Asthma

 

Asthma

Asthma is a disease of the bronchial tubes or airways

Symptoms are a feeling of lightness in the chest, shortness of

breath wheezing and coughing

Water Treatments

1. Fomentation on the chest, 2 times a day. Please see

page 55 for procedure.

2 Steam inhalation, 2 times a day. Please see page 58 for

procedure.

3. Breathing exercises for 10-15 minutes when there is no

attack of asthma, 4 times a day.

Breathing Exercises

Position: Sit relaxed on a chair, with the back supported by

a pillow.

Breathe in through the nose. Then purse the lips and

pretend you are blowing through a straw. Blow out twice as

long as you breathe in. Gradually increase the time of blowing.

Relax after blowing and take 3 or 4 normal breaths before

you start the pursed breathing again. These can be done in the

morning, upon waking up, and in the evening, before retiring.

These may be performed also when short of breath while doing

other exercises and activities.

Herbal Medications

1. Talumpunay leaves

● Roll 2 dried leaves.

Use as cigarette every 6 hours.

2. Kalatsutsi leaves

• Roll 2 dried leaves.

Use as cigarette, one in the morning and one in the

evening.

3. Sampalok bark

• Chop and boil a one-foot long piece of bark in 3 glasses of

water for 10 minutes.

Dosage:

Adults: 1 cup every after meal and at bedtime.

Children: ½ cup, 4 times a day (after meals and at bedtime)

Babies: 2 tsps., 4 times a day (after meals and at bedtime)

4. Kulitis leaves and flowers

. Boil 5 chopped young stems with flowers and leaves in 5

glasses of water for 10 minutes.

Dosage:

Adults: 1 cup, 4 times a day.

Children: ½ cup, 4 times a day.

Babies: 2 tsps., 4 times a day.

Note: This treatment is specially good for excessive

mucus discharge.