LIVING
WITH ASTHMA IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND SOME HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES FOR ASTHMA
Asthma is a chronic
inflammatory disease that affects the airways and causes difficulty in
breathing. Around 300 million peoples are suffering from asthma worldwide. In
this condition, the person’s airways become inflamed narrow and swell and also
produce extra mucus which makes it difficult to breathe. Commonly asthma triggers when it causes inflammation in the airways. It includes pollen, dust mites, tobacco smoke, food
allergies, physical activities, and weather changes.
When you breathe in
a trigger, the insides of your airways swell even more. This narrows the space
for the air to move in and out of the lungs. The muscles that wrap around your
airways also can tighten, making breathing even harder. When this happens, it
is called an asthma attack.
Asthma can sometimes be stressful and challenging. We can say asthma is a common lung condition that causes occasional difficulties too. Asthma can affect people of all ages and often starts in childhood and can also develop in mid ages too. The most common risk factors for developing the condition are having a family history of asthma contracting a viral infection as a child, suffering from allergies, or being exposed to chemical irritants. Certain emotional factors such as stress, anxiety, and worries may also trigger sudden bouts of asthma.
Asthma symptoms
range from minor to severe and vary from person to person. Mostly asthma
symptoms are:
- Wheezing or whistling sound when exhaling
- Coughing
- Shortness of breathing
- Chest tightness
- Restlessness
CONVENTIONAL
TREATMENT
The common
allopathic treatment of asthma is with antibiotics, antihistamines,
bronchodilators (inhaler and nebulizer), decongestant, cough syrup, and also
the steroids which give temporary relief but does not cure completely and
permanently. These medicines can sometimes be associated with side-effects like
muscle weakness and increased or irregular heart rate. These medicines also
make the body dependent on inhalers which have become a cause of worry.
HOMEOPATHIC
TREATMENT
Asthma is a
condition that can be treated at the various level through homeopathy.
Treatment under homeopathy for asthma is safe without any side effects.
Homeopathy also works to root out the underlying cause of asthma. The treatment
of asthma varies from individual to individual. Some require short term
treatment and others requiring long term treatment. The duration of treatment
depends on various factors such as severity, duration, and extent of the
illness, nature of treatment taken from allopathic medicine (Steroids).
Homeopathy offers a
holistic cure as it goes to the root of the problem and treats the source.
Homeopathic medicines are prescribed by taking note of the symptoms of asthma
experienced by the patient, his mental and physical profile of each patient.
The ideal would be to found the treatment which reflects the Similimum of the
case. By Similimum, it means the remedy or medicine that best matches the
person not just in terms of the symptoms but also in terms of his physic that
we say his constitution of the person. This would offer a deeper aspect of
healing.
Homeopathy helps in
modify the hypersensitivity of the immune system. When the hypersensitivity or
hyper susceptibility nature of the immune system improves in the course of
treatment then he will not react adversely to the allergens which he was
reacting to before. Thus, giving a long-term cure.
The best homeopathic medicines of asthma are –
Arsenic Album
It is the top
homeopathic remedy for wheezing that gets worse during sleep. Asthmatic cough
associated with wheezing gets worse at midnight, especially after midnight.
There is a fear of suffocation along with constriction in air passages so it
makes unable to lie down on the bed. Patients get easily exhausted. Asthma gets
better by sitting up and bending forward.
2.
Antimonium tartaricum
This remedy is
suited to children and the elderly, where asthma is associated with infection
and a lot of mucus. When patient coughs there appears to be a large collection
of mucus in the bronchi, it seems as if much would be expectorated, but nothing
comes up. The mucus causes a hoarse rattling noise both on breathing in and
out. The patient feels better in the cold open air and when fanned. Some other
symptoms such as breathlessness which is worse from heat and lying down.
3.
Bacillinum
This is generally prescribed as a constitutional remedy for asthma. The person is hypersensitive to cold air. On little exposure to cold air, a person gets an allergic cough, nasal discharge, and sneezing that leads to an asthmatic problem. There is a constriction sensation in the chest with a suffocative feeling due to bronchial spasm. The person may have a hereditary condition of asthma running in the family.
Blatta Orientalis
This is a
best-suited remedy for asthma. Here asthma is seen as severe cough associated
with breathlessness. There used to be much pus-like mucus that makes the
patient very restless.
Bryonia Alba
It is mostly given
in asthmatic attacks after slight exertion. The symptoms seen are shortness of
breath with the need to take deep long breaths. This is usually accompanied by
a cough which is mostly dry cough at times. The patient has an increased thirst
for large quantities of water.
6.
Calcarea Carbonica
This is a
constitutional remedy of par excellence. The person who are obese and lack
of physical activities are red line indications of the remedy. There is profuse
sweating from the head and on other parts of the body on the slightest physical
exertion. Asthma gets worse while climbing stairs and exertion. There is an
extreme craving for eggs. The child tends to take cold easily.
Natrum Sulph
This is very useful
for asthma in both children and adults. The patient feels dyspnoea during damp
weather. When there is coughing patient must hold the chest. It tends to worsen
between 4 am to 5 am. At times the cough is experienced with greenish
expectoration. Asthma is worse mostly in rainy weather and lying down and gets
better in dry weather.
Pothos foetidus
This remedy is of
great help in treating asthmatic attacks triggered by dust inhalation. The
patient has difficulty in breathing, sneezing along with a feeling of tightness
of chest and throat pain. Asthma getting better after passing stool is a
significant indicator of using this medicine.
Sambucus Nigra
This is very
effective, particularly in infants and children. It is best suited when there
is a suffocative cough mostly coming around midnight with crying and dyspnoea.
Children wake up suddenly and nearly suffocated, sits up and turn blue. The
patient feels worse during sleep and better by sitting up. This patient gets
worse at midnight or from midnight to 3 am.
Spongia Tosta
It is very much
beneficial for asthmatic patients with dry cough and shortness of breath. The
cough is a dry or barking type with dry airways. When the patient feels
relieved by having warm drinks, it is an important indicator of using Spongia.
Written by
Dr.Priyadarsini
Puhan
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