Comments on: ASHMI Clear Breathing with Chinese Herbs

By: Cody Wells

Cody Wells — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:28:32 +0000

Thanks for dropping by and sharing your very positive results! Ashmi was certainly a life changer for my wife and I and I’m very glad to hear it has helped you as well. In my book, any herbs or herbal combinations that help decrease our dependency on pharmaceuticals are essential.

I agree with you that the ashmi is probably not helping all that much with your allergy symptoms. We use a product called “Lung, Bronchial & Sinus Health” by a company called “Natural Factors,” along with “Phytocort,” during the height of our allergy season >> with excellent results.

Thanks again and continued good health.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:27:10 +0000

I got asthma symptoms for the 1st time in my life along with my usualy springtime allergies, 2 years ago. I saw a allergy/pulmonologist MD (one of the best in my area of SLC, UT) and he told me this was the beginning of a long road where I’ll need stronger and stronger inhalers and other meds for asthma. That was unacceptable to me.
I ended up using Ashmi that allergy season along with an emergency inhaler as needed.
That season was the last time I needed the inhaler. I have been able to use ashmi now, just as any symptoms arise.
Also, no side effects were noted with the ashmi. Additionally, my seasonal allergy symptoms are about 10% of what they used to be, but I’m not sure that’s due to the ashmi.
The stuff does taste terrrible though. Small price to pay…

By: Cody Wells

Cody Wells — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:56:54 +0000

Hi Vojtech,

Thanks for dropping by.

A great place to start is the search page of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Use ASHMI as your keyword and then hit the search button. You will have 3 full pages of search results to sift through, including clinical studies and published results.

As far as if the formulation is safe for children >>> see comments by Lisa on 1-3-2011 and my subsequent comments on 1-9-2011. I’m not a doctor or medical practitioner of any kind, so I think you’d be better off asking a medical/herbal professional that very same question (or at the very least, do some research on your own). Better safe than sorry when it comes to one’s kids!!!

Thanks again for dropping by.

By: Vojtech

Vojtech — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:09:36 +0000

Hi, do you have some info concerning ongoing clinical studies of ASHMI? When we can expect the publication of results? Do you know, whether ASHMI/Phytocort is safe for children?

By: Cody Wells

Cody Wells — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:50:50 +0000

Hi Alan,

Thanks for dropping by.

There is one big difference. Noni is not part of Dr. Xiu-Min Li’s original formulation. What effect that has, I have no idea?

Otherwise, I believe the percentage of the rest of the ingredients are based on the original formulation. The other factor that comes into play is the purity of the ingredients and I would guess, the freshness of the ingredients. I have no idea how one would go about measuring such things, but I would guess they are important, nonetheless.

But, again, Phytocort is the closest match which I could find to the original.

Hope this helps??

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:27:11 +0000

What is your appraisal as to how closely Phytocort matches that which was tested by Dr. Li at Mt. Sinai medical center?

By: noah

noah — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:31:01 +0000

hi Cody
thank you very much
i forgot to say, also butterbur helps me heaps with my allergic rhinits as well with my severe allergic asthma. it is strongly anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory. one needs to buy a standardized extract of butterbur that is free of pyrrolizidins, but it helps as well as an antihistamine without the sedating effect.
looking forward to your upcoming article!!!
all the best
and thank you!!
noah

By: Cody Wells

Cody Wells — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:18:09 +0000

Hi Robert, Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the link to the Dr. Weil article -->> very good info! My wholehearted recommendations for the homemade ASHMI ingredients are herbspro.com and amazon.com. You will find everything you need on amazon.com, except for kushen/sophora root in supplement form. You will not find kushen/sophora root in any form on herbspro. I did find a place I could order the sophora root in supplement form very recently, I just can't remember off the top of my head where it was! I will continue to search and post my findings here. As far as sinus allergy help, my wife has had great success with "Dr. Murray's Lung, Bronchial & Sinus Health" for her allergies. We have successfully ordered it from both amazon & herbspro. It is also available at houseofnutrition.com for only $14.97 (which is the best price I've seen yet!). Unfortunately, I have not seen, read, nor heard of any evidence that phytocort has any effect (beneficial or otherwise) on allergies of any kind. Sorry I can't be of any more help on that question! Thanks again for stopping by and let us know how things work out, good or not so good. The info may help others.

By: Robert Macias

Robert Macias — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:24:22 +0000

I’m trying to find an herbal combination that might help with sinus allergies. Is there any anecdotal evidence that ASHMI or Phytocort helps with sinus allergies? The one herbal product I’ve found that helps is Sinupret. It seems to be a pretty good decongestant, but it’s not an antihistamine, so it doesn’t address the itchy eyes and sneezing.

I’m a little concerned about the additional ingredient in Phytocort: Noni. Here’s what Dr. Weil says about it: http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/QAA64352

I may try your do-it-yourself approach to ASHMI. Did you ever find a good online source for all three ingredients (other than the Phytocort formula)?

Thanks,

Robert

By: Cody Wells

Cody Wells — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:53:55 +0000

Hi Linda, Thanks for dropping by. Unfortunately, I am not a trained medical practitioner. You would be better served by asking your doctor/medical practitioner that same question to get a definitive answer. That being said, I can tell you that ASHMI (Phytocort) is full of mushrooms (ie. Reishi/Lingzhi mushrooms), so if I were you, I would stay far away from it. I don't know if it would cause the candida to reappear, but I would recommend that you be safe and not sorry! There are certainly a great many options for you try. Below are links to two herbal combinations which may be effective options for you. But be sure to check the list of ingredients in each of them, to ensure that there aren't any offending herbs or mushrooms included: Dr. Murray's Lung, Bronchial & Sinus Health on Amazon Dr. Murray's Lung, Bronchial & Sinus Health on House of Nutrition AsthmaClear on Amazon AsthmaClear on Herbpro Good luck and I'm really sorry I couldn't be of any more help!!