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Why does herbal cough syrup work so well? It may be full of morphine

David Pollard

eucalyptus oil for emphysema

The commercial product 'Olbas Oil', available at most supermarket pharmacies, contains a mixture of plant oils such as peppermint along with eucalyptus and is efficacious for me with few side effects; though it is quite strong and stings a bit if you get it on a sensitive area of skin.

N-acetyl-cysteine also seems to help me cope with emphysema. I learned about it here:

http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band81/b81-2.html

It's sad that Bandolier is no longer in existence, for they did good reviews on somewhat similar lines to Cochrane in the search for evidence based medicine. Their commentaries on a range off alternative medicines, included in the overall index under the heading 'Complementary', seems to me to be as good as you can get. There do seem to have been a few medics who were neither in thrall to Big Pharma nor to quackery.

http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/knowledge.html

I wonder how much the NHS would save and how much overall health might benefit if work similar to theirs were to be extended and made easily available.

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