natural remedy for asthma?

[loribee59]

for years, my asthma's pretty mild that I don't need medication for it, just some Ricola cough drops here and there when I need it. Just recently I just got over my cold, but the coughing is still there and it makes me wonder if a cold can make the asthma get worse each time I have it. If there's medication for it...I don't want them, especially if there's steroids in them...I'm overweight as is, due to low thyroid and no hormones (hysterectomy) and the last thing I need is to gain MORE weight from those kind of medications!

Is there a natural alternative that I can look into to control my asthma?

 

[loribee59]

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[Rois]

I have bad asthma--it gets really bad with colds and upper respiratory infections. I have an inhaler (a Nebulizer and a rescue inhaler) that helps me. There are some teas out there that are supposed to help with breathing--they tasted like grass to me, I think it was from Yogi teas. (Breathe Deep it's called).

My asthma has gotten progressively worse, and colds can take up to 2 weeks to go away. It's common for coughing to last longer. I had bronchitis two years ago, and that's when it got bad. I also start taking an inhaler steroid medication to keep my lungs open when I'm sick, but you said you don't want that---but, I know its not the kind of steroids you think of (like that athletes sometimes take)---its different than that. I'd love to find a natural remedy too, but I don't mess around when it comes to my breathing.

Good luck, I hope you find something!

 

[Yardstick]

I'm not advocating illegal drug use. If you happen to live somewhere where it's legal though, you may want to talk to your doctor about Medical Marijuana. Research shows it can help with Asthma by acting as a bronchial dilator. Basically opening up the airways in the lungs.

 

[Ave Maria]

While I don't know if it will help during an asthma attack, I have heard that doing the following improves breathing:

Run steaming hot water in your bathroom sink and then hang your head over the sink with a towel draped over your head to trap the steam. They say it works wonders. I've never tried that before but I do know that taking a nice steamy shower always helps me when I have a sinus infection. I also suffer from mild asthma.

 

[razeontherock]

Rois' avatar was in my family Doctor's office - the one that delivered me! He could never get anywhere with my respiratory problems that were both acute and chronic, affecting the entire respiratory system from one end to the other. Eventually medical science left me to die. Over 30 years ago! And now I play trumpet!? "God calls the things that are not, to confound those things that are."

Forgive me if I get passionate about this stuff. The last time I ever needed a rescue inhaler was before I learned that Jesus died of asphyxiation! How much time have you spent literally looking death in the face, struggling to breathe? Yes, He is THERE.

Herbal remedies that have done for me what no Rx ever could:

Ephedra. Do NOT take this daily for 6 months. Do learn what a "proper" dose is for you, and only take as needed. More people die from aspirin each year than have died in the total of mankind's recorded existence from Ephedra. Remember, it's called the "supplementation and education Act."

Lobelia. It's what the troops used for pnemonia when Rx ran out in the Civil War. Had been used by Indians from time immemorial.

D-ribose. Expensive and more of a sport supplement, but it's a game changer!

Cloves. I haven't tried ingesting clove pills yet, I just inhale from the bottle and it gives some relief. I only tried this because I bought an expired (cheap) concoction that helped, and the only ingredient in there I hadn't already tried and not gotten any benefit from was ... cloves! Often pill / supplement form is different from what we cook with. Not sure in this case.

Mullein. I got NO benefit from this in the short term, but taken regularly for an extended time it "rebuilds the lungs as a system." Traditional Eastern medicine stuff; works wonders for me.

I've never tried expensive brands of anything, cheap stuff works just fine but do a cost analysis. (How much actual active ingredient in the bottle vs cost) Most pills I get are a dime each, $10/bottle of 100 or so.

 

[Bobinator]

for years, my asthma's pretty mild that I don't need medication for it, just some Ricola cough drops here and there when I need it. Just recently I just got over my cold, but the coughing is still there and it makes me wonder if a cold can make the asthma get worse each time I have it. If there's medication for it...I don't want them, especially if there's steroids in them...I'm overweight as is, due to low thyroid and no hormones (hysterectomy) and the last thing I need is to gain MORE weight from those kind of medications!

Is there a natural alternative that I can look into to control my asthma?

