Nov 12
There are alternatives for asthma patients that may enhance options for treatment.
As our environment becomes more polluted, the number of people suffering from asthma is increasing worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States of America, more than eight per cent of Americans have the disease with black children being the most affected.
Modern medicine offers a wide assortment of drugs to treat asthma. They are administered orally as tablets or liquids, by inhalation as sprays, pumps or nebulisers, or by injection. Recent research, however, suggests more asthmatic patients are turning to complementary and alternative medicines.
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Jun 10
Chinese medicine as well as other alternative therapies can provide relief for those who suffer from asthma.
Dependent upon the factors which had caused the asthma is the treatment based. There are many types of herbal treatments in Chinese medicine. One type is Asmatrol. Some of the herbs used in the treatment are cinnamon twigs, mustard seed, dry ginger and Magnolia bark.
Acupuncture points also vary depending upon the type of asthma. For cold asthma the main points Feishu UB 13, Lieque LU 7, Fengmen UB 12, Tanzhong REN 17, and Chize LU 5.
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Apr 28
Traditional Chinese medicine offers an alternative that can help asthma sufferers breathe little easier.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a different approach to asthma than Western medicine does. Asthma is treated as a disorder of the kidneys and stomach along with the lungs so acupoints for this condition are along the lung, kidney and stomach meridians. And acupoints along the bladder meridian are also used since traditional Chinese medicine views the bladder as integral to the body’s health.
The World Health Organization (WHO) deems acupuncture to be a viable treatment for asthma, and a study by the University of Vienna Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care has found that 70 percent or more of patients treated for asthma with acupuncture see improvement.
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Apr 07
A recent research has identified vitamin D and Chinese herbs can help with preventing asthma.
Researchers have discovered that African American children with asthma in metropolitan Washington, DC, are significantly more likely to have low levels of vitamin D than healthy children.
This study supports recent research that suggests vitamin D plays a greater role in the body than just keeping bones healthy. Vitamin D deficiency has been recently linked to a variety of non-bone related diseases including depression, autoimmune disorders, and now asthma.
The research team found that 86 percent of the children in the study with asthma had insufficient levels of vitamin D, while only 19 percent of non-asthmatics had these low levels.
Only 5 to 37 percent of American infants meet the standard for vitamin D set by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Although breast milk is the perfect food in every other way, it’s often low in vitamin D. Since humans originated in equatorial areas with year-round sunshine, babies in the distant past wouldn’t have needed to get vitamin D from breast milk. Many mothers also are vitamin D-deficient. Based on these facts,researchers now recommend that most babies should take a daily vitamin D supplement, reports USA Today.
In addition, Mothering Magazine offers several tips on how natural medicine can strengthen immune function to prevent asthma attacks.
Oriental medicine and Chinese herbs have the ability to directly strengthen immune function. The disadvantage of herbs is their bad taste, and the most effective strategy for children is to mix liquid extracts of herbs with juice to improve their taste.
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