Asthma
Asthma

Asthma is a condition in which your airways become narrow, swell and produce extra mucus.

  • Allergic Asthma : Occurs when an allergy sets off an asthma flare up.
  • Cough-Variant Asthma : Characterized by a dry hacking cough. It can occur while awake or asleep.
  • Occupational Asthma : Usually from smoke or inhaled irritants like chlorine.
  • Nocturnal Asthma : Amount of air you breathe, decreases from bedtime to waking up in the morning.
  • Exercise induced asthma : Asthma symptoms that develop during exercise.
 
  • Infection.
  • Allergies.
  • Smoking or tobacco consumption.
  • Heredity.
  • Exercise.
  • Difficulty in breathing.
  • Tight chest.
  • Need to use a quick-relief inhaler.
  • Wheezing.
  • Coughing in early morning.
Food:
  • Eat food that contains vitamin D, C, E.
  • Drink 8-10 glasses of water in a day.
  • You can eat milk, cheese or yogurt.
  • Avoid red meat, soft drinks, sweets.
  • Avoid spices, alcohol, tobacco.
  • Swaskuthar ras, Sitopladi churna, Agastiprash are useful ayurvedic medicines.
  • Honey is very effective.
  • Adhatoda Vasica, Piper Lungum, Terminalia Chebula are useful herbs.
  • Garlic is beneficial.