Asthma is characterized by spasms in the airways in the lungs.
This impedes the exhalation of air causing coughing, wheezing, tightness in the chest and difficulty in breathing.
The spasms are caused by chronic or excessive inflammation or by sensitivity of the airways to outside stimuli such as cold air, pollution, pollen, chemicals, cigarette smoke, animal dander, etc.
The Underlying physical causes of asthma may include :
• Hereditary factors.
• Fatty acid imbalance - essential fats can have an anti-inflammatory effect whilst saturated and processed fats can have a pro-inflammatory effect.
• Nutritional deficiencies-magnesium, vitamins B6, B12, vitamin C and selenium are often found to be low in asthmatics.
• Food intolerances or allergies - mucus forming foods are a particular problem. Dairy products, eggs, soya, chocolate, corn and wheat may all be culprits.
• Sensitivity to chemicals in food additives, preservatives and colourings or in household cleaning products, carpets, etc.
• Inhalant allergies pollen, animal hair. Smoke and dust mites.
• Insufficient stomach acid asthmatics often have low stomach acid and this in turn can lead to food intolerances and nutrient deficiencies.
Some of the triggers include stress, exercise, laughing and respiratory infections.
Asthma symptoms vary from person to person. You may have infrequent asthma attacks, have symptoms only at certain times - such as when exercising - or have symptoms all the time.
Asthma signs and symptoms include:
• Shortness of breath
• Chest tightness or pain
• Wheezing when exhaling, which is a common sign of asthma in children
• Trouble sleeping caused by shortness of breath, coughing or wheezing
• Coughing or wheezing attacks that are worsened by a respiratory virus, such as a cold or the flu
Signs that your asthma is probably worsening include:
• Asthma signs and symptoms that are more frequent and bothersome
• Increasing difficulty breathing, as measured with a device used to check how well your lungs are working (peak flow meter)
• The need to use a quick-relief inhaler more often
For some people, asthma signs and symptoms flare up in certain situations:
• Exercise-induced asthma, which may be worse when the air is cold and dry
• Occupational asthma, triggered by workplace irritants such as chemical fumes, gases or dust
• Allergy-induced asthma, triggered by airborne substances, such as pollen, mold spores, cockroach waste, or particles of skin and dried saliva shed by pets
Exposure to various irritants and substances that trigger allergies (allergens) can trigger signs and symptoms of asthma. Asthma triggers are different from person to person and can include:
• Airborne allergens, such as pollen, dust mites, mold spores, pet dander or particles of cockroach waste
• Respiratory infections, such as the common cold
• Physical activity
• Cold air
• Air pollutants and irritants, such as smoke
• Certain medications, including beta blockers, aspirin, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, others) and naproxen sodium (Aleve)
• Strong emotions and stress
• Sulfites and preservatives added to some types of foods and beverages, including shrimp, dried fruit, processed potatoes, beer and wine
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a condition in which stomach acids back up into your throat
Asthma complications include:
• Signs and symptoms that interfere with sleep, work and other activities
• Sick days from work or school during asthma flare-ups
• A permanent narrowing of the tubes that carry air to and from your lungs (bronchial tubes), which affects how well you can breathe
• Side effects from long-term use of conventional medications used to stabilize severe asthma
The aim is to relieve the symptoms by identification of the contributing stress factor, correct diet and balanced lifestyle and holistic therapy.
PREVENTION AND LIFE STYLE CHANGES IN ASTHMA• Identify environmental allergens and avoid them - most asthmatics will have some idea what triggers their attacks.
• Pollen, dust, animal hair, chemicals, cigarette smoke and other triggers should be avoided as much as possible.
• To avoid dust mites, vacuum regularly and use anti-allergenic bedding.
• Do breathing exercises and take up singing - they are great for improving lung capacity and oxygen flow .
Your mind is the most powerful tool you have.
Every thought you get, causes changes throughout your body.
Neutral, calming or happy thoughts have the opposite effect.
It is always a set of emotions or an emotional state that manifests itself in the form of a disease.
The key emotions that generally co-exist so as to become the root cause of asthma are as follows.
Adult sufferers take too much stress and responsibility. It is now important to take control of your life. You might have trouble coping with stressful circumstances and can easily get overwhelmed. You were often made to feel incompetent when trying to do things on your own.
