Natural Remedies For Asthma

Don’t let asthma knock the wind out of you. Asthma is a lung disorder characterized by sudden fits of wheezing, coughing, or shortness of breath. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

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What You Need To Know:

• Clean it up
  
  To avoid triggering asthma attacks, control household and workplace irritants such as dust, mold, smoke, chemicals, and animal dander, and dietary triggers like certain food additives
• Keep a healthy body weight
  
  Shed extra pounds to improve breathing and decrease the need for medications
• Check out certain antioxidants
  
  30 mg a day of lycopene or 64 mg a day of natural beta-carotene can help prevent exercise-related asthma attacks
• Try proven herbal remedies
  
  Supplements containing boswellia extract (900 mg a day), ivy leaf extract (50 drops a day), or tylophora leaf (200 to 400 mg a day) may improve breathing symptoms; children should be given one-half of these amounts or less, depending on body weight
• Watch the salt
  
  Avoid aggravating symptoms by limiting the use of table salt and salty fast foods, and by reading labels to find low sodium groceries
• See an allergist
  
  Find a specialist to help you build a tolerance to allergens

These recommendations are not comprehensive and are not intended to replace the advice of your doctor or pharmacist. Continue reading the full asthma article for more in-depth, fully-referenced information on medicines, vitamins, herbs, and dietary and lifestyle changes that may be helpful.

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