Hey, Mr. D. That advice to get a vape might be good. As much as everyone loves to claim that smoking weed is beneficial for the lungs, for a whole lot of people it's not. It made my ashtma flare up in a big way, and chest congestion/tightness is a common complaint in lots of smokers. Research has shown that THC and other cannabinoids are highly beneficial for asthma and other lung ailments. But what most folks never realize is that the mainstream research that's proved this has been done with cannabinoid isolates and tinctures and not necessarily smoked weed. Inhaling smoked vegetable matter of any kind doesn't do good things for the lungs of anyone, despite what weed fans love to claim. Any cardio-pulmonary doctor or researcher will confirm this.

Here are some things you can try:
  • Take a break from smoking for a week or two and do deep breathing exercises four times a day. Inhale deeply, completely filling your lungs. Hold for four seconds. Then exhale. Do 15 - 20 reps each time you do this. (Expect to yawn a lot, too, and possibly feel sleepy). You can also do these breathing exercises when you're in a steaming hot shower, too.
  • Get yourself a large metal or glass bowl and a bath towel. Boil a half gallon or so of water to which you've added two tsp. of non-iodized sea salt. Pour that in the bowl and then lean over the steaming bowl with the towel over your head and surrounding the bowl and breathe in the steam deeply.
  • Take supplemental doses of vitamin C, vitamin A and beta carotene, which are very beneficial for your lungs. If Ganjasaurus Rex were online, he'd know the specific dosages to recommend. I'm hoping he'll see this and make his recommendation.
  • Go to the natural foods store and buy yourself a couple of types of essential oils. Eucalypus oil and peppermint oil are particularly good for pulmonary ailments. Boil up the pan of water from the earlier suggestion, only don't put any salt in it. Put one drop of eucalyptus oil or one drop of peppermint oil into your glass or metal bowl, then add the boiling water. Cover your head with the towel and breathe in the steam. Do one oil or another; don't mix them. And be sure not to use more than a single drop of oil the first time you try this. Both are strong as can be, and if you huff too much of either type, you'll set off a coughing spell you won't soon forget. If you find that one drop doesn't do anything, add two drops and work your way up gradually. Some coughing is good; it clears your lungs by helping you cough up mucus. Your nose may also run when you're doing the saline or oil steam treatments.
  • The traditional medical approach would be to use an aerosolized medicine called albuterol and possiblly inhale it through a nebulizer, but albuterol's a powerful and potentially dangerous medicine in a lot of ways and probably isn't necessary. You need a prescription for albuterol and usually for a nebulizer, too.
  • You can also try the inhaled steam treatment with two cloves of crushed garlic in the bottom of the bowl--or about a half-inch section of grated fresh ginger. Both are good chest-openers, but these can also be very strong and set off some uncomfortable coughing. Some people also have perfectly valid objections to smelling like garlic or ginger.

I've tried all these home remedy approaches over the years at various times on myself and/or used them on my son or others when they've had chest congestion. See what works best for you!
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . Anybody know some good lung-clearing methods? I'm really starting to worry about my lungs right now. Yes, I know weed is not a common (if at all) cause of lung cancer, but it seems the tar from smoke is still catching up with me. In the past while my lungs have been feeling, for lack of a better word, "thin". I Feel like when I take deep breaths I'm not getting as much oxygen, like very shallow breaths (I just smoked a joint, and it's worse now). So anybody know some good methods for clearing your lungs out of all that tar? I guess Rating: 5