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Asthma
Overview
Asthma comes from an ancient Greek word meaning panting or short-drawn breath. Essentially it is a chronic inflammation of the airways in the lungs that results in obstruction of air flow. Asthma usually begins in childhood, although onset in adulthood is not uncommon. An asthma patient gets recurrent attacks of breathlessness, in between which he may even be totally normal.
Featured Remedy
Asthma Wash the Pipal tree skin & Babool tree skin, then keep it in sunlight to dry, after that burn it to ash. Grind Black Pepper seed then mix it into ash & pour honey into the mixture & make small balls of the size of a pea. Take 2 balls thrice a day.
Ingredients
Asthma
Pipal tree upper skin
Babool tree upper skin
Black Pepper seed
Honey
Precautions
Asthma
An asthmatic needs to follow routines. It is generally seen that people do not suffer the agony of an asthmatic attack if they continue to live their life in a regular way.
Daily morning walks do wonders to the system. But in the case of asthma patients, the benefit from early morning exercise is enhanced manifold.
The daily diet of an asthma patient should be kept simple and nutritious. He should take care of not eating heavy meals. Care should be taken to keep the meals small and frequent. Also the food should be cooked with less oil and spices to keep it easily digestible.
Asthma patients should avoid smoking completely.
An asthmatic person should also not indulge in drinking too much.
Surroundings of an asthma patient should be kept neat and tidy.
Other Remedies
Asthma
A paste of rock salt and ghee or mustard oil, when rubbed on the chest, would be beneficial in stopping the asthmatic attack.
Warm a ripe banana on a slow flame. Mash it and sprinkle some black pepper on it. Have this for instant relief.
Mix 13 ml of fresh honey with 20 ml of a paste of basil leaves (made by grinding basil leaves with water). Have this mixture as soon as you feel an attack coming.
Sprinkle some black salt on holy basil leaves (after washing them thoroughly) and eat them.
Another efficient cure for asthma would involve having roasted gram every night. After eating grams, drink a glass of warm milk.
The most effective remedy for curing asthma would be to have finely powdered turmeric with honey. Grind turmeric with a mortar and pestle. Add 1 tbsp of the powder to 2 tbsp honey and eat the resultant mixture.
All advice is intended to be for informational purposes only, and not a substitute for professional or medical advice and/or diagnosis/treatment. DesiDieter does not provide medical advice and is not a substitute for professional medical advice from a qualified healthcare provider.
