Every ingredient on the label
Six actives, no published amounts, and not one with an airway evidence base. Rather than describing all six in the same glowing adjectives, we grade each against the research that exists — and put the safety information before the benefits.
Lungora lists six active ingredients: Magnesium Glycinate, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Butcher’s Broom Root Extract, L-Carnitine, Turmeric Extract and Coenzyme Q10. No individual amounts are disclosed anywhere — not on the sales page, not in the FAQ, and no Supplement Facts panel is displayed. The serving is one capsule daily from a 30-capsule bottle. None of the six has a lung-specific evidence base.
Before anything else: not one of the six ingredients in this “Lung Cleanse Formula” is lung-specific. The label sells respiratory health. The bottle contains magnesium glycinate, alpha lipoic acid, butcher’s broom, L-carnitine, turmeric and CoQ10 — a general antioxidant, circulation and nerve blend. The seller’s own mechanism section says so, describing “nerve health,” “circulation and cellular support” and “healthy aging” rather than lungs. Two ingredients also carry real cautions: butcher’s broom is a vasoconstrictor that can raise blood pressure, and turmeric plus CoQ10 affect bleeding risk alongside warfarin. And if you are short of breath, wheezing or coughing persistently — particularly over 50, or if you smoke or used to — that needs a doctor and a breathing test, not a capsule.
Interactions first, benefits second
Most ingredient pages lead with what each component might do for you and bury the cautions at the bottom. We are inverting that, because this product is sold to adults over 50 — the group most likely to be taking blood pressure medication, an anticoagulant or a thyroid tablet, every one of which intersects with something in this bottle.
| Ingredient | Interacts with | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Butcher’s Broom | Blood pressure medication; hypertension | A vasoconstrictor by mechanism. Can raise blood pressure and work against antihypertensive treatment. |
| Turmeric | Warfarin, apixaban, clopidogrel, aspirin | Affects platelet function; may increase bleeding risk. |
| Coenzyme Q10 | Warfarin | Structurally similar to vitamin K and can reduce warfarin’s effect — the opposite direction to turmeric. |
| Alpha Lipoic Acid | Metformin, sulfonylureas, insulin | Lowers blood glucose independently; additive hypoglycaemia risk. |
| Alpha Lipoic Acid | Thyroid medication; low thiamine | May affect thyroid hormone levels; caution with thiamine deficiency. |
| Magnesium | Kidney disease | Renally cleared; accumulates when kidney function is impaired. |
| Magnesium | Levothyroxine, some antibiotics, bisphosphonates | Impairs absorption if taken together. Separate by four hours. |
| L-Carnitine | Thyroid hormone; warfarin | Reported to reduce thyroid hormone action; possible anticoagulant potentiation. |
| Turmeric | Gallbladder disease; iron absorption | Stimulates bile flow; can reduce iron absorption. |
| Whole formula | Surgery within two weeks | Bleeding and blood-pressure-active ingredients are routinely stopped pre-procedure. |
This lists interaction considerations documented for these ingredients. It is not a complete list and it is not medical advice. The finished product’s combined profile has not been independently established. Take the ingredient list to a pharmacist before ordering.
What the research actually used
Magnesium Glycinate
Magnesium bound to the amino acid glycine — a well-absorbed, gentle form that causes less digestive upset than magnesium oxide or citrate. Genuine evidence for sleep quality, muscle cramp and general wellbeing, particularly in people who are deficient, which is common. Typical supplemental intakes run 200–400 mg of elemental magnesium, and that distinction matters: glycinate is bulky, so 400 mg elemental requires roughly 2,800 mg of the compound. A shared capsule cannot come close.
There is one thread back to breathing worth stating fairly: intravenous magnesium is used in hospital for acute severe asthma, where it relaxes bronchial smooth muscle. That is a genuine respiratory role. It is also intravenous, at hospital doses, in an emergency — and it does not transfer to an oral capsule at an undisclosed amount.
Cautions: loose stools are the common dose-related effect. Accumulates in kidney disease. Impairs absorption of levothyroxine, some antibiotics and bisphosphonates — separate by four hours.
Coenzyme Q10
A mitochondrial antioxidant your body makes and whose levels fall with age and with statin use. Reasonable human research on heart failure, statin-associated muscle symptoms, blood pressure and general cellular energy. Studied doses run 100–300 mg daily, and it is fat-soluble, so absorption improves markedly when taken with a meal containing fat.
