Editorial Policy and Verification Methodology

Every claim on this site traces to one of three things: the product label, a study we can cite, or a page the seller put online. Where the product's name and its formula disagree, we describe the formula.

How we rule on a claim

1. Read the label, not the name. A product called a “lung cleanse” is judged on whether its ingredients act on the lungs, not on what the bottle is called.
2. Check each ingredient's actual evidence base. Butcher's broom is studied for veins, saw palmetto for the prostate, turmeric for inflammation — an ingredient's research endpoint is where its claim has to come from.
3. Note what is disclosed. An undisclosed amount is reported as undisclosed, never estimated or assumed to be adequate.
4. Distinguish a mechanism from a dose. An ingredient can have a real mechanism and still be present at a token amount; both facts get stated.
5. Test the premise. “Lung detox” is checked against how lungs actually clear themselves, not taken for granted because the marketing repeats it.
6. Compare the selling pages. Where two official-looking pages sell the same product, we read both and note where they agree and differ.
7. Lead with the safety issue. A product bought for breathing symptoms gets the see-a-doctor message near the top, not buried at the bottom.
8. Pharmacist review. Interaction and safety wording is checked by a board-certified pharmacist.
9. Date it. Every page carries published and updated dates.

Why we never estimate an undisclosed amount

It would be easy to write “probably a few hundred milligrams of turmeric” and it would read authoritatively. It would also be invented. Where an amount is not published we print that it is not published, and we reason from what can be checked — the ingredient's known research range, the absence of an absorption enhancer — instead of filling the gap with a guess.

Sourcing standards

We cite primary sources — government health agencies, peer-reviewed indexes and regulator guidance. We do not cite other affiliate pages, and we never treat a seller's claim as evidence for itself. The sources we rely on most:

• American Lung Association — protecting your lungs
• NHLBI — how the lungs work
• NIH ODS — Magnesium
• NCCIH — Turmeric
• NCCIH — Coenzyme Q10
• CDC — quitting smoking
• FDA — dietary supplements
• FTC — health products compliance guidance

On describing competing pages

Where we describe what another Lungora page publishes, we describe only what is verifiable on that page at the time of writing — the ingredients it lists, the amounts it discloses, the badges it displays, the guarantee it states. We draw no conclusion about anyone's intent.

Corrections

If a figure, price or policy statement here is wrong, tell us through the contact page and we will correct it and note the change. If you have a photograph of the actual Supplement Facts panel from a bottle you received, we would particularly like to see it — it would let us publish the five undisclosed amounts, which would improve this site more than anything else could.

What our reviews are not

They are not medical advice and not a substitute for seeing a doctor. They are not clinical trials of the finished product — no such trial exists, and we say so. And they are never a reason to delay assessment of a breathing symptom, which in an adult over 50 can signal a treatable condition.

Independence

We earn affiliate commission on qualifying purchases. No manufacturer reviews, approves or pays for our content. The critical findings published here — the missing lung actives, the detox myth, the undisclosed amounts, the blood-pressure caution — are findings a brand-controlled page would have deleted.