‘Tid-bits’ of Health
Traveling up highway 190 is a new experience today. It’s worse than being in the Black Hills of South Dakota. There aren’t even any cute little gold souvenirs.
That great big, white billowing cloud that formed on the first day of the fire filled our air with soot and ash. This array of destructive particles came down all over this valley. Then the cloud dispersed its contents to our neighbors for many miles. How far will its destructive particles travel? Well, let’s just say that the people in Texas and Florida aren’t worried about breathing the toxic air we’re sending their way.
Why is the soot and ash destructive? The tiny particles of burnt wood and grass contain byproducts of the fire. The tiny burnt pieces irritate the lining of the lungs and air passages. This can make the lungs feel like they’re experiencing asthma, emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a lung condition where something is obstructing the flow of air and interfering with normal breathing.
The fire has turned the beautiful, refreshing smell of the mountains into poisonous chemicals like carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, and hydrogen sulfide. Carbon monoxide gets into the red blood cells just like oxygen does. It takes up some of the space needed to carry oxygen, and won’t give it up. When our body’s cells lack oxygen, they can’t function. Our symptoms range from generalized muscle weakness and slower brain function to chest pain, palpitations, and shortness of breath. When the body’s cells are deprived of oxygen, they will die.
However, our body does not leave us defenseless. Our first line of defense is the lining of our nose, throat, and bronchial tubes. These tissues take water and make it thicker. When water is thick, it won’t evaporate very easily. It becomes a sticky trap for airborne things like viruses, bacteria, dust, and tiny pieces of burnt wood. These airborne toxins will all be held in place until the lungs can send a blast of air to knock them back out the way they entered.
Small exposures are handled without us noticing anything. Larger exposures get our attention when mucus accumulates. Mucus traps gather around the vocal cords and Eustachian tube junctions in the throat. Hoarseness, loss of voice or a sore throat follows. When mucus accumulates in the bronchial tubes, the lungs will send a blast of air to force the toxins and their mucus trap back out the way they entered. Coughing is the way the lungs cleanse themselves. The mucus may be either clear or black depending on the amount of burned particles it’s carrying.
When your lungs cough up smoke-filled mucus, be sure to spit it out. Swallowing it allows the toxins to sneak back into the blood through the intestine wall. A way to stop the reabsorption of toxins is by taking charcoal tablets. Charcoal absorbs toxins and carries them safely to the toilet.
Don’t be surprised if the lungs decide to cough around 5 in the morning. The body runs on an internal time schedule and the lung’s time to do its janitorial work is between 3 and 5 a.m. After spending a couple hours gathering the smoke-filled mucus into little piles, the lungs are ready to blast the piles out the exit between 5 and 7 a.m.
When you begin to take charge of your lungs and help them return to optimal function consider herbs and supplements that can accomplish these things for you:
1. Build and cleanse the respiratory system; help remove mucus and reduce hoarseness.
2. Neutralize toxins from the smoke break up pockets of infection.
3. Take protease enzymes; tools the white blood cells use to digest (because they have to eat) all the microscopic pieces of smoke that don’t belong in the body.
4. Silica Hydride, the key that unlocks the potential of water as the medium for nutrient replenishment and waste removal at the cellular level. This antioxidant compound is 800 percent more effective than either Green Tea or Grape Seed Extracts.
5. Charcoal: that grabs smoky toxins and carries them to the toilet.
At Family HELM’S Body And Soul & Earth Restoration program, we not only build our health from the foundation up, but we learn to walk the body’s Natural Healing Pathway. Everyone experiences good results. We’ll be sharing those experiences from 2 to 4:40 p.m. next Saturday afternoon, Sept. 23, at the Old Sante Fe Depot Senior Center, 280 N. Fourth St., Porterville.
Until then … take charge … Sylvia