1. Medicine Helps the Most Common Chronic Condition in Kids
About 22 million people in the United States are affected by asthma, a chronic lung condition characterized by inflammation of the airways. Asthma is the most common chronic disease seen in children, and it is twice as common in boys than in girls. About 6000 people in North America die each year from asthma. Most people who have an asthma attack have an allergy to a food or environmental agent that triggers it. Identifying the allergen and avoiding it is one way to control asthma.
2. Try Alternatives Along With Your Traditional Medicine
There are a number of alternative therapies that can be used to treat asthma. However, if you are currently taking medicine or using an inhaler you should not stop taking it. Once you start using nutrients and other alternative methods to treat your condition your symptoms will lessen; then you can speak to your doctor about lowering your dose of medication.
3. Moducare and Respiractin Can Help
Take Moducare sterols and sterolins. The usual adult dose is two capsules three times per day for one week and one capsule three times daily after that. This product helps decrease inflammation, regulates cortisol, and controls the secretion of IL-4 and IL-6, which are associated with the onset and intensity of asthma. Respiractin is an herbal supplement that works as a natural antihistamine. Take 2 oz. twice daily.
4. Try B and C
Try Vitamin B6, in the form of P-5-P with a B complex. This vitamin helps repair mucous membranes that can be damaged in people with asthma. It also reduces allergic reactions that can trigger asthma. Vitamin B12, 500 mcg orally twice daily, is also helpful because it reduces or stops wheezing. If you suffer from exercise-induced asthma, try 1000 mg of Vitamin C twice daily and lycopene, 30 mg daily.
5. Herbs and Minerals Can Make Things Better
Quercetin is especially helpful because it works as an antihistamine, an antiallergen, and an antioxidant. This product, which should be taken at a dose of 500 to 1000 mg two to three times daily, is very effective for people who are sensitive to airborne allergies. Magnesium, 500 mg three times daily, can stop asthma attacks because it acts as both a bronchodilator and an antihistamine. Magnesium levels are depleted during an asthma attack, so taking this mineral will help to replace what is lost. You might also want to try ginkgo biloba, 120 to 140 mg standardized extract daily, to reduce wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath and frequency of asthma attacks.
