Best Alternative For Healing Asthma
Rates of asthma are increasing. Fifty years ago the idea that you could become breathless because of an allergen would have been weird, stranger still would have been the requirement for hospitalisation.
You could argue that because there were no medications available people just died from asthma. Or that pollutants and various food additives are the culprits. Whatever the reason (always best to figure out if something makes a condition worse) asthma is an expensive problem.
Costs of Asthma in the US (ref. National Institutes of Health Data Fact Sheet, 1999)
The cost of asthma in 1998 was estimated to be $11.3 billion. Direct costs accounted for $7.5 billion and indirect costs were $3.8 billion. Hospitalizations accounted for the single largest portion of the cost.
Costly and uncomfortable but if no specific cause is known we have no option but to keep medicating…. don’t we?
There is something out there I have been hearing really good things about. It’s called the Buteyko Method, named after Prof. K P Buteyko of Russia.
Working with under guidance it is possible to reduce or eliminate symptoms of asthma with this alternative healing technique over time.
Excellent news for asthmatics everywhere.
Compared with the annoyance of constant medication (not to mention the vulnerability that goes with it) as well as the cost a few lessons in breathing is a small price to pay. Now for the weird sounding bit….
K P Buteyko answers a question from Alina Vasiljina, MD in Global Asthma Crisis:
- Breathe
“We consider that an asthma attack is an attempt to reduce the airflow passing
through the lungs in order to reduce CO2 loss. Our method is based on the
elimination of “deep breathing”. To be more precise, it is based on the
elimination of excessive ventilation of the lungs with respect to the
ventilation necessary for metabolism.”
Sounds like an alternative point of view there but actually we need a certain level of CO2 in the air we breath. The Buteyko method helps in self healing by getting the patient to exercise his or her breathing in such a way that the CO2 intake is normalised (normally focus is on oxygen intake).
I haven’t tried this yet myself, and as they say the proof is in the pudding. We need an alternative to medicine. Healing options should be explored by the mainstream medical community.
Blessings,
Keri Eagan
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Tags: alternative healing, alternative medicine healing, asthma, buteyko method, full recovery
This is such a life-draining issue for so many people, I am glad that they think they have found some possible cures. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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Rob
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Hi Keri,
Asthma can be death threatening. My son, when he’s 2-5 years old, had severe asthma and needs hospitalisation.
After I read a book written by an Australian lady, I implemented her recommended course of action with doubts. But what the heck, it’s so economical to implement and I couldn’t see noticeable risk.
To cut the long story short, I fixed my son (most severe), my wife ( intermediate severity) and myself (least severe) with her way.
John Ho
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Keri,
Glad to hear this. I’ve seen the effect of an attack and how it drains the body.
Lynn Lane
http://www.Warriorofsuccess.com
Good advice and worth looking into. I suffer from asthma from time to time and this might be helpful.
Steve Chambers
Sales Training Speaker
My wife and my Dad have it…. very scary to se it happen…thanks for the info!
Scott
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I will be sending my friend this post. She fights with this all the time
Vicki http://www.bridal-threads.com
My daughter supposedly has asthma, but not to the extent some people do. I remember learning in a psych class in college, that Asthma is largely pychosomatic. Not meaning it is all in the head, but meaning that you can bring on an attack by thinking about it or worrying about it too much. For example, if the doctor told his patient that she will have an asthma attack if she runs too much, then the she goes for a run and suddenly remembers his words, she may begin to worry and think “oh no, I could have an asthma attack, oh no!” Then she ends up actually having one.
This sounds like a good tactic that people could use anywhere. I will keep it in mind.
Lisa McLellan
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This seems like a good natural approach. I’m all for conditioning the mind-body to sort out its own problems!
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Good to read that there is hope for an asthma cure.
Bert (alter ego- Mister P)
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I’ve seen asthmatics no longer show signs by moving to new locations which indicates that there is literally something in the air that can trigger an asthma attack.
I’m surprised we haven’t seen better solutions thus far. I wonder if diet has any potential interplay as certain foods change the cell membranes . . . so much science, so little time!
Dangers of Fasting, Katie
interesting thought. I’m actually not to familiar with asthma and don’t really know anyone who has it.
MissMentor
What do you have that is an alternative for Blood Pressure? I would like to hear.
Robert Martin
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I am really pleased to hear that. Feel free to share the name!
Keri Eagan
Hi Keri,
This sounds like wonderful hope for people with asthma. How do they pursue this and try it out as an alternative method of treatment?
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April Braswell
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This is definitely worth looking into
Jose Escalante
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I’m still not sure I understand how this works. Can you explain more. I am not asthmatic, but I am curious.
Leadership in Education, Kate
I’ve seen that too. Here we have lots of pine trees….and a sky high rate of asthma. Don’t have the exact figures but think it is one of the highest rates in the world.
I read a book recently on foods that can trigger or worsen asthma. Interesting read.
Keri Eagan
When I was a kid, one of my good friends had severe asthma. It’s good to hear that some additional natural approaches for a cure are being looked into.
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