Has anyone tried this as an alternative treatment for asthma?
Has anyone tried this as an alternative treatment for asthma?
My aunt is an asthma expert, and I asked her about it because my asthma is pretty bad (I'm dependent on a daily inhaled steroid). She said it's good for hyperventilation but NOT asthma. When you're having an asthma attack, your lungs are filling up with fluid and your bronchial tubes are tightening up. Altering your breathing isn't going to fix that.
Asthma attacks are one of the #1 killers of young women. And there is a point of no return with an asthma attack, where even if you're in the best ER they can't help you. It would be a nasty way to die. It came very close to happening to me back in February. Please take your asthma seriously!
I have tried the basics and it helps so much!!!
Last time I had an asthma attack I went to hospital emergency and another patient came and taught me how to breath. He had been a chronic asthmatic as a child and has remained asthma free now for 20 something years using this tecnique. I was very much better before the nurses got to me - and stoked!
Alot of the tecnique is based around breathing through the nose and Ive found that since or when I make the effort to do so I just dont get asthma nearly as much as before. It feels scarey or wierd at first but it just takes time to adjust. Funny though it didnt feel scarey whilst I was having the asthma attack, its just the rest of the time.
Butekyo has a 90-something success rate with 100% of people who try it having a definate improvement in their condition. I say try it - it certainly wont make things worse (-:
My doctor in Sydney wrote a book on it which is meant to be one of the best around on the subject, see link. He teaches the tecnique though I have never been in the right place at the right time for the classes.
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I hear that. I've had asthma since I was 2. It subsided slightly when I was in junior high/high school (I thought I may have "outgrown" it, like some people I know), then got WAY worse once I turned 20. I've been to the hospital 3 times this year, and no one can really tell me why it's getting so bad. No major factors in my life have really changed; if anything, I've improved my diet and exercise habits since high school. Not really looking for a magic bullet, just something to make me less dependant on my rescue inhalor.
The other thing which has worked wonderfully for me has been changing me diet. - No asthma since starting the anti-candida diet 2 months ago!
I have bad asthma too - been to hospital at least 3 times in the last 12 months too and in Queensland I used to get asthma daily sometimes several times a day for like the last 20 years. Im not suggesting that you need to do anything near so full on as the anti-candida diet but for many asthmatics it can be food which is the trigger. For me Im guessing dairy even though I was using A2 milk and maybe white flour products.
Im off the medication now. Im planning on staying that way (-:
You should NOT be dependent on your rescue inhaler. If you're using albuterol on a regular basis, then your asthma is out of control and could easily turn lethal. Have you tried a steroid? I use a Flovent inhaler once a day and haven't had an asthma attack in almost a year (I wound up in the hospital when I went off the Flovent, and cleared right up when I went back on it). Talk to the doctor.Originally Posted by Laylas
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