Asthma is a disorder of the
respiratory system characterised by severe paroxysms
of difficult breathing. The onset of an attack is sudden,
though the patient starts feeling uneasy, drowsy and irritable, a little before the difficulty of-breathing starts. Respiration becomes difficult and the breath comes with a wheezing and sometimes whistling sound. The general belief is that asthma is a chronic disease and that once gotten continues to dog its victim till the day he dies. The allopaths believe that it is due to allergy in most cases and that when the causes are removed, it
is cured.
In fact, asthma is caused by excess of -phlegm and
the inability of the body to expel it. If the patient gives up foods which tend to increase the phlegm, e.g., rice, flout passed through a sieve, sugar, lentils, milk and curds, he can find relief. He should be put on foods which discourage phlegm, such as green vegetables, fruits, and the like. That would tend to reduce the
amount of phlegm present in the body and the disease will leave him. Unfortunately, under the false impression that asthma being a weakening diseases the patients are fed on high protein diets like meat, fish, milk and
milk products and fats and that makes their condition worse.
Treatment
An asthma patient must select foods which help contain the amount of phlegm in the body. For breakfast he should take foods like orange, tomato, papaya, guava, mango and rose apple and vegetables
like carrots. His dinner and lunch should consist of
boiled vegetables. His bath is recommended in the morning and evening to perk up his digestive powers. Taking a walk is also recommended, if jogging is beyond the capacity of the patient.
Asthma, particularly when its attack is severe, tends to destroy the appetite of the patient. He should not be forced to eat. He should keep fasting till the attack is over. The only thing he should take is a cup of warm water every two hours. An enema taken at that time would be doubly beneficial. If this regimen is followed, the attack will not last for more than 36 hours and its
virulence in case of a recurrence would be very much Jess.
An asthma patient should regularly fast once a week and take an enema the morning after the fast to clear his bowels. If he is unable to fast regularly, he must not
hesitate to stop eating the moment the attack comes. A
fortnight after the treatment has been started the patient can take cow's unboi1ed milk or curd with a breakfast of fruit.
The sufferer from this disease should be extremely careful in his eating habits. He must never overeat. The amo\1nt of food taken at one time should be so measured that he must feel extremely hungry at the time of the next meal. A salt-free diet would be the best.
At the onset of the attack, soaking of the feet in warm water can relieve the agony to a large extent. A chest pack can also help, even though on application it may seem to aggravate the attack. The pack applied in the afternoon and immediately before sleep would do wonders. The main aim of treatment of asthma should be to augment the vital force of the body with the help of proper diet and a natural living in which clean water and sunshine play an important part.
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