I can completly sympathise with the shit lung function thing, I'm asthmatic and I'm in my second week of a chest infection at the moment. I absolutely refuse to take antibiotics, because I am absolutely against the dependence we have on antibiotics in the west. Also, they play havoc with my body, I end up with tons of yeast infections and IBS flare ups. So I just have to ride it out and wait for my body to heal itself.
It's better than it was, but I still have icky phlegm which is not nice! Have you tried steam inhalation? I do that twice a day, with Vicks or eucalytpus oil in the water. I'd have something over your eyes like a flannel, otherwise they may sting. I find the steam really loosens the phlegm and at least makes it easier and less hurty to cough up.
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I can completly sympathise with the shit lung function thing, I'm asthmatic and I'm in my second week of a chest infection at the moment. I absolutely refuse to take antibiotics, because I am absolutely against the dependence we have on antibiotics in the west. Also, they play havoc with my body, I end up with tons of yeast infections and IBS flare ups. So I just have to ride it out and wait for my body to heal itself.
It's better than it was, but I still have icky phlegm which is not nice! Have you tried steam inhalation? I do that twice a day, with Vicks or eucalytpus oil in the water. I'd have something over your eyes like a flannel, otherwise they may sting. I find the steam really loosens the phlegm and at least makes it easier and less hurty to cough up.