What is Asthma?

Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways to the lungs. It makes breathing difficult and can make some physical activities challenging or even impossible. To understand asthma, it’s necessary to understand a little about what happens when you breathe. Normally, with every breath you take, air goes through your nose or mouth, down into your throat, and into your airways, eventually making it to your lungs. There are lots of small air passages in your lungs that help deliver oxygen from the air into your bloodstream. Asthma symptoms occur when the lining of your airways swells and the muscles around them tighten. The mucus then fills the airways, further reducing the amount of air that can pass through. These conditions can then bring on asthma “attack,” which is the coughing and tightness in the chest that’s typical of asthma.

 

Symptoms

The commonest symptom is wheezing. This is a whistling sound that occurs when you breathe. Other asthma symptoms may include:

• coughing, especially at night, when laughing, or during exercise

• tightness in the chest • shortness of breath

• difficulty talking

• anxiousness or panic

• fatigue • chest pain

• rapid breathing

• frequent infections

• trouble sleeping

The type of asthma that you have can determine which symptoms you experience. Some people experience symptoms consistently throughout the day. Others may find that certain activities can make symptoms worse. Not everyone with asthma will experience these particular symptoms. If you think the symptoms you’re experiencing could be a sign of a condition such as asthma, make an appointment to see your doctor. Also, keep in mind that even if your asthma is well-managed, you may still occasionally experience a flare-up of symptoms. Flare-ups often improve with the use of quick-acting treatments, like an inhaler, but may require medical attention in severe cases. Signs of an asthma flare-up may include:

• coughing

• wheezing

• throat-clearing

• difficulty sleeping

• chest pain or tightness

• fatigue

If your symptoms worsen or don’t improve with the use of an inhaler, you should seek immediate medical treatment. You should also seek treatment if you experience symptoms of an asthma emergency, including

• severe breathing difficulty

• gasping for air

• confusion

• pale lips or fingernails

• dizziness

• difficulty walking or talking

• blue lips or fingernails

 

HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES FOR ASTHMA

 

It is the oldest science that offers remedies for asthma. Homeopathic remedies for asthma aid in relieving asthma symptoms. Arsenic Album, Antimonium Tart, Spongia Tosta, Ipecac, and Natrum sulphuricum are a few of the commonly used remedies for the illness. Homeopathic treatment mitigates the cause of asthma and helps in reducing the recurrence of symptoms.

 

Some of the most widely used are:

 

• Arsenic Album :

It is one of the best homeopathic medicine for asthma. It relieves after lying down with cough attacks of suffocation, wheezing sounds during breathing.

 

• Antimonium Tartaricum :

Antimonium Tartaricum is helpful for patients who wake up in the middle of the night due to breathing problems. This medicine is suited for both aged and young children. Antimonium Tartaricum is effective when patients sense they cannot inhale enough air to breathe and experience an excessive, rattling cough.

 

• Spongia Tosta :

This is an indicative Homeopathic medicine for asthma with dry cough. It is advisable for patients with a deep or barking cough. The patient complains of cough due to extreme dryness of the larynx.

 

• Ipecac :

Ipecac is prescribed for wheezing and breathing difficulty that worsens by motion. Asthmatic cough makes the person vomit and feels better after vomiting. Ipecac is prescribed to patients with a clogged chest without expectoration.

 

• Natrum Sulphuricum :

Natrum Sulphuricum is advised to patients with thick cough and with green expectoration. Asthma worsens around 4 am and 5 am and their frequency rises during foggy weather, thus keeping this medicine around is always helpful. A homeopath records the case history, family history, and physical and psychological factors in order to prescribe the medicines for asthma. Final selection of the medicine which varies from person to person, our whole team of Sanjivani doctors are ready to help you if any complaints.