Self-Health Care for Healthy Lungs
Because standard drugs are suppressive in nature, they tend to perpetuate asthma and reduce the chance that it will disappear on its own – especially in children. Try these natural self-care measures to prevent attacks, improve your lungs health and lessen need for drugs.
Use a peak-flow meter, a hand held device that you can blow into to measure the amount of air in your lungs.
Reduce asthma and respiratory triggers by learning causes. Try to eliminate destructive triggers from your life.
Drink 8 to 10 glasses of distilled water daily, to keep respiratory-tract secretions moist and fluid. Drinking plenty of water speeds the process of eliminating irritants and toxins from the body. Avoid dehydration – it causes your body to produce histamine (an asthma-inducing agent) in an effort to prevent water loss through the lungs.
Supplement your diet daily with 3,000 mg. vitamin C.
Say no to milk and dairy products which increase secretions of mucus and worsens asthma and allergies.
Change your diet. Food allergies trigger many chronic asthma attacks and respiratory-breathing problems.
Be manipulated. Go to a chiropractor or osteopath and have them check for any restrictions of back, neck, chest and diaphragm. A skilled practitioner can free them up. This helps promote wonderful healing.
Exercise wisely. Warm up slowly with stretching and breathing exercises (at least 10 to 15 minutes). Don’t jog within 50 feet of a heavy traffic road (car fumes are toxic). Enjoy parks with lawns, trees and fresh clean air.
Clear the air. Use HEPA filters in whole room areas or entire house filter system or use Clairion fans.
Hang some plants (Spider plants, Boston ferns, English Ivy, etc.) in your house, work, office, etc. Plants absorb toxic gases, which helps purify the air for your lungs.
Relax. Do breathing exercises and get rest.
Consider healing healthy alternatives. Example: a young asthmatic patient was so improved after two months of ayurvedic treatment that he dispensed with most of his medication.
Pollutants may react chemically with the body’s tissues. – Dr. Andrew Weil