You feel too attached to someone (often a parent) and may be feeling this person's grief, stress , annoyance or strain. You may not even be aware that you are expressing someone else's fear and annoyance.
You may have felt overprotected or smothered by a controlling or threatening type of love from your parent or caretaker. You have seen your crying annoying people and now you associate crying with upsetting people.
Generally you are intensely inhibited against free expression and plagued by the unresolved guilt and supressed grief that started mostly in the childhood.
Here are ways to master the mind/body connection to help in cure of Asthma.
1. Relax. Relaxation is an active state of deep rest where the mind is quiet and the body is physiologically calm.
Meditation, guided visualization, body scanning and slow, diaphragmatic breathing are some of the many techniques that achieve relaxation.
2. Stop taking stress . For whatever reason it may be, stress is heavily implicated in any disease. Review your life and see if you can avoid the causes of stress or change your response to them. Stop worrying about the past or future and live in the present. As that is all you can influence.
3. Express your emotions. Emotions are energy. Suppressing them takes physical effort that can cause pain.
Repressed emotions cause poor health. Suppressing emotion also keeps you stuck, unable to move past what you are avoiding. By contrast, writing in a journal or talking to someone about how you feel, and even just sitting quietly and "mindfully" to fully experience and acknowledge the feeling, all lead to feeling better both emotionally and physically.
4. Try to be cheerful. When you laugh your body produces endorphins, the body's natural healers.
5. Process your trauma. There could be a connection between earlier experiences of psychological trauma or chronic pain or illness of the past.
Our Talk therapy-Counselling sessions are based on guiding you, through finding and resolving the root cause. The main aim of our therapy is to make you realise and understand from the beginning that your identity is on the level and that your body and biological makeup is just a part of your physical life experience.
They not help you unlock and resolve emotional block, but are also extremely effective in relieving stress as they target and are based on the realm of the reality plane of life. Harnessing your brain to heal your emotions does transform your life!
Homeopathy is one of the most popular holistic systems of medicine. The selection of remedy is based upon the theory of individualization and symptoms similarity by using holistic approach. This is the only way through which a state of complete health can be regained by removing all the sign and symptoms from which the patient is suffering. The aim of homeopathy is not only to treat the outward symptoms of the physical disease but to address its underlying cause and individual susceptibility.
Homeopathic medication stimulates the immune system, acts as a natural antimicrobial and sterilizer, makes active the mucous membranes to help emission of toxins and stop nasal infection from spreading to other parts of the head such as ears. Bronchial infections is an indication of serious ongoing intoxication and homeopathic medication is best suited as its ingredients act as a natural plant antimicrobial that stimulate excretion of toxins. In cases of asthma, homeopathy acts by ameliorating the constitutional fermenting system rather than acting on histamine as achieved by conventional medicines.
As far as therapeutic medication is concerned, certain medicines are available for Asthma treatment in Homoeopathy that can be selected on the basis of cause, sensation, modalities of the complaints
These remedies are quite helpful in Asthma treatment.
Commonly Indicated remedies for Asthma are:
• Arsenicum album
• Tuberculinum
• Natrum sulphuricum
• Sulphur
• Pulsatilla
• Phosphorus
• Nux vomica
• Lycopodium
• Kali carbonicum
***However it should be noted that all homoeopathic medicines (except few external applications) can be prescribed only with specific indications and hence should be taken under medical supervision or as directed by the doctor.
Only if the homoeopathic medicine is prescribed on the basis of symptom-similarity, it gives good results.
Self-prescription in Homoeopathy or any other system of medicine should be avoided.
• Fruit and vegetables - these are high in potassium which counteracts the effects of sodium. They are also the best sources of vitamin C needed to reduce inflammation.
• Garlic, red onions and apples - these contain quercetin, which inhibits inflammation.
• Brazil nuts which are rich in selenium. This trace mineral has an ant inflammatory effect and its consumption is linked with relative protection from asthma.
• Green leafy vegetables, nuts and seeds, which are all good sources of magnesium: constriction of the airways in the lungs is a feature of asthma. The mineral magnesium can help to prevent this by promoting relaxation in the muscles that line the airways.
• Organic foods as they do not contain chemicals and preservatives that can trigger attacks and challenge the immune system.
