Home Remedies for Asthma.
Asthma is an ancient Greek word meaning 'panting' or 'short-drawn breath'. It is an allergic
condition resulting from the reaction of the body to one or more allergens, and is the most
troublesome of respiratory diseases.
An asthma patient gets frequent attacks of breathlessness, in between which he may even be
completely normal.
Patients suffering from asthma appear to be gasping for breath, Actually, they have more difficulty
in breathing out than breathing m, and this is caused by spasms or sudden involuntary muscular
contractions of the smaller air passages in the lungs. The effect is to blow the lungs up because the
patient cannot drive the air properly out of the lungs before he has to take another breath. Most
asthmatics have more difficulty at night or early morning.
Asthma is caused by a variety of factors. It may be due to an allergy caused by weather conditions,
food, drugs, perfumes, and other irritants. Allergies to dust are the must common. Foods which
generally cause allergic reactions are wheat, eggs, milk, chocolates, beans, fish, and sea foods. The
disease may also result from psychological factors. According to some studies, about twenty-five
percent of young asthmatics have a deep-seated emotional insecurity and an intense need for
parental love and protection. Heredity also plays an important role.
Modem medical system has not been able to find a cure for this crippling disease. Drugs and
vaccines have only limited value in alleviating the symptoms. Most of these are habit forming and
the dose has to be increased from time to time to give the same amount of relief. The frequent
introduction of drugs in the system, while giving only temporary relief, tends to make asthma
chronic and incurable. Allergy, which is the immediate cause of asthma, itself is an indication of
lowered resistance and internal disharmony caused by faulty eating and bad habits. This is the root
cause and the real cure lies in a return to nature.