality silver colloid solution via a nebulizer. I’m assuming your daughters diagnosis and current condtion is indeed pleurisy, an inflammation ( infection) of the pleura tissue of the lung and not something else.. ie. signs of
lung cancer, pulmonary issues or ? . Generally..as per information provided…using a 1/2oz.of highgrade CS, for 5mins. 3X a day, should be of help. Diet, Nutritional supplements, herbs, are of help, as well.. to buffer the immune system. There are ‘ other’ therapies, as well, that have little or no negative side-effects.
Additionally Maur… a home treatment of your daughters Pleurisy, as I’ve learned, via others over the years,is the use of a fine-mist humidifier with 8oz. of 3% FOOD Grade Hydrogen Peroxide, for every 1gal. of distilled water.
You can purchase 35% FOOD Grade H202 @ a local health food store or order via the internet. Its uses are many. Documentation on it, goes way back and verifiable. DO NOT use ‘ store bought’ H202. U can take 1oz.of 35% to 11oz. of Distilled water to make 12oz. of 3% Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide ( H202). That extra O2 oxygen molecule is a wonder for mankind and its benefits to the human condition well known. To Your Health. It’s certainly helped mine through the years, when needed. [:<)
January 25, 2011 at 8:52 pm
I cough a lot, and the only thing that seems to get me to stop coughing is a Ricola, not sure why. I also like to use the Puffs tissues with Vicks, they seem to help when I’m coughing a bunch – or at least I like to think they do.