| Incidence of asthma is growing day by day pertaining | | | | include dust or pollen exposure, perfumes or strong |
| to increased urban pollution and hoards of instant | | | | smelly substances, molds, animal dung, excess cold |
| foods leading to varied kinds of allergies. Well, today | | | | etc. Also the emotional stress, anxiety, physical |
| we hear the term asthma in a very small child too; | | | | exercise etc are t be blamed as triggers in some. |
| rather many children today complain of difficulty in | | | | Homeopathic Approach to asthma- |
| breathing and parents get stuck up in the Herculean | | | | One thing is clear that some people catch asthmatic |
| task of protecting their children from allergic focuses. | | | | allergies and some don't. That is the reason why |
| Let's discuss what asthma actually is and how | | | | homeopathy believes in individualistic approach while |
| homeopathy is effective in dealing with patients of | | | | treating asthma or any other disease for that matter. |
| asthma. | | | | Homeopathy plays curative role in asthma, considered |
| What is asthma? | | | | the homeopath chooses medicine based upon the |
| Swelling and narrowing of bronchial tubes lead to | | | | constitution of the patient and does not suppress the |
| smaller and constricted airways that results in | | | | asthma. It is a myth that homeopathy is slow acting |
| difficulty in breathing, termed as asthma. The | | | | and does not yield beneficial result in acute attack of |
| severity of asthma depends upon sensitivity of the | | | | asthma. Even in a child as young as 1 year with |
| bronchial tubes to various allergens. Sometimes, it is | | | | extremely wheezy chest, remedies like Antim tart, |
| possible to define the allergens in a particular individual | | | | Ipecac, Lycopodium, Calcarea carb, Silica; etc if |
| and in many, the source of allergy remains unknown. | | | | chosen depending upon symptom similarity can |
| It is also termed as hyper-reactive lungs in people on | | | | harmonize the breathing within no time. |
| the verge of asthma but who have not developed | | | | What care should be taken while seeking |
| frank asthma. | | | | homeopathic treatment? |
| What are hyper-reactive lungs? | | | | It is known about homeopathy that it is a therapy |
| As we said earlier, it is the susceptibility of an | | | | without any side effects. That is certainly true but |
| individual to catch infections and/or allergies. In some | | | | this should not make people use homeopathic |
| individuals there might be hyper-reactivity of | | | | remedies haphazardly. It is extremely important to |
| bronchioles short of developing frank asthma. In | | | | understand the exact dosages and repetitions of |
| children, such malady is termed as hyper-reactive | | | | medicines so that the patient feels good from within |
| airway disease (HRAD). Many of these children should | | | | and does not just palliate his trouble. Homeopathic |
| receive milder modes of therapies like homeopathy in | | | | system of medicine believes in treating the person |
| order to build stronger immunities and curb the nasty | | | | suffering from asthma and not just his asthma. So, |
| susceptibilities. | | | | careful consideration of his signs, symptoms, mental |
| Causative factors and/or risk factors- | | | | and emotional sphere related to asthma and |
| Exact cause of heightened susceptibility in some | | | | otherwise are the tools those help the homeopathic |
| people leading to frequent asthmatic spells is | | | | physician to search the right remedy for his patient. |
| unknown. But chronic airway inflammation, genetic | | | | But be rest assured that if you follow his regime |
| factors, and immunologic factors are blamed for | | | | scrupulously, you have to feel better and frequency |
| development of frank asthma. The risk factors | | | | of asthma spells reduce without a doubt! |