| I was taking a red eye flight from LA to the East | | | | swallowed the contents of the two-ounce bottle. |
| Coast and hoped to get some sleep on the plane but | | | | Within minutes he vomited about a half cup of black |
| soon noticed an older gentleman a few seats away | | | | mucous. Instantly he could breathe again and the color |
| who was coughing and gasping for air. An oxygen | | | | returned to his face and lips. I walked him back to his |
| tank confirmed that he probably had a chronic problem | | | | seat where, with tears in his eyes, he thanked me for |
| like emphysema or bronchitis. | | | | helping him feel better. |
| After 15 minutes of listening to him choke and gasp I | | | | I gave him the empty bottle and suggested that when |
| realized I wouldn't be able to get any rest if I didn't help | | | | he got home he could stock up on it at his local health |
| him. Since I always carry a bottle of fenugreek and | | | | food store. Then he could take two or three |
| lobelia tincture with me, I approached him and | | | | eyedroppers three or four times a day to help him |
| introduced myself as a natural healing doctor. I | | | | breathe more easily. |
| explained how small doses of lobelia and fenugreek | | | | After that, both of us were able to sleep all the way |
| can dilate the bronchial tubes making it easier to | | | | to the East Coast. |
| breathe. In a stronger dose it can act as an | | | | It isn't only smoking tobacco that causes emphysema |
| expectorant and will help break up and get rid of the | | | | and bronchitis; almost anything that we inhale that's |
| mucous that was making him cough so hard. At a | | | | toxic can cause problems to develop in the lungs. |
| really strong dose it can act as an emetic and could | | | | Inhaling any burning thing including native American |
| actually cause the mucous to be vomited from the | | | | tobacco or marijuana can result in emphysema. Inhaling |
| lungs. | | | | other people's smoke can be deadly. Even inhaling hot |
| I proposed that he follow me to the restroom where | | | | air from fires can have devastating effects. |
| he could take the entire two-ounce bottle in one large | | | | But by far the most pernicious is the widespread |
| dose. This would immediately cause him to vomit all | | | | practice of smoking tobacco because tobacco is so |
| the mucous from his lungs and then he might feel | | | | addictive that quitting is a real challenge even for |
| much better and be able to get some rest. He looked | | | | strong-willed people. It's best to avoid even being |
| at me and said, "What do I have to lose? I'm dying | | | | around people who have a smoking habit. Second |
| anyway. Lead the way." | | | | hand smoke can kill you, too. |
| We went back to the restroom where he immediately | | | | |