Bronchial asthma is what doctors call a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. Bronchial asthma is characterized by hypersensitivity to various, mostly harmless stimuli. The mucous membrane of the bronchial tubes increasingly forms viscous and glassy mucus, which causes the mucous membrane to swell and the bronchial tubes to contract spasmodically, which makes breathing in and especially breathing out difficult.
Homeopathic remedies for asthma aim to reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.
Which homeopathic remedies help?
Physical symptoms are described below. Choose a homeopathic remedy for asthma that best suits your situation.
Ammi visnaga
For allergic and chronic asthma and COPD.
Lobelia inflata
Shortness of breath and hyperventilation, the chest is constricted. There is vomiting due to labored breathing, the skin turns blue.
Musk
One has the feeling of not being able to breathe and develops a fear of death. The throat is swollen, the air does not penetrate the lungs. The chest feels crushed. You blow up air bubbles. A positive effect was seen especially in children.
Aranea diadema
Smoking relieves shortness of breath.
Stuck mucus
Sambucus nigra
Attacks of shortness of breath, accompanied by hoarseness and tough secretion. The chest feels pinched, the voice fails.
Senega
Asthma or bronchitis with cough and thick, sticky phlegm. Prolonged sneezing at the end of a fit of coughing. Painful chest.
Antimonium sulfuratum aurantiacum
Asthma with increased formation of mucus in the bronchi. Hard, dry cough. aggravation in winter. The patients are weak and exhausted.
At night
Luesinum
Chronic bronchial asthma in summer when it is warm and humid, mainly at night.
Digitalis
Nocturnal shortness of breath with blue lips and dry, spasmodic cough. Sitting up and moving relieve the shortness of breath.
Potassium arsenicosum
Patients suffer from shortness of breath, especially at night between 2 and 3 a.m. They don’t like fresh air at all.
Grindelia
Whistling breath and copious, tenacious expectoration. When falling asleep, breathing stops and the patients jump up in fright. Sitting up brings relief. Breathing is generally difficult when lying down.
Potassium nitrate
Severe shortness of breath, worse at 3 a.m. Patients have to sit up to get air.
Causes of Asthma
A distinction is made between allergic and non-allergic asthma.
triggers of allergic asthma
- pollen
- House dust
- food
- animal hair
- medication
- molds
Triggers of non-allergic asthma
- respiratory infections
- cold
- stress
- cigarettes
- fragrances
- air pollutants
- industrial fumes
- medication
Symptoms of Asthma
- shortness of breath (difficulty exhaling)
- Cough
- fears
Further tips and information on treatment
To prevent asthma attacks, the triggering factors should be avoided as much as possible. Cigarettes should also be avoided, as tobacco smoke unnecessarily irritates the respiratory tract. Regular exercise can help reduce seizure frequency and severity. Special breathing techniques can relieve shortness of breath in an acute attack.