Avoid dairy like the plague. It's a major asthma contributor. Google "The Instant Cure for the Common Cold", by Walter Last. Fascinating information on how dairy products (lactose) is responsible for a lot of illnesses. Dr. Vaughn Lawrence also stated that 4 out of 5 of his patients with asthma get well after cutting out dairy.

Also, saturate your body with magnesium chloride. Google Dr. Mark Sircus.

 

[PROPHECYKID]

for years, my asthma's pretty mild that I don't need medication for it, just some Ricola cough drops here and there when I need it. Just recently I just got over my cold, but the coughing is still there and it makes me wonder if a cold can make the asthma get worse each time I have it. If there's medication for it...I don't want them, especially if there's steroids in them...I'm overweight as is, due to low thyroid and no hormones (hysterectomy) and the last thing I need is to gain MORE weight from those kind of medications!

Is there a natural alternative that I can look into to control my asthma?

The guy above just said 1 of the things. Dairy. Avoid it.

Secondly, believe it or not, dehydration is another culprit.

When the water level in the body is low, the body takes water from a less important area to supply a more important area. One of the area where water would be taken from is in your lungs (i do not remember the specific area of my head). To replace this, mucus is used but mucus is thick and sticky and that causes your lungs to not expands and contract properly, and that causes an asthma attack. So one thing you can do is ensure you are always hydrated and if u are having an attack, drink water.

 

[Bobinator]

You also may want to explore mega-dosing with Liposomal Vitamin C. I just made my first batch a couple of days ago. It supposedly brought a man out of a coma and cured his leukemia. It's powerful stuff. There's a lot of Youtube clips about this, including a lecture at a medical conference by Dr. Thomas Levy, an expert in this field. Mega-dosing with Vitamin C is very safe and effective.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

avoid soy (it's too much to write about right now).

 

[LoraWilliams]

Too bad to know that those medication made your asthma worse. Glad you decided to switch to natural alternatives. To avoid asthma you should stop smoking tobacco (if ever you are). Also, always cover you nose while you're outside because of the air pollution that can lead to asthma attacks and breathing problems. Avoid being stressed so that your immune system won't get affected that might trigger your asthma. For the home remedies, you may try ginger, mustard oil, garlic, figs or honey.

 

[Zoii]

This is one illness where you should follow medical advice. A number of natural remedies can in fact trigger an episode.
I attach the National Asthma Foundation link for evidence-based advice.
National Asthma Council Australia - National Asthma Council Australia

 

[Clairiebels]

for years, my asthma's pretty mild that I don't need medication for it, just some Ricola cough drops here and there when I need it. Just recently I just got over my cold, but the coughing is still there and it makes me wonder if a cold can make the asthma get worse each time I have it. If there's medication for it...I don't want them, especially if there's steroids in them...I'm overweight as is, due to low thyroid and no hormones (hysterectomy) and the last thing I need is to gain MORE weight from those kind of medications!

Is there a natural alternative that I can look into to control my asthma?

 

[Aaron112]

a natural

tester.
It is crucial , in some if not most instances, or at least very helpful, to find a natural tester. The testing can then be used again , and again, and again, to measure progress over the months and years, easily.

 

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[Aaron112]

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Amazing Medicines: The Drug Companies Don't Want You to Discover!​

There is a chapter of something truly amazing and basically free.....

hint (spoiler alert) : Everyone who has an asthma attack has dehydrated lungs at the time of the attack (discovered by testing not by testimony) ....

 

[Aaron112]

Avoid dairy like the plague. It's a major asthma contributor. Google "The Instant Cure for the Common Cold", by Walter Last. Fascinating information on how dairy products (lactose) is responsible for a lot of illnesses. Dr. Vaughn Lawrence also stated that 4 out of 5 of his patients with asthma get well after cutting out dairy.

This was revealed about 1948 in a now censored (deleted from all known sources) "white paper" published by the licensed doctors who studied the cause of thousands of percent increase in disease between the wars (I and II) ...
Instead of people getting better after this, the white poisons were increased in sales greatly and doctors usually did not bother to tell people because the drugmakers did not want them to.

 

[Aaron112]

I'd love to find a natural remedy too

.... many are listed in this thread, and very safe - safer than taking one apsirin for most people... however, given that there may be other factors also to be aware of at least, if not concerned, it would be better I think if you can find a natural tester, be tested by someone who has a good track record , to determine what is needed...