With Reflexologist Nuria Weaver
Home Remedies for Asthma
Asthma is rapidly increasing not a days. This has become a big problem in children especially. So many children are getting affected with this disease. The recent data about asthma says that there are 17 million people who suffer with this disease, in United States only. The figure has increased to around 2.5 million of sufferers in last five years. This figure is increasing rapidly. It is found that a number of people suffer from this problem. Home Remedies for Asthma will help them to take care of their selves and get rid of this disease.
Asthma is basically the blocking of lungs. In the technical language, when the lungs are filled with cough or the windpipe is blocked because of any foreign particle, the windpipe gets choked and this causes irritation. This is known as asthma disease. In asthma disease, the airways of the body get narrowed, because of which they easily get choked with cough or other particles. This choking causes wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath and chest tightness. The patient of this disease feels a huge problem to breath when he gets an attack of asthma.
Asthma has two types of it. One is extrinsic asthma and the second is intrinsic asthma. The most commonly seen type of asthma is extrinsic asthma. This is found all over the world. This asthma develops in the childhood. Children are very susceptible to allergies. The allergies generally disappear because of increased resistance power, as child grows. But some of the allergies may return later. Intrinsic asthma is not related with allergies at all. This asthma is chronic and patient gets attacked it with very often. Below are symptoms of this disease which can help you to recognize and treat the disease.
Symptoms of Asthma
The general symptoms of asthma are wheezing, day coughing, night coughing, shortness of breath, chest tightening. Symptoms may occur different in people. On the severe stage, people feel difficulty in breathing properly.
Causes of Asthma
The main cause of asthma attacks is allergy. Different people may have allergies with different things and later it turns into asthma. Some people have allergies with dust or pollen. Some of them are allergic of animal dander. There are so many things of which people are allergic, such as; flower fragrances, pollens, feather, mould, dust or food or irritants like cigarettes or some specific odors. Some people get asthma attack because of too much exertion or walking on stairs.
Home Remedies for Asthma
There are number of home remedies for asthma which can be tried but better is to pick one which will give you real relief. Below are some home remedies which will help you to treat asthma at home.
- Figs are a well known effective medicine for asthma. Figs help to drain the phlegm. Just wash 3-4 dry figs with water in drench them, in a cup of water for night. Leave it for entire night and have one fig in the morning before eating anything. Drink the soaking water of the fig with it.
- You can also try this remedy. This works very fine for asthma and is easy to prepare. Take one tablespoon honey and mix it with half tablespoon cinnamon powder. Take it before sleeping.
- One can take some garlic cloves (9-10) and mix half cup of milk in it. Havre this medicines in night. This medicine is very good for them who are in the initial stage of asthma.
- Prepare a ginger tea. Mix minced garlic cloves in it and steam it very well Give this medicine to patient twice a day.
- Another medicine for asthma is Fenugreek seeds. Soak Fenugreek seeds in a cup of water in night and take these seeds in the morning as medicine. This will give you great relief from asthmatic problems.
- Here is another natural remedy to help you to treat acne. Soak some dry grapes in water for entire night. Keep them in cold milk for around half an hour. Chew these grapes for treating asthma.
- Turmeric will work like a long time remedy but it is effective to treat asthma. Take turmeric along with honey, this will reduce the intensity of attacks.
- Take one gram of black powder with one gram of black pepper. Mix this with molasses honey and take it twice a day.
- Roots of bitter gourd plants are also used as a medicine for asthma. Take the roots of bitter gourd and make paste of it. Mix the juice of tulsi leaves with this paste and honey in an identical amount. This medicine should be taken only once, in the night. This will work wonderful for treating acne.
- The inflammation of lungs is also caused, when some vitamins are lacking. Presence of some important vitamin like vitamin B12 and B6 helps to fight with asthma.
- Mullein oil is very effective to treat reparatory congestion. Its effect is better when prepares as a tea.
- Indian Gooseberry is considered very effective and powerful home remedy to fight with asthma. A ration of five grams gooseberry with one tablespoon honey is the makes the perfect medicine for asthma.
All the home remedies for asthma given above will help the sufferers of asthma to get rid of this problem. All these remedies are natural and really effective.
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