How to use this therapy:
Once a day before bed until the cough resolves.
For more severe cases, this therapy can be done twice a day.
This is a temporary treatment and not meant for the long term. If your cough doesn’t resolve within 7-10 days, you need to see a physician.

You should not use this therapy if:

• you have pleuritis
• you have lung cancer
• you have a neurological disease that affects your ability to sense temperature
• you have congestive heart failure
• you are in an acute asthma attack
• you have Type 2 Diabetes and you have decreased temperature sensation

Supplies

• extra virgin coconut oil
• thyme essential oil (preferably organic)
• 2 large wash cloths or small towels (big enough to cover the chest of the person receiving the treatment)
• hot water source and/or bowl of hot water
• bowl of ice cold water
• Vellux or other non-cotton blanket
• cotton sheet
• wool blanket

Directions

The treatment moves fast, so get everything ready to go.

Make the Barking Lung Chest Rub by placing 1-4 drops of organic thyme essential oil in 1 teaspoon of coconut oil. Dose the drops according to body size. Use less drops for a child, more for an adult. If you have leftover Barking Lung Chest Rub, store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

A Note About Dosing: A 1/2 teaspoon of the Barking Lung Chest Rub is plenty for a child while 1 teaspoon is plenty for an adult. Generally, I aim for 1 drop per chest treatment for kids and 2 drops per chest treatment for adults. If a child will only use 1/2 teaspoon of the oil, I usually recommend 2 drops of essential oil per teaspoon, so that the child receives 1 drop per treatment (1 drop per 1/2 teaspoon applied). If a small adult will only use 1/2 teaspoon of the oil, I usually recommend 4 drops per teaspoon so that the adult can get 2 drops per treatment.

Prepare a bowl of ice water. Place one of the towels in the bowl.

Prepare a bowl of hot water or have a hot water source nearby with a hot towel ready to go. The towel should be as hot as possible, but not hot enough to burn the skin.

Some people could be allergic to the thyme essential oil. It is best to test a small area of the skin with the Barking Lung Chest Rub prior to slathering it all over the chest and covering it with a hot towel. If there is an allergy, Barking Lung Cough Therapy could make it worse. 

1.  The Chest Rub
Generously slather the chest with Barking Lung Chest Rub

2. The Hot Phase
Prior to placing the hot towel on the chest, make sure it is not hot enough to burn the skin. Wring out the water as you do not want it dripping wet. Place hot towel on the chest. Immediately cover the chest with the vellux blanket, the sheet, and then the wool blanket to keep the heat in. Keep in place for 3 minutes.

3. The Cold Phase
Pull the blankets down while keeping the hot towel in place. Wring out the cold towel so that it is not dripping. Cover the hot towel with the cold towel, and flip, leaving the icy cold towel in place and removing the hot towel. Cover the cold towel with the Vellux blanket, the sheet, and the wool blanket (in that order). Leave it in place until the person warms up the cold towel (this could be anywhere from 5-15 minutes). Make sure the person’s entire body is covered in the blankets as you want them to stay warm and ensure they do not get chilled.