A word of caution: the information given here is not intended as medical advice. We do not advise you to follow any of these "treatments" yourself. We advise you to obtain a full medical diagnosis and discuss your treatment plan with your doctor. If you choose to use aromatherapy as part of your treatment, please seek out the help of a trained aromatherapist first.

Case Study - Chronic Respiratory Problems

A mother came to us recently with a child suffering from chronic respiratory problems. Sometimes the boy (9 years old) coughed, making sound like a dog, we call it kroep here. That boy started with his problems as a boy of 2 1/2 years old. He received antibiotics from that moment on, almost continuously. Later other medicaments and inhalers followed, also cortisone products. He was several times in the hospital and needed antibiotics almost every three or four weeks since that moment!

She told me the boy needed antibiotics every couple of weeks and she had enough of it, his actual situation was so bad that, if she followed the usual way, she had to go to a doctor again rapidly. I gave her a nebulizer and a synergy made of:

Hyssopus montana (ex decumbens)

Abies balsamea

Melaleuca quinquinervia ct cineol

Eucalyptus globulus

Pinus pinaster

Ravensara aromatica

Pinus sylvestris

all of wild harvest or even organically grown.

I told her to nebulize every couple of hours in the bedroom of the child, with a timer.

She did as I suggested and to her surprise the boy slept very well the first night. That morning he had to cough a lot. She continued with the nebulizer during the day, he had a little bit of fever but was ok. The next day all symptoms were gone!

I strongly advised her to reinforce the flora with acidophilus products.

Michel Vanhove is an aromatherapist and teacher in Belgium. He has a shop, gives lectures and classes and has a mail-order business supplying essential oils, Nature Helps

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