Are there any alternative therapies for cystic fibrosis?
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Essential oils seem to be effective for many people.  Check out what Frank did:\n\nhttp://www.oil-testimonials.com/finished.php?tID=529&keyword=cystic&uID=279
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The only thing available for it right now is surgery.\nMaybe other experimental treatments are on the way.
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I'm amazed people are recommending conventional medicines here when this is in the Alternative Medicine section.\n\nIt's really important with coughs to make sure there is expectoration. Do not give cough suppressants ever. \n\nThe best home remedy is to rub Vicks Vaborub (or something similar) on her chest and throat area - and cover it. \n\nAlso steam inhalations will help break up tough mucous. Boil some water (put some Vicks or eucalyptus in it) and put a towel over her head with her head directly above the hot water/eucalyptus and tell her to breath slowly and deeply. Do this for about 10 minutes a couple times a day. Keep her well hydrated. Let her rest properly (don't send her to school until it's resolved - if it's as bad as you say).\n\nDon't mess around with homeopathic remedies unless prescribed by a homeopath who's taken the case properly.\n\nHope she's better soon.
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st john's is the herbal alternative, however, if you find an other one, it probably wont work either.  Just get the scrip or try therapy for the time being (it works great)
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I tried REIKI. I went from wanting small doses of morphine to not needing anything at all. There are no guarantees with anything and don't EVER give up your regular treatments, but I don't thnk REIKI will hurt and its worth a try. I have inflamatory osteo arthritis and fibromyalgia.
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Mucinex or guafenesin, is classified as a decongestant, but it has no effect on your brain, it is simply a mucolytic, which means it makes your mucus more watery, and thus easier for your normal respiratory mechanisms to get rid of it.  The above advice about drinking lots of water with it is absolutely true.  Long term use should not be harmful, as people with cystic fibrosis take much more of it than anyone normal and take it for a lifetime.
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I would be very skeptical of someone discovering CF at such a relatively late age.  The disease almost smacks you in the face very early in life, and there are no mild forms to my knowledge.  I'm not sure what your doctor noticed to steer him towards CF, but if he's really serious, there is a chloride sweat test that can be done to rule it out.  Also, if you have no family history of CF, I would refrain from worrying about it.  Bronchiectasis can be associated with so many things.  Consider being tested for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.  I know it's a mouthful, but it's a highly under-diagnosed condition affecting the lungs.  Good luck to you :)
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this has worked for me and my kids for 15 years now EVERY TIME...\n\nYou have someone plug your ears while you guzzle water. Keep swallowing for about 5 good chugs. If you are alone, you can plug your own ears and drink thru a straw. \nTrust me, once you try this you will never need another cure.
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Please see my page on alternative treatments
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Hi,\n\nI don't think there is a cure for this disease but there are several drugs available and coming through the system that may help ease the problems or slow them down.  \n\nTry these links:\n\nhttp://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2100/2112.asp?index=8877\nhttp://armor.typepad.com/bastardsword/2004/08/potential_cure_.html\nhttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=35418
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Any kind of cough drop will work!
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i have cystic fibrosis and i know that anyone with CF can drink w/e they want its just that i wouldn't because it's not good for you, as well for anyone else.  drinking is bad and i dont recommend it, especially if you have a bad disease like cystic fibrosis.  u dont want liver problems too
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My mother's remedy for such like.\n\nCut an onion in half.\nChop one half up fine and place in a saucer.\nPour over two tablespoons of good quality vinegar.\nSprinkle a teaspoonful of sugar and cover with another saucer.\nLeave overnight for twelve hours. \nPlace the remaining half in the bedroom.\nNext day take one spoonful of the juice each five hours.\nRepeat a fresh batch daily for five days.\n\nThe liquor frees up the airways and loosens up the the mucus.\nThe piece in the bedroom removes all airborne viruses.\nIt works and is natural.\nCures all sorts of chest problems.\nI am 83.
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There is NO cure yet for pulmonary fibrosis.  It is a progressive disease that usually manifests itself after the lungs have been damaged by other diseases...over time.
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http://www.cff.org/\nhttp://www.cysticfibrosis.com/\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cysticfibrosis.html\nhttp://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cystic-fibrosis/DS00287
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I have had Fibro for 20 years now and am basiscally in the same situtation. I use nutritional supplements and they seem to work really well. I just take a good multiple vitamin and a Magnesium/ Malic Acid combination. I do also take Zanaflex, a muscle relaxer and that helps a lot too.\nI've tried various "herbal remedies" and nothing helped. I also was quite sceptical about taking herbs since they are unregulated by the FDA, can have serious side effects and anything can be in them.\nGood luck!