Foods to be Avoided in Asthma• Dairy products, as these are famously mucus-forming for many people.
• Wheat, soya, chocolate and eggs can also be mucus-forming.
• High salt intake is linked to respiratory-tract disorders. Salt is in all processed and packaged foods, so avoid these.
• Cold food and drinks - these can cause the airways to go into spasm.
Role of Water in Asthma :• Staying hydrated with plenty of fluids such as water, juice, and tea can help alleviate asthma symptoms.
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Yoga helps by improving posture and opening the chest muscles, which encourages better breathing. It could also teach you to control breathing and reduce stress, a common trigger of asthma symptoms.
Yoga and Exercise are very effective in holistic treatment of Asthma.
At Nidhivan ,we give customised yoga and exercise sessions as per the need and device a module along with the therapy
Magnesium helps to relax muscles and nerves .
Vitamins B6 and B12 may help to reduce symptoms.
Vitamin C for anti-allergenic and anti-inflammatory effect.
• The herb astragalus has been found to strengthen the lungs.
• Other good herbs include peppermint, lobelia, skullcap, ephedra and liquorice.
• Drink mullein tea. It can help to expel excess mucus and make breathing much easier. Pau d'arco tea is also helps.
• A few drops of lobelia during an attack to reduce the spasm and open the airways
Kindly note : all supplements and herbs should be consumed only in right proportion/dosage, under monitoring and medical supervision . Certain herbs are prohibited if there are any underlying illnesses or complications. Excess/overdosing or of any herb or supplement may prove to be detrimental .Hence Self-prescription is not advised.
At Nidhivan, we have been successfully formulating unique blends of herbs and required supplements for any particular disease condition (for ingestion as well as local application ) . Our in-house proprietary blends of natural remedies have proven to be highly effective with our homeopathic medicines and other therapies..
Some effective Essential oils for Asthma are as follows:
• Lavender oil,
• Clove oil,
• Rosemary oil and
• Eucalyptus oil.
These oils can also be used in the bath.
Essential oils are highly potent and are supposed to be used single or in appropriate combinations with specific proportions taking care of any underlying medical condition or allergies. Hence self-prescription should be avoided.
Along with the Homoeopathic treatment, we administer Our Proprietary blends of essential therapeutic oils. These combinations in specific proportions play an effective role in relieving the Asthmatic symptoms
Holistic and Integrative therapies for the treatment for MENOPAUSE at NIDHIVAN
Based on this Body-Mind-Soul, a variety of treatment techniques are observed after considering the individuality of the person to assist them take their responsibility for their own well-being and achieve optimal health.
These include:
1-Homeopathic remedies which maintain the emotional, mental, physiological, and immune reactions of the person to guarantee long-lasting and permanent help.
2-Facilitated Physical detox
3- Herbal and Essential oil therapy
4-Patient education on Lifestyle changes and self-care to promote wellness.
5-Customized Diet advice
6-Customized Exercise and Yoga
1- Facilitated Emotional Detox
2- Individual Psychotherapy at different levels to overcome the root cause of the disease
3- Mind healing therapies. (Mind Imagery and visualization)
4- Motivational Enhancement therapies
5- Empowerment counselling (taking charge of your SELF)
6- Relationship and Family integrated Counselling sessions (if needed)
(Other individual therapies by our esteemed therapists if required in a particular case)
90% of the diseases are a result of build-up of unresolved negative emotions and pre-programming of your mind as discussed above. Your soul tries to express these unresolved negative emotions first through your thoughts and feelings. If you fail to listen to the messages that are crying out to be heard, these messages become stronger and then harder for you to ignore. They then express and manifest themselves by means of pain, discomfort or ill-health.
Along with Emotional management, Spiritual programming of your mind is a must to unwind yourself from the clutches of the negative emotions you've held so long which has ultimately led to the dis-ease.
This we achieve by means of:
1- Facilitated Spiritual Detox
2- Meditation
3- Identifying the imbalance and healing at the level of the Chakra
4- Energy healing
After-care maintenance and guidance once the goal is achieved (reversal and cure of disease)
The aim is to gain proper balance in life by achieving a permanent healing at the level of Body Mind and Soul.
We at NIDHIVAN, instead to targeting the disease or problem on the surface, aim to treat the innermost root cause of the disease, so as to achieve a permanent cure