 Asthma is a respiratory disease. This disease is very hard curable, but there are ways to control it and diminish its consequences. A lot of children nowadays suffer from chronic asthma, and their number increasing constantly.
Natural asthma treatment is an addition to classic medicine treatment and not a substitute. It works when it’s combined with traditional cure. Alternative treatment of asthma includes vitamins, different minerals and herbs for symptoms reducing and preventin of ailment progress.
It should be mentioned here that there are some common concepts of alternative medicine, which can be related to any of alternative treatment including asthma treatment. Alternative practitioners believe in holistic healing. This means that human body is comprehensive whole, and it is able to self-recover. A person should use right nutrition and detoxify the body in order to achieve this purpose. If a person sticks to these principles, the effects of alternative treatment, including herbal supplements, will increase.
If you decided to try herbs for your asthma you should remember that one should never use any medication (including herbs) without having doctor’s consultation. There are two main groups of herbs for this disease treatment: first group helps to clear the air passages (this makes breathing easier); the second group has anti-inflammatory action. Among these two groups the most effective are the next herbs:
Adhatoda (Adhatoda vasica) has been used for asthma treatment for many centuries. This evergreen boscage grows in South East Asia and India, has expectorant action and also works as bronchi extender. It helps to expectorate by making mucous more glutinous. Adhatoda has the quinazoline alkaloids in its composition (about 0.5–2%). One of the alkaloids named vasicine is the source of bromhexine (it is used in pharmaceutics for expectoration increasing).
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) roots are used to repair breathing and soothe air passages.
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