During the attack, mustard oil mixed with little camphor should be massaged over the back of the chest. This will loosen up phelgm and ease breathing.

The patient should also inhale steam from the boiling water mixed with caraway seeds. It will dilate the bronchial passage.

The patient should also follow the other laws of Nature. Air, sun and water are great healing agents. Regular fasting once a week, an occasional enema, breathing exercises, fresh air, dry climate, light exercises and correct posture go a long way in treating the disease.

Asthmatics should always eat less than their capacity. They should eat slowly, chewing their food properly. They should drink eight to 10 glasses of water a day, but should avoid taking water or any liquid with meals. Spices, chillies and pickles, too much tea and coffee should also be avoided.

Make fresh daily. Cut an onion into very thin slices and place in a bowl. Cover the onion slices with honey and let sit overnight. The next day; scrape the honey from the onion slices and take 1 teaspoon 3-4 times daily.

This was once used as a smoking tobacco for asthma: mix 1 cup each of rosemary, coltsfoot leaves, eyebright, thyme, and lavender. Crush and mix well. Roll into cigarettes or place mixture in a pipe for smoking. It has been used quite often by Native Americans.

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Place dried crushed rosemary in a pipe and smoke for relief. This is said to relieve breathing difficulties.

Yoga benefits asthmatics. The integral yoga approach to asthma includes correction of distorted posture and faulty breathing habits, methods for the expectoration of mucous, teaching a system of general muscle relaxation, techniques for the release of suppressed emotion and for reducing anxiety. .

In yoga, the purpose of functional breathing exercise is to learn to engage both, abdominal muscles and the diaphragm in breathing. The duration of exhalation should double the inhalation.

Allergens and other substances liable to provoke attacks of asthma are to be avoided. For example, pollen may be avoided by not being exposed to flowering vegetation and closing the bedroom windows. Mites in house dust may be prevented by cleaning mattresses and blankets with vacuum cleaners. Animal dander is best avoided if contact with dogs, cats, horses and other animals is avoided.

It is better if feather pillows are substituted with cotton pillows. Often, allergens are produced from certain foods such as fish, eggs, milk, yeast and wheat. These should be carefully identified and eliminated from diet. Exposure to chemicals is to be avoided. If it is not possible, it is better to change the profession. In addition, indiscriminate usage of chemical analgesics should be avoided. Physical and mental stress should be avoided.

* A few drinks of lemon juice daily will be very useful in asthma.

* Sip honey and ginger juice in warm water daily.

* Carrot juice if taken daily gives some relief.

* The juice of grape fruit is an age-old remedy in asthma.

* A piece of chebulic myrobalan should be taken after all principal meals.

* Two or three cloves of garlic should be chewed daily in the morning.

* Turmeric powder mixed with sugar-cane molasses and mustard oil if taken daily
reduces its effects.

* A paste made of long pepper, black raisins, ghee, sugar and honey is an efficacious
remedy in asthma.

As for general treatment of Nature-cure and prevention measures, the patient should have a day’s fast in a week. He should have light natural diets. Fruit fast may also be taken for a few days, during which warm-water enema at night should be used. Milk and curd should not be used in the beginning, only after having brought on normal diet. Sponging of the body should be done daily and, if necessary a cold pack on the chest is also advised. The bowels must be kept clean. All these measures will cleanse the bronchus tubes of their unwanted phlegm and give perfect cure to the system.