Asthma - Home Remedies for Asthma Cure

Asthma is an ancient Greek word which means panting or short drawn breath. It is the most troublesome of all the respiratory diseases. It affects twice as many boys as girls in childhood; more girls than boys in teenage and in adulthood, the ratio become 1:1 males to females.

Causes of Asthma

* Lack of exercise

* Genetic factors

* Dietary changes

* Occupational exposure

* Environmental factors

Home Remedies for Asthma cure

* In asthma treatments The patient should perspire through steam bath, hot footbath, hot hipbath and sunbath as this will stimulate the skin and relieve congested lungs.

* Honey is considered highly beneficial in asthma cure. At the time of asthma attack a jug full of honey should be placed under the nose of patient, within few minutes the patient would start breathing easily. The patient should be given garlic cloves boiled in thirty grams of milk daily.

* Steaming ginger tea with minced garlic cloves should be given twice in a day for asthma cure.

* A teaspoonful of turmeric powder with a glass of milk 2-3 times a day is recommended in asthma treatments. It is beneficial when taken empty stomach.

* During the attack mustard oil mixed with little camphor should be massaged over the back of the chest as this helps in asthma treatments.

* For asthma cure the patient should also be made to inhale steam from boiling water mixed with ajwain.

* Air, sun and water are great healing agents. The patient should sit in fresh air for sometime daily. Try to avoid dusty places, exposure to cold.