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Tried Every COPD Treatment and Still Struggling to Breathe? A Video Shared in a 91,000-Member Group Is Making People Question What They’ve Been Told

See Why a 7-Second Mullein Leaf & Vicks Ritual Shared in a Facebook Group Is Getting People Talking About a Different Approach to COPD and Stubborn Breathing Problems
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A video circulating in a large online breathing support community has sparked discussion among people looking for different approaches to stubborn breathing problems.

For people searching for better COPD treatment options, few things are more frustrating than dealing with the same exhausting problems day after day — violent morning coughing, mucus that won’t seem to go away, chest tightness and that constant feeling that breathing should not be this hard.

Recently, one man shared his experience inside a large online breathing support group with more than 91,000 members. He wrote that his morning cough had become so intense his wife would leave the room — and asked whether anyone else felt like they were slowly suffocating at night.

Shortly after posting, he received a message from another member in his 70s who pointed him to a surprising video involving a simple 7-second mullein leaf and Vicks ritual — along with a different explanation for why stubborn breathing problems may keep getting worse over time.

The presentation explores why some people looking into COPD medications and other familiar options are also becoming curious about a theory involving mucus, airflow, the tiny air sacs inside the lungs and something referred to in the video as catalytic carbon.

Rather than offering just another list of common approaches, the video walks through the story, the reasoning behind the ritual and why the man who received that message says it changed how he thinks about his breathing problems.

The connection may not seem obvious at first. But once you watch the explanation, you’ll understand why this unusual mullein leaf and Vicks ritual is getting so much attention.

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Cami Whitfield
The part about waking up at 3am gasping hit me hard. That's been me for two years and my husband thinks I'm being dramatic. Watching this now.
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Denise Barlow
Carol you are NOT being dramatic. I slept sitting up in a recliner for 3 years before anyone took me seriously.
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Gary Lindholm
WAIT... I have BOTH of those things in my house already?? Watching the whole thing now.
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Marian Cobb
Gary watch it all the way through. I tried doing it on my own first and gave up after 3 weeks. There's a reason it wasn't working and she explains it about halfway in.
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Frank Mercer
Never smoked a day in my life. 41 years as a diesel mechanic. Diagnosed at 63. Nobody has ever been able to explain that to me until I watched this.
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Roy Bolton
I'll be honest, I clicked expecting nonsense. It's not what I expected. The bit explaining why the inhaler only opens the pipe instead of clearing it actually made sense to me for the first time.
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Sue Ann Peters
Sending this to my dad. He stopped coming to Sunday dinner because he's embarrassed about the coughing. It breaks my heart. ❤️
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Wanda Hollis
Anyone here at GOLD stage 3? Wondering if it's too late for someone like me.
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