Posted on November 10, 2007 in Common Ailments
Asthma is a disease wherein the breathing of the patient gets obstructed. It is a chronic disease that affects the lining of the airways in the lungs (bronchioles). The lining of the airways becomes inflamed and swollen and produces extra mucus. Wheezing is a whistling noise that occurs when the bronchial tubes, which carry air to the lungs, narrow because of inflammation or mucus buildup and is often present in asthma.
During an acute asthma episode, the bronchial tubes become smaller. Initially, the person may wheeze when breathing out. As the episode becomes worse, the person may also wheeze when breathing in. During a severe asthma episode, wheezing may go away because little air is moving through the narrowed bronchial tubes.
Untreated, asthma can cause hospitalization, disability, and even death. Mild asthma can also interfere with normal daily activities such as exercise, housework, sleep, school, and work. Although asthma can be very serious, there are many ways to prevent and control symptoms.
Home Remedies for Treatment of Asthma and Wheezing
- Treatment with Honey - It is a common home cure. Hold a jug of honey beneath the nose of an asthma patient and let him inhale the air, he starts breathing more comfortably and deeper
- Treatment with Figs - They drain off the phlegm. Three or four dry figs must be cleaned thoroughly with warm water and soaked during the night.
- Treatment with lemon - Lemon is one more fruit found useful in the treatment of asthma. The juice of one lemon, diluted in a glass of water can be taken with meals. This is a popular home remedy for asthma
- Treatment with Indian gooseberry- Five grams of gooseberry mixed with one tablespoon of honey forms an useful medicinal tonic for the treatment of this ailment. It must be taken every morning.
- Treatment by Bitter Gourd Roots- A teaspoon of the root paste, mixed with an identical amount of honey or juice of the tulsi leaves, given once every night for a month, acts as an exceptional medicine for this disease.
- Treatment with Drumstick leaves- A soup prepared from drumstick leaves, and taken once daily. You can prepare this soup by adding a handful of leaves to 180ml of water and boiling it for five minutes. After being allowed to cool, a little salt, pepper, and limejuice might be added to this soup.
Other home remedies are treatment with ginger, garlic, safflower, bishop’s weed.
Herbal Remedies for Asthma and Wheezing
- Ginger is used for reducing allergic reaction
- Green Tea - opens bronchial passages
- Chamommile tea is used as an antihistamine
- Ephedra - It opens bronchial passages, relieves congestion
- Elderberry - Relieves nasal congestion
- HyssopTea - It relieves respiratory congestion
- Licorice Root - It increases mucus production to counter dry cough
- Lobelia Tincture or Capsule - Helps in reducing inflammatory reaction and soothes bronchial tissue
One can treat asthma the natural way through home and herbal remedies. They are effective and convenient, but yet one needs to consult one’s physician.
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February 25th, 2008 at 3:13 am
I found this website to be incredibly helpfull! I was wheezing really badly and don’t have an inhaler, so i needed a way to cure it! Thanks to your lemon juice tip, it’s gradually easing off…
Thanks again!