Ayurvedic Treatment of Asthma – Symptoms, Types & Causes

Asthma is a chronic lung disease characterized by a decreased ability to breathe easily. The flow of air in and out of the lungs is obstructed in the airways that carry air to the air sacs deep inside the lungs. The bronchi and bronchioles which may be obstructed by tightening of the muscles, irritation in the airways and accumulation of mucous thereby result in asthma. Asthma can either be acute or chronic.

 Factors Responsible for Aggravating Asthma are:

• Breathing polluted air
• Exposure to tobacco or wood smoke
• Inhaling other respiratory irritants such as perfumes or cleaning products
• Exposure to cold or dry weather
• Emotional excitement or stress
• Physical exertion
• An upper respiratory infection such as a cold, flu, sinusitis or bronchitis
• Reflux of stomach acid
• Breathing in allergy causing substances such as molds, dust or animal dander

Causes of Asthma

• Allergy due to pollen, dust mites
• Air pollution
• Respiratory infections
• Nonspecific hyper-irritability
• Certain medications
• Genetics
• Obesity

Symptoms of Asthma

• Coughing, mainly at night
• Shortness of breath
• Chest tightness
• Chest pain
• Wheezing sound when exhaling
• Nasal congestion

Ayurvedic Treatment For Asthma

In Ayurveda, asthma is known as shwasa roga. The vitiated vata dosha combines with vitiated kapha dosha in the lungs and causes the obstruction in the respiratory passage or pranvaha srotasa. This results in gasping and labored breathing. Five types of shwasa roga are described in ayurvedic texts:

• Maha Shwasa
• Urdhava Shwasa
• Chinna Shwasa
• Tamak Shwasa
• Kshudra Shwasa

Ayurveda believes that the cause of asthma is known as “Tamak shwasa”. The toxins are carried by improperly digested food through channels directly into the chest and lung area. These toxins accumulate in the lungs and airway tissues through several mechanisms. The toxins irritate the linings of airways and often trigger an inflammatory response to foreign bodies that also harm the epithelial lining of airways

For Asthma Chandigarh Ayurved Centre provides a complete “Asthma Go Kit” that relieves all signs and symptoms related to these patients. This herbal Kit comprises of various products like Asthma sachet, Kas Shwas Hari Rasa, Kaphaketu Rasa, Kuka Fighter Syrup, & Anu Tailam. These products give very effective results to Asthma patients.

1. Asthma Sachet

This herbal sachet is prepared from ingredients like Sitopladi churna, Abhrak Bhasma, Godanti Bhasma, Laxmi Vilas Ras, Yashtimadhu Churna, & Ushira Surkh. All these ingredients control chest pain, cough, shortness of breath, & wheezing sound in asthma patients.

Recommended Dosage: Take 1 sachet twice daily with plain water.

2. Kas Shwas Hari Rasa

These are herbal tablets that are prepared from ingredients like Shwas kasa chintamani rasa, Laxmivilas nardiya rasa, Sutashekhar rasa, etc that treats upper respiratory congestion and bronchial asthma.

Recommended Dosage: Take 1 tablet twice daily with plain water.

3. Kaphaketu Rasa

This is an ayurvedic herbo-mineral preparation that contains Shuddha Tanka, Shuddha Vatsnabh, Long pepper, & Shankha Bhasma, etc that treat chronic cough. Kaphaketu Rasa provides good results in asthma as it maintains all signs & symptoms.

Recommended Dosage: Take 2 teaspoonfuls twice daily with plain water.

4. Kuka Fighter Syrup

This herbal syrup contains herbal ingredients like Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Vasaka (Adhatoda vasica), Yashtimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra), etc that results in productive cough related to asthma.

Recommended Dosage: Take 2 teaspoonfuls twice daily.

5. Anu Tailam

This is classical herbal oil that contains ingredients like Solanum root (Solanum nigrum), Bael root (Aegle marmelos), Cinnamon stem bark (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), Cardamom fruit (Elettaria cardamomum), etc. These all herbs show antioxidant, analgesic, anti-allergic, anti-bacterial properties that give good results in asthma patients.

Recommended Dosage: Put 2 to 3 drops of anu tailam in each nostril twice daily.

