Home Remedies to Cure Asthma
Asthma is a serious condition that should always be checked by a doctor. Medications like aspirin, advil, chemotherapy and antibiotics can sometimes cause asthma attacks . Here are some remedies to reduce the effect of asthma :
- Mix 10-15 drops of garlic juice with warm water and drink it for quick asthma relief.
- Mix 1/4 cup onion juice, 1 Tbsp honey and 1/8 Tbsp black pepper. And eat the paste.
- Mix licorice and ginger together. Take ½ tbsp in 1 cup of water for relief from asthma.
- Drink a glass of 2/3 carrot juice and 1/3 spinach juice, 3 times a day .
- Add 30-40 leaves of Basil in 1 liter water, strain the leaves and drink the water throughout the day.
- Take some Radish, Honey and Lemon juice, put them in a blender. Mix for 20 minutes and then put in a pan and keep on the stove on low heat. Take one teaspoon in the morning everyday.
- If you don’t have your medicine on hand when you sense an attack, drink a cup of coffee. Or drink any Soft drinks with caffeine (colas). caffeine is known to calm the effects of an attack.
- Eat some honey or hold a jar of honey under the nose and inhale the air, you will start breathing easier and deeper.
- Three or four dry figs should be cleaned thoroughly with warm water and soaked overnight. Then eat them in the morning,
- The juice of one lemon, diluted in a glass of water should be taken with meals everyday.
- Take five grams of Indian Gooseberry mixed with one tablespoon of honey. It should be taken every morning.
- Buy wild cherry tree bark from your local herbal store. And make tea with the bark. You can drink it hot or cold everyday.
- The roots of the bitter gourd plant is also used for the treatment of asthma. A teaspoon of the root paste, mixed with an equal amount of honey or juice of the tulsi leaves, given every night for a month, acts as an excellent medicine for this disease.
- Prepare a soup of drumstick leaves, by adding a handful of leaves to 180ml of water and boiling it for five minutes. Allow it to cool, add a little salt, pepper, and lime juice. Take once daily.
- A teaspoon of fresh ginger juice, mixed with a cup of fenugreek decoction and honey, is very good for asthma. The decoction of fenugreek can be made by mixing one tbsp of fenugreek seeds in a cupful of water. Take this once in the morning and once in the evening.
- Take ten garlic cloves and boil in 30 ml of milk. This mixture should be taken once daily. Steaming ginger tea with two minced garlic cloves in it can also be taken every morning and evening.
- The herb bishop’s weed has been found valuable in asthma. Half a teaspoon of bishop’s weed should be mixed in a glass of buttermilk and taken twice daily.
- Safflower seeds are also beneficial in the treatment of bronchial asthma. Half a teaspoon of powder of the dry seeds, mixed with a tablespoon of honey, should be taken once or twice a day.
- Use a herb called ‘ginkgo biloba’, it contains ginkgolide B which is very helpful for asthma patients.
- Mullein oil is also good for asthma. Take it in the form of tea.
- Eat salmon 3 times a week and take salmon oil capsules.
- Put some Roman chamomile flowers in a bowl of boiling water for a steam inhalant.
- Mix 1-2 ml eucalyptus essential oil in a 23 ml carrier oil(almond, sunflower or whaeatgerm oil) for a chest rub. Place a few drops on a pillow or handkerchief as an inhalant.
- Take some sage leaves and burn them to inhale.
- Take some thyme leaves, mix with water and put on a stove. Inhale the steam.