Horehound

[Deborah Grissam]

I have had lung congestion for about 2 months. A deep cough, coughing fits, lots of junk to cough up.  Today, I picked horehound- it grows wild here in Texas. ...... about 2 -3 cups and steeped it for 10 minutes in a quart of boiled water.  It is pretty bitter so I put a ton of honey and lemon in= it doesn't actually taste good but it is barely tolerable. 

Anyway, I ended up with a little over 2 cups.  I have been sipping it for the last 3 hours, and my congestion is almost totally gone.  I cannot cough anything up for the life of me.  

I am so excited because I have been taking tons of garlic pills and many other herbs trying to get better, but nothing has helped!

[Lorraine P. Johnson]

Cool! Thanks for sharing!

[Mari Llich]

May I ask what caused the congestion and coughing fits? I have had coughing fits for 2 weeks now.

[Laurie P]

This sounds very encouraging to me Deborah.  I have been battling lung problems since I had bronchitis in January.  I don't think I am congested.  It feels more like my breath is labored and my voice still has roughness to it and is still strained.  I am going to look into this.  

I was also reading about juiced turnips being good for lungs.  Just read it tonight.  Gonna try that.  

Hope your lungs get completely cleared.  Take care!

[Deborah Grissam]

You know- I really do not know- never went to the doctor because the drugs make me sick.  It was some kind of sickness that was going around.  Several of my co workers had it. 

Mari Llich said:

May I ask what caused the congestion and coughing fits? I have had coughing fits for 2 weeks now.