ASTHMA
ASTHMA IS A COMMON AND DISTRESSING CONDITION WHICH IS CHARACTERISED BY RECURRENT ATTACKS OF SPASM OF THE TUBES OF THE LUNGS RESULTING IN WHEEZING, COUGHING AND A SENSE OF SUFFOCATION. THE LARGER AIRWAYS (BRONCHI) CONSTRICT AND BECOME PLUGGED WITH EXCESSIVE, THICK MUCOUS SECRETIONS PRODUCED BY THE CELLS LINING THE AIRWAYS.
AN ATTACK OF ASTHMA CAN BE A FEARFUL AND EXHAUSTING EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH THE SUFFER AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. THE SYMPTOMS OF AN IMPENDING ATTACK USUALLY BEGIN SEVERAL HOURS PRIOR TO ITS ACTUAL ONSET AND ARE, AS A RULE, CONSTANT AND WELL REGONIZED FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PATIENT. THEY ARE COMMONLY PRECIPITATED BY BOUTS OF EMOTIONAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL TENSION, BY EXERCISE, BY EXERCISE, BY DIETARY INDISCRETION, OR BY EXPLOSURE TO AIRBORNE ALLERGENS.
THE CHILD MAY EITHER BECOME IRRITABLE AND CRY MORE READILY, OR BECOME QUIET, SLUGGISH INTROVERTED. SOMETIMES SKIN RASHES MAY APPEAR, AND LIPS AND FACE BECOME SWOLLEN, INDICATING THAT THE LEVELS OF EMOTIONAL OR IMMUNE STRESS ARE MOUNTING TO A LEVEL WHERE CRISIS IS IMMINENT.
LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS
THE COMPLICATIONSOF ASTHMA INCREASE WITH THE DURATION OF THE DISEASE. THE BODY BECOMES WEAK AND DEBILITATED. ASTHMATIC CHILDREN COMMONLY LAG BEHIND THEIR PEERS IN BODY WEIGHT AND HEIGHT. IN ADDITION, DEFECTS OF POSTURE, WITH PERMANENT EXPANSION OF THE RIBCAGE AND HUNCHING OF THE SHOULDERS, COMMONLY ACCOMPANY LONG-STANDING ASTHMA.
THE CAUSE OF ASTHMA
THE CAUSE OF ASTHMA IS MULTIFACTORIAL. PSYCHOLOGICAL, HEREDITARY AND ALLERGIC FACTORS HAVE ALL BEEN IMPLICATED AND ARE FOUND TO OVERLAP VARIABLY FROM ONE PATIENT TO ANOTHER.
ASTHMA CAN ALSO ARISE DURING CHANGING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, AND INCIDENCE OF ATTACKS IS HIGHER IN THE WINTER AND RAINY SEASON IN THE TROPICS. BOUTS OF SNEEZING, HAY FEVER, WHEEZY BRONCHITIS' OR EOSINOPHILIA MAY PROGRESS TOWARDS OVERT ASTHMA OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. EOSINOPHILIA IS REALLY A STAGE OF PREASTHMA AND SHOWS THAT THE BODY'S SELF-DEFENCE SYSTEM IS BEING AROUSED AGAINST AN IRRITANT, SOME PSYCHIC THREAT OR FEAR-INDUCING FACTOR, OR INCREASED EXPOSURE OR SOME PHYSICAL ALLERGEN, LIKE INDUSTRIAL SMOKE OR DIESEL FUMES.
UNHEALTHY DIET AND LIFESTYLE, ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN THE GENESIS AS ASTHMA. A LOW RESIDUE, MUCUS PRODUCING DIET CONSISTING OF EXCESSIVE REFINED CARBOHYDRATE PRODUCTS LIKE BREAD AND CAKES, GHEE, OILY PREPARATIONS, MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS, WHILE DEFICIENT IN FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND UNREFINED GRAINS, IS COMMONLY INCRIMINATED. BESIDES PRODUCING MUCUS, THIS DIET IS EXCESSIVELY TAXING ON THE ASTHMATIC'S PRE-WEAKENED DIGESTIVE PROCESSESS.
YOGIC MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA
THE CONSISTENT AND REGULAR DAILY PRACTICE IS COMPLETE AND LASTING DRUG FREE REGULAR POSSIBLE. IN THIS WAY, CURE OF ASTHMA IN THE SHORTEST TIME, WITH THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF SUFFERING WILL BE ATTAINED.
- SURYA NAMASKAR
- ASANA
- PRANAYAMA
- SHATKARMA
- RELAXATION
- MEDITATION
- DIET
- FASTING
FASTING
IF A FULL FAST CANNOT BE UNDERTAKEN, IT IS A GOOD HABIT TO MISS THE EVENING MEAL AND TAKE ONLY HOT LEMON JUICE AND HONEY, HERBAL TEA (LEMON GRASS, TULSI, GINGER, BLACK PEPPER), OR A SPECIAL PREPARATIONOF KARHA CAN BE PREPARED BY BOILING TOGETHER HEATING SPICES (GINGER, BLACK PEPPER, CINNOMON, CARDOMON, TULSI AND VANFASA), THIS MIXTURE IS PREPARED BY BOILING AWAY HALF THE LIQUID ON A SIMMERING FIRE. HONEY CAB THEN BE ADDED JUST BEFORE DRINKING.
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