Panchakarma Treatment For Asthma Patients

Chandigarh Ayurved Centre provides the best panchakarma treatment along with the ayurvedic medicines. For Asthma patients the following panchakarma procedures are recommended:

1. Nasya

In this panchakarma procedure the herbal medicated oil is administered through the nasal route. This procedure will open all your sinuses that will help you to get relief from asthma problems.

2. Dhumrapana

This procedure is mainly used for respiratory tract disorders. It is also known as inhalation of herbal medicated fumes & gives good results in asthma patients.

3. UroBasti

In this procedure, a ring is formed in the chest region & lukewarm medicated oil is poured. This herbal procedure is done three to four times. After that, the chest region is massaged with herbal oil.

Doing all these procedures along with the above medicines in Asthma Go Kit provides very effective and good results.

DIET AND LIFESTYLE

• Avoid cold and damp places.
• Go for morning and evening walk.
• Practice yoga and pranayama.
• Avoid over eating.
• Take light dinner one hour before going to bed.
• Avoid tobacco, wine and smoking.
• Keep rooms well ventilated.
• Avoid perfumes, incense sticks, mosquito repellants.
• Drink boiled water in plenty.
• Avoid excessive exercise and indulgence in sex.
• Avoid fried and processed foods.
• Avoid food such as rice, curds, buttermilk, sugar, lentils, heavy milk products like cheese, paneer etc. which has natural tendency to accumulate the mucus.
• Avoid fruits such as guava, papaya, watermelon and banana.

Chandigarh Ayurved Centre provides the best panchakarma treatment along with the ayurvedic medicines. For Asthma patients the following panchakarma procedures are recommended:

1. Nasya

In this panchakarma procedure the herbal medicated oil is administered through the nasal route. This procedure will open all your sinuses that will help you to get relief from asthma problems.

2. Dhumrapana

This procedure is mainly used for respiratory tract disorders. It is also known as inhalation of herbal medicated fumes & gives good results in asthma patients.

3. UroBasti

In this procedure, a ring is formed in the chest region & lukewarm medicated oil is poured. This herbal procedure is done three to four times. After that, the chest region is massaged with herbal oil.

Doing all these procedures along with the above medicines in Asthma Go Kit provides very effective and good results.

Diet And Lifestyle

• Avoid cold and damp places.
• Go for morning and evening walk.
• Practice yoga and pranayama.
• Avoid over eating.
• Take light dinner one hour before going to bed.
• Avoid tobacco, wine and smoking.
• Keep rooms well ventilated.
• Avoid perfumes, incense sticks, mosquito repellants.
• Drink boiled water in plenty.
• Avoid excessive exercise and indulgence in sex.
• Avoid fried and processed foods.
• Avoid food such as rice, curds, buttermilk, sugar, lentils, heavy milk products like cheese, paneer etc. which has natural tendency to accumulate the mucus.
• Avoid fruits such as guava, papaya, watermelon and banana.

Home Remedies For Asthma

• Take one-fourth shunthi churna powder, six black pepper, one fourth teaspoon black salt and five leaves of Tulsi. Boil this mixture in 200 ml water and reduce it to 50 ml. Have this once in a day.
• Take two tablespoons of fenugreek seeds. Mix in one liter of water. Simmer it for 30 minutes. Strain the liquid. Prepare two teaspoon of ginger paste and press the paste on a sieve and extract juice. Add ginger juice to the strained liquid. Add one teaspoon of honey. Mix well & drink one glass of the mixture in every morning.
• Take two teaspoon of Indian gooseberry powder. Mix one teaspoon of honey. Have this once in every early morning.
• Drink a glass of two-third carrot juice, one-third spinach juice, three times a day.
• Take 10 cloves of garlic boiled with 30 ml of milk once a day.
• Mix one teaspoon honey with one teaspoon of Indian bay leaf powder and have it before going to bed at night. This helps in preventing the attack of asthma.
• Take a mixture of one tablespoon of water and two tablespoon of fresh lemon juice twice a day.
• Make paste of black resin, dates, long Pippali and honey in equal quantity. Take one teaspoonful of it morning and evening with warm milk.

Here we provided the best natural based remedies for the prevention of Asthma

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