Asthma

Asthma is a respiratory ailment in which a trigger causes airways to constrict (narrow) become inflamed, and lined with mucus, resulting in difficulty breathing and a hacking cough.  It can be triggered by allergies, smoke, stress, exercise, or other outside stimulants, even the common cold. It is most commonly treated by the use of bronchodilators and lifestyle changes.

Home Remedies for Asthma:

Diet:

Most medical professionals and asthma sufferers recognize that certain triggers provoke attacks. Many of the triggers are common foods or chemical additives to foods. 

Common foods, such as milk, dairy products, eggs, chicken, shellfish, peanuts, and wheat products, common preservatives and food additives, are recognized as potential asthma triggers, and a common sense natural cure would be to determine which antagonists are contributing to the problem, and eliminate them from the diet.

Keeping a diary of foods consumed on a daily basis, might help to determine a correlation between asthma attacks and certain foods, or foods containing preservatives or additives. 

Once a food, additive, or preservative is identified, a home remedy of simply eliminating the element from the asthmatic’s diet, could eliminate the asthma completely, or at least provide some relief from the frequency and severity of asthma symptoms.

Supplements and Food:

Homeopathic practitioners claim adding Vitamin B-12, mullein extract, quercetin, and apple cider vinegar to the diet can help relieve, eliminate, or lessen the frequency of asthma attacks.

A Natural Cure for asthma, practiced by Native Americans, is simple. Slice a lemon into quarters, inhale the lemon, and eat a quarter of the lemon, rind and all, and drink a glass of water. Something in the lemons and the rind relieves asthma symptoms.

Honey:

A natural home remedy for asthmatics is holding a container of honey under the nose of the asthmatic, and allowing them to breathe the air that comes into contact with the honey, allowing breathing to become deeper and easier. 

Three or four dried figs, cleaned in warm water and soaked overnight, eaten every morning, are said to aid in draining off phlegm in asthma sufferers. 

A tonic made of five grams of gooseberries and one tablespoon of honey, taken every morning, is said to be an effective natural cure for asthma. 

Many natural cures abound, but the common thread seems to be lemon or honey. Mixing ground lemon (peel included) and safflower oil with honey taken morning and night is also said to be an effective preventative for asthma.

Exercise:

Regular exercise, increased gradually, can prevent exercise-induced asthma; by gradually acclimating the body to the activity.