Is there a way to heal and clean lungs after smoking?

Question

Hi, I finally quit smoking after 13 years and many failed attempts. I am thirty right now. While I do understand there will always be some residual damage, I was wondering if there were any supplements, herbals, or anything special I could do to repair the lung damage more quickly. I have a strong family history of cardivascular disease. My father developed heart trouble in his forties and died in his early fifties and I am beginning to realize that I need to start keeping an eye on my own health now.

Answer 1

As soon as you snuff out that last cigarette, your body will begin a series of physiological changes.
Within 20 minutes: Blood pressure, body temperature and pulse rate will drop to normal.
Within 8 hours: Smokers breath disappears. Carbon monoxide level in blood drops and oxygen level rises to normal.
Within 24 hours: chance of heart attack decreases.
Within 48 hours: nerve endings start to regroup. Ability to taste and smell improves.
Within 3 days: Breathing is easier.
Within 2-3 months: Circulation improves. Walking becomes easier.
Lung capacity increases up to 30%.
Within 1-9 months: sinus congestion and shortness of breath decrease. Cilia that sweep debris from your lungs grows back. Energy increases.
Within one year: Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a person who smokes.
Within 2 years: Heart attack risk drops to near normal.
Within 5 years: lung cancer death rate for the average former pack a day smoker decreases by almost half that of a smoker.
Within 10 years: lung cancer death rate is similar to that of a person who does not smoke. The pre-cancerous cells are replaced.
Within 15 years: risk of coronary heart disease is the same as a person who has never smoked.

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Answer 2

First, eat and act healthy--get lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. Drink lots of water (6-8 glasses per day). Exercise lightly for at least 1/2 hour a minimum of 4 times per week. Get plenty of sleep (6-8 hours a day, depending on when you no longer feel tired).

Next, to help reduce further lung irritation, put a good HEPA air filter in your room.

Finally, get rid of the heavy metals built up from smoking, like cadmium. The best way to do this is to go to a doctor who will do IV or suppository chelation therapy. The medical establishment doesn't recognize this, but I have seen chelation therapy get rid of the heavy metals in at least 6 people I know, including myself.

The good news is that if you are thirty, you can heal your lungs almost completely.

Answer 3

After one quits smoking that alone cleans up the lungs. It may take a few months to get up all that black crud from the lungs but there comes a time when the smoker is clean within and without.

Answer 4

Just by quitting you have improved your lungs already. Start doing some cardio exercise to help with the circulation and to strengthen you lungs and heart muscle.

Answer 5

They say time heals all wounds. I think that extends to lungs too. You've done the biggest thing by quitting.

Answer 6

yes they will heal but they will be as good as before