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Research alternative cures. Over 100 are available, but your doctor isn't allowed to tell you about them.\n\nI have always believed that the mainstream medical industry is not interested in finding a cure for cancer because it makes too much profit with its present barbarous methods.\nEventually, I came across a detailed report which agreed with my findings, and I have included it in my web page at\n\nhttp://dgwa1.fortunecity.com/body/cancer.html\n\nBy reading this report, you will also convince yourself that it is best to ignore the mainstream cancer industry, and seek alternative cures. Also you should bear in mind that the medical industry will do anything to protect its profitable position, including disparaging alternative healers or even creating bogus court cases.\n\nI believe that cancer is a whole body thing, which in 80 percent of cases manifests itself by producing symptoms in the weaker parts of the body, and therefore appearing localised. It is this treatment of symptoms instead of cause which creates the profitable, yet non-successful approach of mainstream medicine.\n\nSome cures are listed on the web page too.\n\nIt is therefore obvious that a holistic approach is required, based on cleansing, diet, exercise and debugging.\n\nCLEANSING\nThe best way of cleansing is to fast.\n\nhttp://www.phifoundation.org/menses.html\nhttp://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=1996\n\nbut if a patient is too weak for that, or does not fancy the idea, then alternative cleanses are available.\n\n\nColon Cleanse\nhttp://www.soundfeelings.com/free/colon_cleansing.htm#recipe\nBowel cleanse\nhttp://www.curezone.com/schulze/herbal_colon_cleanse_1_2.asp\nkidney cleanse\nhttp://www.curezone.com/cleanse/kidney/default.asp\nhttp://www.ehow.com/how_12678_kidney-cleansing-fast.html\nhttp://www.falconblanco.com/health/cleansing/kidney.html\nhttp://www.healingdaily.com/colon-kidney-detoxification.htm\nhttp://www.healthfree.com/cleansing_programs_kidney.html\nLiver cleanse\nhttp://www.drclark.net/en/drclark_protocol/illnesses/liver_cleanse.php\nGallbladder cleanse\nhttp://www.curezone.com/cleanse/liver/default.asp\nhttp://www.curezone.com/cleanse/liver/huldas_recipe.asp\nPancreas cleanse\nhttp://curezone.com/dis/1.asp?C0=261\n\nDIET,\nThe best diet is vegetarian, avoiding all processed, frozen or micro-waved foods and drinks, and based on fresh fruit, fresh vegetables - preferably organic, nuts and seeds. Drinks should be clean water or freshly squeezed orange juice.\n\nMany researchers promote the benefits of vitamin B17 as a healer. this can be found in the following foods:\nApple seeds, alfalfa sprouts, apricot kernels, bamboo shoots, barley, beet tops, bitter almond, blackberries, boysenberries, brewer’s yeast, brown rice, buckwheat, cashews, cherry kernels, cranberries, currants, fava beans, flax seeds, garbanzo beans, gooseberries, huckleberries, lentils, lima beans, linseed meat, loganberries, macadamia nuts, millet, millet seed, peach kernels, pecans, plum kernels, quince, raspberries, sorghum cane syrup, spinach, sprouts (alfalfa, lentil, mung bean, buckwheat, garbanzo), strawberries, walnuts, watercress, yams.\n\nA commercial preparation of B17 is available called Laetrile.\n\nEXERCISE\nExercise should be sufficient to create a sweat, but not sufficient to make you gasp for breath or feel over-tired. About one hours exercise every day is best.\n\nDEBUGGING\nThere are various theories about how bugs create cancer.\n\nHulda Clark suggests that parasites are the cause, and that they can be disposed of by using a zapper.\n\nZappers are available from\n\nSuper Zapper DeLuxe\nhttp://www.drclark.net      Clark Zapper with amazing features get a free CD ROM\n\nhttp://www.paradevices.com/zapper_works.html\n\nTerminator Crystal Orgone Zapper Blood Purification Parasite Solution\nElectrical stimulation devices for blood purification, parasites, relaxation, and addictions.\nhttp://www.elixa.com/estim/zap.htm\n\nHigh frequency parasite zappe