Something to try when you are sick

[kmhbeauty]

I am very much for all natural remedies and against pill form medicine unless it is completely necessary. I love tea tree oil, I use it for everything that I want to disinfect. It really works wonders. Next time I am sick I am going to try a tea tree steam in my lungs like in the article. If you are sick, try this, let me know how it works. Pill medicine does not do anything for me. I see it do more harm than good. I refuse antibiotics unless there is no other choice. I have only been in that position twice though. Hope this helps, always good to try something new. http://www.livestrong.com/article/336962-how-to-use-tea-tree-oil-for-pneumonia/

 

[occupyjapan]

This sounds pretty quack-y, no offense. "Pill medicine" (what does that even mean to you? Just literal pills or do you mean all traditional medicine?) is backed up by scientific studies that take a large group of people and chart their progress on the medicine. It can take years and years and tons of trials to even get a single new drug on the market - especially antibiotics.

I'll trust science over "Natural Remedies THEY Don't Want You To Know About" any day.

 

[occupyjapan]

Read the article. Yeah, this is just silly. It's basically DIY (do it yourself) Vicks Vaporub which can, yes, make you feel better if you have a chest infection but it's only relieving symptoms such as sore throat, cough (which, by the way, we're SUPPOSED to cough; it's ridiculous to suppress a cough when you have a bunch of junk in your lungs that needs to get out), airway constriction, etc.

Let's look at this logically from the perspective of a CF patient: most CFers have PA colonization. Breathing a VERY dilute vapor (you aren't even nebulizing it; you're just relying on natural steam action which doesn't make properly sized particles to penetrate deep into the lungs anyway) is not going to kill Pseudomonas (one of the hardiest bacterias out there) and your odds go down even further if you have Cepacia or something (which is so hardy it can live in disinfectant and betadine). Pseudomonas doesn't even attack trees, so trees would have no reason to evolve a defense against PA attacks. If all it took to fix CF exacerbations was tree oil, don't you think medical scientists would have explored that option? There isn't some international conspiracy that revolves around forcing us to take antibiotics and suppressing "natural" remedies - the reality of it is, natural remedies often just don't work or only treat some of the symptoms if they do anything at all rather than the underlying problems.

For example, Vicks Vapo Rub might make you feel better if you have a chest cold, but it's your body's immune system that kills the viruses. Vicks just alleviates some of the common symptoms without actually doing anything at all to resolve the underlying issue.

 

[kmhbeauty]

This sounds pretty quack-y, no offense. "Pill medicine" (what does that even mean to you? Just literal pills or do you mean all traditional medicine?) is backed up by scientific studies that take a large group of people and chart their progress on the medicine. It can take years and years and tons of trials to even get a single new drug on the market - especially antibiotics.

I'll trust science over "Natural Remedies THEY Don't Want You To Know About" any day.

I grew up choosing not to take the meds and chose to research what was best for me. The natural stuff and the stuff doctors prescribed. The tea tree oil was just something to consider. Im not sick, and havnt been for over a year but Im been placing a bowl of hot water in my apartment with some tea tree oil in it. Not sure if that will do much, but testing it out. By "pill medicine" I mean pain meds, antibiotics, enzymes, ect ect. I understand some people have to take them. If you started early in life being on them, its hard not to need them, I get it. My point is just exploring other options. I have seen things change here over the years. Back in 08, I didn't see anything about natural stuff, now I do. My point is, there are other ways of doing things that go outside the box. Im ddf508, 27, and still live a normal life, no meds, a lot of healthy eating, and good lung function. I don't believe that doctors are "all knowing" I believe in doing my own research for my own body, and then making a decision. I look at who benefits if I take this medicine. The medical industry is a money making industry and money driven. Besides the point, Ive been using tea tree oil for everything. I use it for cuts, scrapes, bug bites and it really works well at healing.