I've never had much respect for "natural" cures. My personal opinion was that naturopaths and such were more like snake oil salesmen. And to a large extent I still believe one has to view such people with a bit of skepticism. And I had faith in the pharmaceutical companies. My faith in the pharmaceutical companies has been significantly reduced over the last few years. However, I will talk out of the other side of my mouth for a minute or two if you'll let me.
There is this woman, last name Nicole Apelian, who advertises on Youtube extensively. What she is advertising is a book on herbal medicine. I saw her talk about "Mullein" numerous times. Then a youtube personality for whom I have respect spoke about this same stuff. Okay, worth a try.
The word was this substance was great for breathing problems. Okay, I went looking and found it at Amazon. For quite a while, I've been using a steroid inhaler which is supposed to open up the bronchial tubes and allow release of a phlegm-like substance. Well, yeah--through my insurance company a 3 month supply is $147. I got the idea maybe there was a generic I could get for less. With the doctor's blessing, I spoke to my pharmacy about it. They came back with the news that a 3-month supply of the generic would cost $885 because the generic was not covered under my insurance. No, don't think so........ But with everything going up in price that $147 is pretty hard to come up with.
So, I ordered 90 capsules of mullein for $9.xx. That works out to about a 1.5 month supply, taken 2 per day. Or, less than $20 for a 3-month supply. And, the stuff works! It has actually taken me by surprise. I didn't really expect much from the stuff, but a $9 experiment seemed an okay risk. But I more or less started taking it and forgot about it. A few days later I seemed to be coughing up mountains of phlegm. I was actually coughing up so much I got kinda worried. I was concerned maybe I had some sort of respiratory problem. I've been keeping a close eye on my pulse oximeter and I'm getting good readings. So, that kind of rules out a respiratory problem. I think I am just experiencing respiratory relief from the mullein. I've checked out several sources and I've found no drug interactions or noted adverse effects.
It is also believed that mullein may be effective against UTI's. Those are always a problem particularly in older adults, so I am hoping not to have that problem ever again, LOL. Well, I'm no doctor, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Maybe it'll help someone.........
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