How to Use Mustard Oil to Treat Asthma
Mustard oil is made by grinding mustard seeds to extract the oil. Though it's most commonly used in the kitchen, it also has many medicinal uses. Some home or folk remedies utilize mustard oil to treat...
View ArticleHow to Use Figs to Treat Asthma
There are nearly eight hundred different types of figs, which can be eaten raw, incorporated into other recipes or used for medicinal purposes in a variety of folk or home remedies. Several of those...
View ArticleHow to Use Garlic Cloves to Treat Asthma
Aside from its culinary uses, garlic is commonly used in home remedies. Garlic cloves, pastes and oils can promote good health. Asthma sufferers have utilized garlic to relieve symptoms like coughs,...
View ArticleHow to Treat Asthma With Natural Medicine
Asthma can be a crippling and frightful condition that prevents the patient from living a full, normal life. Traditional asthma treatment usually consists of environmental changes to reduce triggers...
View ArticleHow to Read Peak-Expiratory-Flow Test Results
A peak-expiratory-flow-rate (PEFR or PEF) meter measures how fast and hard a person can exhale. Asthma patients and those with other long-term chronic lung diseases such as COPD and emphysema use this...
View ArticleHow to Use the Bronchial-Provocation Test for Asthma
The bronchial-provocation test evaluates how sensitive your airways are. Health professionals use it to test for allergic asthma when a patient has no symptoms. People who have suspected occupational...
View ArticleHow to Read Spirometer Test Results
A spirometer is a device used by health professionals to measure abnormal lung function. It is also used to help determine how well a patient is responding to treatment for lung diseases such as...
View ArticleHow to Use Zyrtec to Treat Asthma
If you have allergy-induced asthma, you're familiar with the symptoms of both allergy and asthma. Your seasonal or environmental allergies may cause respiratory itching, inflammation and mucus...
View ArticleHow to Use Chinese Medicine to Treat Asthma
Asthma is a serious disease that affects the lungs and respiratory system. Asthmatics may suffer from an ongoing cough or hoarseness, with occasional or frequent attacks of constricted breathing....
View ArticleHow to Use Singulair to Treat Asthma
The new-generation asthma drugs provide daily internal control of asthma sensitivities, which form the basis of this chronic disease of the lungs. Rather than treating crisis symptoms when an asthma...
View ArticleHow to Use Homeopathics to Treat Asthma
Take a hands-on approach to managing your asthma by integrating natural and conventional medicine to treat the disease. Homeopathic remedies can complement the use of prescription drugs, especially if...
View ArticleHow to Use Exercise to Treat Asthma
Many people who have asthma, or parents of children who do, wonder whether they can or should exercise. Asthma is a disease that restricts airflow in and out of the lungs, making it difficult to get...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Asthma Triggers
If your lungs are sensitive to temperature change, air pollutants or physical exercise, you may show asthma symptoms. This long-term disease can arise in childhood or adulthood and usually persists...
View ArticleHow to Use Diet to Treat Asthma
Asthma is a disease of the lungs that is characterized mostly by periodic trouble in breathing. Many who have asthma also have various allergies, so these two conditions are interrelated. When the...
View ArticleHow to Reduce Asthma Triggers at Home
Asthma causes narrowing and inflammation of the airways. When symptoms flare up, a person will feel short of breath, may have tightness in their chest and wheezing. People with asthma have different...
View ArticleHow to Use a Spacer With Asthma Medication
A spacer is a small device that is shaped like a tube. It holds inhalers such as albuterol, which is a medication used to treat asthma. It makes using an inhaler easier. By using a spacer correctly it...
View ArticleHow to Help Someone Having an Asthma Attack
Asthma attacks occur when an asthmatic has a response to any environmental or emotional trigger. This causes inflammation of the airways, and overproduction of mucous in the airways, making breathing...
View ArticleHow to Tell if a Person Has Asthma
Asthma is defined as a "chronic inflammatory disease of the airway" that causes regular coughing, shortness of breath, wheezing and a tight feeling in the chest. The symptoms come and go, so you may...
View ArticleHow to Control Asthma Without Medicine
Anyone who has suffered an asthma attack is all too familiar with the symptoms. First comes the wheezing, followed by a tightening in the chest, coughing and the inability to catch your breath. In most...
View ArticleHow to Fight Asthma Without Medication
Asthma is a condition that restricts airways and makes it difficult to breath. Allergies, stress, anxiety and exercise contribute to asthma attacks. Asthma medications can be expensive and have...
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