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Natural Health Article
Reduce Your
Symptoms With Natural Asthma Remedies
By Evelyn Lim
It is possible to reduce your symptoms with natural asthma remedies. You
should in fact look for ways to reduce your reliance on using drugs and
for prevention purposes. Natural ways, in most cases, tend to be less
harmful for the body.
During an asthma attack, your bronchial airways start to constrict and
become narrow. When this happens, you experience coughing, wheezing, and
difficulty breathing. An asthmatic attack can be triggered by allergens
such as dust mite or pollen, exercise, cold air or stress and anxiety.
In severe cases, asthma can be life-threatening. As such, immediate
treatment is warranted.
Natural asthma remedies can be found in herbs. Herbs, such as coleus and
licorice, are highly recommended by herbalists. Pure licorice has a
cortisol-like, anti-inflammatory effect. The most advisable form is
deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL) because it does not cause blood
pressure to rise.
Ancient Ayurveda-based medicine has for centuries recommended using
coleus to relax the bronchi. Look for a product which contains 18 per
cent forskolin, the active ingredient of coleus. Discuss with your
doctor the use of coleus, because it greatly enhances the beneficial
action of some asthma medications.
You can also use nutritional supplements to help reduce inflammation and
to relax your bronchial tract. Magnesium acts naturally to relax and
widen the bronchial tract, which constricts during asthma attacks.
Magnesium supplements can be taken in either magnesium citrate or
magnesium aspartate.
The EFA found in fish and flaxseed oil help to naturally reduce
inflammation of your lungs which usually occurs during an asthma attack
and makes breathing difficult. Eating fish rich in omega-3 oil, such as
tuna, mackerel and salmon can neutralise the cause of chronic asthma and
halt tissue damage.
As an alternative for vegetarians or if you just do not like eating
fish, you can obtain omega-3 from flaxseed oil.
You will need to exercise caution, though. Roughly 10 percent asthma
sufferers are aspirin-sensitive, and they sometimes show adverse
reactions after taking fish oil. If you belong to this group, get some
supervision from your physician or ask for his approval before taking
fish oils.
Another natural asthma remedy is Quercetin. There is solid scientific
documentation that quercetin, a bioflavonoid, has potent anti-
allergenic and antihistaminic properties. Taking quercetin if you have
allergies can help reduce asthma attacks.
An asthma attack can be dispelled by controlled breathing exercises.
There are various techniques but you basically try to draw more air into
your lungs, relax your body, and lower pangs of anxiety and panic. This
can help make attacks much less severe.
When an attack begins, sit down. Put one hand, palm open, flat against
your stomach. Use your other hand to feel for the pulse on the opposite
wrist. Consciously tell yourself that you are relaxing. Next,
synchronise your breathing with your heart rate: for every 7 beats,
breathe in; after 9 beats, breathe out.
Blow air out through pursed lips until it is gone. Let your body feel
the rhythm of the breathing and the heartbeat. Continue breathing this
way for 10-15 minutes. This routine calms you thoroughly and averts
further worsening of the asthma attack.
Natural asthma remedies can be used for prevention, so that you can
suffer less from respiratory difficulties, have fewer attacks and lead a
more normal way of life.
If you are a high risk for stroke and have asthma, consult your doctor
first, before taking any of the above recommendations, so as to avoid
possible adverse reactions.
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Evelyn Lim is the author to Allergy Treatment Secrets, an ebook on how
to treat allergies. She is an allergy sufferer, with sensitivities to
allergens such as dust mite, certain foods and chemicals. To read her
tips on allergy natural
treatment, please visit her site here at
www.Allergy-Attacks.com,
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