Ubiquinol is the reduced, better-absorbed form; ubiquinone is cheaper and more common. The label states neither, which matters because the difference in bioavailability is substantial.
Cautions: can reduce the effect of warfarin because of its structural similarity to vitamin K — anyone on warfarin should treat this as a specific conversation.
Turmeric Extract
Curcuminoids from Curcuma longa, with a large anti-inflammatory and antioxidant literature covering joint comfort, metabolic markers and mood. The well-known problem is absorption: curcumin on its own is very poorly bioavailable, which is why positive trials almost always use a bioavailability-enhanced preparation or add piperine from black pepper.
The label states no standardisation percentage and no absorption enhancer. Without either, the amount reaching circulation is unknown even before you get to the dose question.
Cautions: affects platelet function; caution with anticoagulants and before surgery. Stimulates bile flow, so it is inappropriate in gallbladder obstruction. Can reduce iron absorption.
Alpha Lipoic Acid
A genuine antioxidant, unusual in being both water and fat soluble, and able to regenerate other antioxidants including vitamins C and E. Its strongest human evidence is in diabetic peripheral neuropathy at 600 mg daily, with the most convincing trials using the intravenous route. Also studied for insulin sensitivity.
This is a nerve ingredient, and the seller groups it exactly that way. In a product named for lungs, that grouping is the tell.
Cautions: lowers blood glucose — additive with diabetes medication. May affect thyroid hormone levels. Caution in thiamine deficiency, which is relevant in heavy alcohol use.
L-Carnitine
Transports long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria for energy production. Studied for exercise capacity, recovery, male fertility and some cardiac conditions, with modest results at 1,000–2,000 mg daily — gram-scale amounts a shared capsule cannot deliver. Most people who eat meat get adequate carnitine from diet and synthesise the rest.
Cautions: gut bacteria convert carnitine to TMAO, a metabolite associated in observational research with cardiovascular risk. May reduce thyroid hormone action. Possible interaction with warfarin. Fishy body odour is a recognised effect at higher intakes.
Butcher’s Broom Root Extract
The inclusion we would question first. Ruscus aculeatus contains ruscogenins, and its evidence base is venous: chronic venous insufficiency, varicose veins, haemorrhoids and leg oedema, typically at 150–300 mg of extract daily. It works by constricting blood vessels to improve venous tone.
In a formula sold to adults over 50 — the demographic most likely to have hypertension — a vasoconstrictor deserves an explicit warning. The seller gives none. And it has no airway research whatsoever, which makes its presence in a lung product difficult to explain on any grounds other than that it sounds botanical.
Cautions: may raise blood pressure and work against antihypertensive medication. Caution in benign prostatic hyperplasia. Digestive upset is reported.
What is missing tells you more than what is present. A genuine respiratory formula would be built around N-acetylcysteine, the one supplement with real mucolytic evidence and a glutathione precursor role studied in COPD. It would likely include mullein, the traditional respiratory herb; quercetin for airway inflammation; vitamin C, which is depleted faster in smokers and consistently associated with lung function; and possibly bromelain or ginger. Not one of those appears in Lungora. See the formula audit for the full side-by-side.
Frequently asked
Six actives: Magnesium Glycinate, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Butcher's Broom Root Extract, L-Carnitine, Turmeric Extract and Coenzyme Q10. No individual amounts are published anywhere, and no Supplement Facts panel is displayed on the site.
Magnesium glycinate and CoQ10 have the most reliable general human evidence — magnesium for sleep and muscle function, CoQ10 for cellular energy and cardiac markers. Neither is a respiratory ingredient. Alpha lipoic acid has strong evidence too, but specifically for diabetic neuropathy at 600 mg.
Generally well tolerated for its intended venous use, but it is a vasoconstrictor. It can raise blood pressure and may work against antihypertensive medication — a real consideration in a product marketed to over-50s. It also has no airway evidence at all.
Ask your prescriber first, and note the unusual complication: turmeric affects platelet function and may increase bleeding risk, while CoQ10 is structurally similar to vitamin K and can reduce warfarin's effect. Two ingredients pulling on anticoagulation in opposite directions makes INR harder to predict, not easier.
No. Neither N-acetylcysteine nor mullein is in this formula, and nor are quercetin, vitamin C, bromelain or ginger. Those are the ingredients that appear in genuine respiratory supplements. This is the core finding of our review.
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