Home Remedies for Asthma

Asthma, which is a chronic lung disease, narrows and inflames 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.

Home Remedies for Asthma

• One needs to perspire through a steam bath, hot hip bath, or 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 a 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 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 the 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 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 it 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 the juice of a lemon in water and drink it during meals.
• Mix gooseberry ( 5 Gms) with a tablespoon of honey and take it as a 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 a teaspoon of bishop’s weed and mix it with a glass of buttermilk and take it twice a day. It gives relief from difficult expectoration, which is caused due to dried-up phlegm
• Half teaspoon of the 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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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.