You can conquer your asthma beginning immediately. You will have to fight a battle on 3 fronts, but in this technological age everything you need to know is at your fingertips. Plan your campaign of attack and begin today, and in a very short time you could be experiencing life-long freedom from asthma symptoms.
1. Triggers of asthma and allergies
If you suffer from asthma, chances are that your attacks are triggered by something in your environment. either at work or at home. More and more information about asthma triggers is now available via the internet.
2. Breath re-training
But even where triggers are present, breath re-training has been proven to be highly effective for the prevention and control of asthma symptoms. Scientific tests have shown that by re-training your habitual breathing patterns, you can control the onset of an attack, and with further practice, eliminate attacks altogether using the simple method described in this article (Read on).
3. Nutritional supplements and herbal remedies
Over the past century, the march of Western Medicine has enabled us to control the symptoms of a variety of illnesses. Meanwhile, age-old herbal treatments have been forgotten or relegated to the status of "snake-oil" and quackery, but evidence shows that our ancestors new more than most of us realize about freely available herbs and natural remedies that can be highly effective.
The fact is that many of the expensive drugs on the market today are synthetic versions of traditional herbal remedies. It stands to reason - if modern Western medicine were the only way to really control illness, human beings would have become extinct thousands of years ago.
Many of us already know that certain plants have profoundly beneficial effects on the respiratory system, but few know the exact amounts and proportions of the ingredients needed to maximize effectiveness.
If you suffer from severe, life-threatening asthma attacks as I did many years ago, you will need to develop your health and wellness campaign to tackle all three of the above-mentioned areas, and the best place to start is with your breathing.
The Buteyko Method
During the 1950s, a young Russian doctor - Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko - discovered that what he called "the asthma response" was not, as commonly believed, oxygen starvation caused by blocked or restricted bronchial tubes, but carbon dioxide starvation due to hyperventilation. His theory, like most radical ideas in history, was initially rejected by the authorities, but he was not deterred, and the Buteyko Method has since been proven effective in several scientific tests around the world.
Perhaps it would be cynical to suggest that the only reason his method has not gained the universal recognition and acceptance it deserves is the profitability for pharmaceutical companies of keeping countless millions of sufferers dependent on drugs known to have serous side-effects.
Thankfully you can begin to test and train yourself in the Buteyko Method quite simply as follows:
Take 2 normal breaths, then breathe out. How long can you hold your breath? This is called the "Control Pause Experiment". The average person manages around 20-25 seconds. Less than that is a sign of breathing dysfunction.
Now breathe through your nose for about 5 minutes. Keep your mouth shut and breath quietly and gently, in the mid-range of your lung capacity. Avoid over-inhaling and over-exhaling. Now repeat the "control pause" and see if you can hod your breath for longer.
Repeat the cycle of holding your breath, breathing gently for 5 minutes and holding again 4 or 5 times in all.
Repeat this sequence 3 or 4 times daily, every day for a week.
Increasing your 'control pause' test result is the goal. Your target is 60 seconds or more. If you can achieve this within one week, there's a good chance that you will have your asthma symptoms under control.
Warning: Never discontinue prescribed medication without proper consultation with a qualified medical professional.
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