Hello. What essential oils did you use for this inhalation? thanks, jnh Spiroflex wrote:
> To Gary Christensen, My mother always told me that as a child, 65 years ago, > my life was saved when I had "double pneumonia" by inhaling pungent hot > vapors. I vividly remember the experience. As soon as I inhaled those pungent > fumes my breathing would come easier. They would put a towel over my head and > the crock of hot liquid to form a tent. I would raise "the tent flap" from > time to time to bring in some more oxygen. As an adult I had always assumed > that it was the water vapor that I inhaled that did the trick. But lack of > success with mere water vaporizers with my own son in later life has convinced > me lately that it was not the water vapor but the drops of a pungent oil added > to the surface of the very hot water that did the curing. I have only recently > read of the anitibiotic powers of essential oils and "aromatherapy." Check out > the inhaling of "essential oils" on the Internet. You could start your search > at brunnerbiz.com. I believe Karen Brunner, a nutritional consultant, has had > successful experience with essential oils with her own children. She answers > her email promptly. Apparently there are quality differences when it comes to > finding effective essentail oils in the USA. My infant son had symptoms such > as you describe with your son. But his bronchial tubes would collapse, turning > his face blue. It was explained to us by our physician that it was an > allergic reaction to bacteria from a sinus infection and the post nasal drip > that occurred when he was in a prone position. We learned that immediate > antibiotics was required in his case and an injection of epinefrine to try to > avoid brain damage while the antibiotic was starting to work. He outgrew this > kind of severe crisis by the time he was eight years old. But he needed > special education as a learning challenged student. Where breathing is > impaired to the point that a child is bluish colored in the face, calls for > very urgent action. We learned to take our son to an ER immediately. Since my > wife was a nurse our doctor wisely decided to have us keep the ABx and the > epinefrine at home for more rapid administration. Minutes count. Today I would > have the essential oils in the house for dealing with such a crisis. CS, in my > opinion, is not fast acting enough for this kind of crisis. Our son, now 35, > is still prone to respiratory infections. He uses CS as a preventative of > respiratory infection, rather than a cure once he is infected. I wish that I > had known about the inhaling of essential oils back then when my son was an > infant, but the knowledge of my mother that she brought with her from > Venezuela in 1905 was lost for me when she died. God bless you and your > family, -- Carlos LeClair > > ----- Ori >
