BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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One of the inventors has poor respiratory health, has had
repeated bouts with pneumonia, colds, flu, asthma, and has been recently
diagnosed with the initial stages of emphysema--despite all that modern medicine
has had to offer. This first inventor also comes from a family known for a long
history of respiratory problems. Therefore, the inventors decided to look beyond
conventional "modern medicine" to help the first inventor, and as a result, have
conceived methods to substantially prevent colds, flus, and infections of the
human respiratory system. These methods include the inhalation of the vapors
from eucalyptus oil and/or tea tree oil that are theorized to form a protective,
and infection-preventing, thin layer within the entire respiratory system,
including the lungs, bronchial tubes, and the nasal cavities. This thin layer
maintains its anti-pathogenic properties for a period of time following the
inhalation of the vapors for at least one-half hour, and perhaps longer. This
thin anti-pathogenic layer substantially prevents the initial infection of
colds, flus, and other pathogens for a period of time following inhalation. The
inventors also propose the prophylactic use of inhaled eucalyptus oil and/or tea
tree oil to prevent additional tuberculosis, which is becoming a major health
problem in the United States. The inventors further propose the prophylactic use
of inhaled eucalyptus oil and/or tea tree oil to prevent opportunistic
infections of the human respiratory system of individuals having cystic
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1. Field of the Invention
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The field of invention relates to the prevention of
colds, flus, and other pathogens within the respiratory system of human beings
by the inhalation of vapors from highly volatile essential oils such as
eucalyptus oil and/or tea tree oil. Following the inhalation of the vapors, a thin
anti-pathogenic layer is formed in the respiratory system that protects against
infection for a certain duration of time following inhalation.
2. Description of the Prior Art
While certain medical uses for eucalyptus oil and tea
tree oil have been previously disclosed, to the inventor's best knowledge, none
of those previously disclosed methods have suggested, or proposed, that the
periodic inhalation of vapors from eucalyptus oil and/or tea tree oil may be used as
prophylactic agents to substantially prevent infection of colds, flus, and
other pathogens within the respiratory system of human beings for a duration
of time following that inhalation. AFTER the infection of human beings with
certain pathogens, previous inhalation therapies have suggested using eucalyptus
oil and or tea tree oil to aid in the recovery from certain respiratory
diseases. However, none of these previous methods have suggested using eucalyptus oil
and/or tea tree oil vapors as prophylactic agents to routinely and
substantially PREVENT the initial infection of pathogens for a duration of time
following their inhalation as a primary method of preventing disease.
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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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An object of the invention is to provide methods to
prevent the initial infection of pathogens within the human respiratory system by
the inhalation of vapors from eucalyptus oil or from any of its constituents.
Another object of the invention is to provide methods
to prevent the initial infection of pathogens within the human respiratory
system by the inhalation of vapors from tea tree oil or from any of its
constituents.
Yet another object of the invention is to prevent
respiratory infections from pathogens including bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
And yet another object of the invention is provide
methods to substantially prevent diseases such as colds and flus.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide
methods to substantially prevent all varieties of pneumonia.
Yet further, another object of the invention is to
provide methods to substantially prevent the spread of tuberculosis.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide
methods to substantially prevent opportunistic infections of the human
respiratory system of individuals having cystic fibrosis.
Another object of the invention is to provide an
convenient hand-held inhaler apparatus to provide vapors from essential oils such
as eucalyptus oil and/or tea tree oil for inhalation into the human respiratory
system.
And yet another object of the invention is to provide
methods to prevent, treat and cure infections of bioterrorism pathogens including
inhalation anthrax, inhalation smallpox, inhalation botulism, inhalation
plague, inhalation tularemia, inhalation hemorrhagic fever viruses, and
inhalation tuberculosis.
Yet further, it is yet another object of the invention
to provide methods to inhale concentrated vapors from different mixtures of
essential oils having antiseptic properties to prevent, treat and cure a wide
variety of respiratory diseases including infections from bioterrorism pathogens.
Still further, it is yet another object of the
invention to provide methods to reduce the risks of infection of the human
respiratory system by pathogens causing Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
It is yet another object of the invention to provide
methods and apparatus to prevent, treat, and cure infections by pathogens
that cause Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
And finally, it is yet another object of the invention
to provide methods and apparatus to reduce the probability of infection by
unknown, and unpredictable, respiratory pathogens in public places.
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