I am new to this group and newly diagnosed. I don’t have a lot of experience but I have a very interesting experience with Allicin. I travelled to visit some friends over the Christmas holiday before I had even had a chance to talk with my pulmonologist about my MAC diagnosis. My friends that I was spending the holidays with were the perfect people to land with. Just by chance their life experience fighting for their lung health had guided them to using Allicin in a very interesting way. I’ll explain the process here and you could give it a try. I tried it for a week and was quite amazed at the difference I experienced in my sputum production. When I got back with my pulmonologist I agreed to put that aside for a while and try all of her recommendations first. I will return to the Allicin therapy after giving some respectful adherence to my doctor’s guidelines.

Here’s what I was taught:
Put three good size cloves of garlic peeled into a Ziploc bag, close it and lay it flat on a solid surface. Using the flat side of a meat pounder (?) Or some blunt rubber or wooden hammer like to tool, smash cloves well. Let stand 10 minutes. This 10 minutes allows the Allicin chemical compound to form. Then, sit comfortably and hold the open plastic bag around your nose and mouth and breath normally for a half hour. Careful not to let the “seal” above your nose become loose because it irritates your eyes. Twice a day.

Good luck if you give this a try! And I will be around. I will post a lot of the links to scientific studies about allicin that have come about recently. To be continued!