TO TREAT ASTHMA

Asthma is a disease of the bronchial tubes or airways.
Symptoms are a feeling of tightness in the chest, short, shortness
of breath, wheezing and coughing.

Water Treatments
    1. Formentation on the chest, 2 times a day.
    2. Steam inhalation, 2 times a day.
    3. Breathing exercises for 10-15 minutes when there is no attack of
       ashma, 4 times a day.

Breathing Exercises
    Position: Sit relaxe on a chair, with the back supported by a pillow.
       
       Breath in through the nose. Then purse the lips and pretend you are
     blowing through a straw. Blow out twice as long as you breath in.
     Gradually increase the time of blowing.
       

         Relax  after blowing and take 3 or 4 normal breaths before
     you start the pursed breathing again. These can be done in the morning,
     upon walking up and in the evening, before retiring. These may be performed
     also when short of breath while doing other exercises and activities.


Herbal Medications


 


              1. Talumpunay leaves
                  = Roll 2 dried leaves.
                  = Use as cigarette every 6 hours
     
   








 2. Kalatsutsi leaves  
       = Roll 2 dried leaves.
       = Use as one cigarette,in the morning and one in the evening

   




           
              3. Sampalok Bark
                . Chop and boil a one-foot long piece of bark in 3 glasses of
                  water for 10 minutes.
                 = Dosage:
                    Adults: 1 cup every after meal and at bedtime.
                   Chidren: 1/2 cup, 4 times a day (after meals and at bedtime).
                   Babies: 2 tsps, 4 times a day ( after meals and at bedtime).
   





                    4. Kulitis leaves and flowers
                      . Boil 5 chopped young stems with flowers and leaves in
                        5 glasses of water for 10 minutes.
                      = Dosage:
                         Adults: 1 cup, 4 times a day.
                        Children: 1/2 cup, 4 times a day.
                        Babies: 2 tsps, 4 times aday.
     



                               Note: This treatment is specially good for exessive mucus discharge.