Asthma symptoms cause shortness of breath, chest tightness, congestion, wheezing, and shortness of breath. This lung disease affects more than 25 million Americans. There are many reasons such as stress, dust, mold, pollen, and climate change that can directly aggravate this condition; hence, it leads to asthma attacks. Sometimes it is genetic.
For asthma patients, Pranayam (breathing exercise) Anulom vilom is essential. This breathing exercise can cure 70% of your asthma. This Kriya yoga clears the airways, strengthens the lungs so that the lungs can pump more oxygen and retain air. This allows the patient to breathe easily. This is a safe and stress-reducing process. The first couple of months, when you start this Kriya yoga, it will be a bit uncomfortable because you already have a breathing problem. But once you get used to Pranayam, the breath will move freely throughout the body, providing adequate nutrition to cells, organs, tissues, and glands. This helps reduce chest pain and relieves congestion. Sometimes when you are sick and cannot sit on the floor or in a chair, you may still practice Pranayam slowly while resting on your back, and it really helps.
Practice yoga poses slowly six days a week. Whatever posture you can easily do. This will help release mental stress and body tension. This also helps strengthen the power of the body and mind. Your body can produce more energy to fight and meet your daily physical challenges.
1. Grind horseradish and refrigerate. Mix one teaspoon with one teaspoon of honey and swallow with warm water every day 30 minutes before lunch.
2. Hold a piece of clove in your mouth to soothe your throat. Helps mucus move easily.
3. Eat hot soups every day to calm your throat and cleanse your digestive system.
4. To relieve asthma, swallow a crushed garlic clove in the morning and evening with warm water.
5. Use a humidifier in the house to humidify the environment. Helps calm wheezing.
6. Boil a handful of eucalyptus leaves in an uncovered pot and inhale the steam. This can be calming and relaxing and helps ease breathing.
7. For asthma patients, it is essential to exercise and walk with short rest intervals. Yoga Shavasan (dead body posture), is highly recommended to relax the mind and body completely after any exercise and / or walk.
8. Consume the juice of a lemon, a teaspoon of honey and a cup of warm water to calm the asthma attack. You can repeat it as needed. If you are diabetic, avoid honey and use a little brown sugar.
9. Boil crushed ginger (about two inches) and a piece of licorice in three cups of water. Drink half a cup of this hot ginger tea with a little honey or artificial sweetener if necessary. This helps calm asthma and moves mucus.
10. Dissolve 2×3 “of brown sugar in one liter of water and drink throughout the day. This helps clear the throat. Avoid consuming ice and cold drinks.
Meditation for five minutes every day helps us to feel at one with The Source from which we all come, to play our role in this temporary setting (the world). Believe in miracles, and miracles happen. When we meditate in solitude, we dissociate ourselves from the outer materialistic world. Focus on your breathing as you repeat, “I am a peaceful soul and I am not this body,” and try to associate with “the source.” Once you perceive that you are an immortal soul, you can awaken your consciousness and find abundance.
In asthma, practicing Bhastrika and Sitali breathing exercises for one minute every day is helpful in helping our body to produce more energy. It may be a bit difficult to take a deep breath, hold it, and then release. If you can, take a short breath. Keep breathing in and out vigorously, because practicing breathing exercises every day helps clear the airway and strengthens the lungs to pump more air. Your lungs may start to hold air for a couple more seconds. When we breathe deeply, the air sinks deep into the body and energizes dying cells; thus, making us healthy and energetic.
In asthma, Kapalbhati (breathing exercise) for five minutes really helps. Concentrate on exhaling quickly and continuously. Breathe once a second, with a little force contracting your abdominal muscles, and you may feel a little push in your lower back. Once you learn, increase this to ten minutes. Be patient and slow. Give it some time and your efforts will pay off big.