Natural Remedies for Asthma - Home Cures

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Children and adults all over the world are suffering from asthma attacks right now.

Asthma is a chronic condition that includes shrinking of the breathing passages, shortness of breath, and wheezing. Mucus accumulates in the airways making breathing difficult.

Asthma attacks can be so severe that sometimes a trip to the emergency ward is called for as the excess mucus, the shrinking of the airways and inflammation make breathing really difficult.

It is important to control asthma and prevent attacks if possible.

Avoiding triggers for the attacks is the best prevention. There are other forms of prevention and a few can be found right in your own home.

First, try sitting in a cool place and practice deep breathing. Try to relax; it will release tension in your body as well as in your air passages.

Drink one cup of hot coffee or tea without milk. Milk can cause excess mucus. Or drink a hot cup of water. The liquids should be as hot as you can stand without burning your throat.

While you are boiling water, hold a towel over your head and lean over the boiling pot. Turn the shower on hot and wait until the steam starts rolling. Stick your head inside the shower so you can breathe the steam.

You may also try a few ingredients that may be available in your kitchen. 

Boil one teaspoon of olive oil, one teaspoon of honey, and a half-cup of milk. Add some garlic and drink the mixture every morning. You may try drinking two tablespoons of lemon with one tablespoon of water each morning and evening.

How about this for your system? Drink fresh cabbage juice everyday, or blend honey and lemon juice in a blender with a radish. After mixing it for 20 minutes, cook it over a low heat. Take one teaspoon of this mixture every morning when you wake.

Here are some more exotic natural home remedies that include ingredients you will normally find in a health food store.

• Fenugreek Seeds
• Fresh cranberries
• Dark tea
• Licorice root
• Fennel Oil
• Wild Cherry Bark

Place on teaspoon of ground fenugreek seeds in a glass of boiling water. Add sugar and lemon to taste and drink this liquid three times a day.

Put fresh cranberries in water, then mash them. You should take two or three teaspoons each day. Fennel Oil in a burner produces an aroma that is supposed to prevent asthma attacks.

A tea made of one half teaspoon in a cup of hot water. Allow it to sit for ten minutes to cool, strain the liquid and then drink every morning.

Dark tea, made with a tea bag, is supposed to help fend off an asthma attack.

The important note to remember about asthma is to try to prevent the attacks if possible.

Practice deep breathing, get plenty of exercise, and stay away from those items you know will trigger an asthma attack.

If stress is one of those causes, try stress reducing deep breathing, regular exercise, and eating a healthy diet. Going to yoga classes is a great way to learn about correct breathing methods....and is great exercise as well.

Natural remedies for asthma don’t work for everyone but are well worth trying and who knows…..you may even find a new way of managing asthma.

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