Home Remedies for Asthma
By admin in Ear, Nose, Throat Ailments, Home Remedies on February 1st, 2009
Asthma, which is a chronic lung disease, narrows and in flames the airways. One experiences recurring wheezing ( a whistling breathing sound), shortness of breath, chest tightness as well as coughing. The coughing occurs in the morning or at night. A person of any age is affected by it. It begins in early childhood.
Causes of Asthma
- Bronchial hyper-activity.
- Inherited tendencies to develop allergy, known as atopy.
- Parents might be suffering from asthma.
- Certain types of respiratory infections developed during childhood.
- Exposed to viral infections during childhood or at the time of the development of the immune system.
- Lack of exercise.
- Diet – Taking more of processed food, salt intake, taking less of antioxidants and Omega-3 fatty acids.
- Occupational hazards – Working in certain industries such as car painting, chemicals, wood work etc. One gets exposed to irritants such as gases, dust etc.
Symptoms of Asthma
- Tightness in chest.
- Fatigue.
- Coughing.
- Wheezing.
- Shortness of Breath.
Home Remedies for Asthma
- One need to perspire through steam bath, hot hipbath, sunbath as the skin will get stimulated and the lungs will be relieved of congestion.
- Honey is also useful to treat asthma. One needs to place a jug consisting of honey under the nose. The patient starts breathing freely in no time. The other option is to mix a teaspoonful of honey in glass of water and take it 3 times a day.
- One can boil garlic cloves in thirty grams of milk daily and give it to the patient.
- A teaspoonful of turmeric powder mixed in a glass of milk can be taken 2-3 times in a day. Beneficial if taken on an empty stomach.
- One can have steaming tea made of ginger consisting of minced garlic cloves twice a day.
- Inhalation of the steam of boiling water to be mixed with ajwain (caraway seeds).
- At the time of attack, one needs to mix mustard oil with some camphor and massage at the back of the chest.
- Blend honey, radish and lemon juice together and mix it for about 20 minutes and then cook it in a small pan on a less flame. Take a teaspoonful of it every morning.
- Place half a teaspoon of licorice root tea in a cup of hot water. After waiting for 10 minutes, strain and then drink it. This is a very effective home remedy.
- Sitting in fresh air is very good.
- Figs are very good. They drain off the phlegm. Clean 3 to 4 figs with warm water and soak them overnight.
- Mix juice of a lemon in water and drink it during meals.
- Mix gooseberry ( 5 Gms) with a tablespoon of honey and take it as medicinal tonic.
- Bitter gourd roots are also very useful. Take 1 teaspoon of the paste of the root and mix it with the same amount of honey or juice of Basil leaves. Give it once every night for a month
- Soup prepared with drumsticks leaves, to be taken once every day. Add some drumstick leaves to 180ml of water, boil it for 5 minutes.
- Take half teaspoon of bishop’s weed and mix it a glass of butter milk and take it twice a day. It gives relief from difficult expectoration , which is caused due to dried-up phlegm
- Half teaspoon of powder of dry safflower seeds to be mixed with a tablespoon of honey and taken once or two times a day.
Much relief is required for an asthma patient to breathe freely. Home remedies can prove to be quite beneficial in providing the required relief.
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