ASTHMA: DIETARY CONSIDERATIONS AND BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS

Dec
11
2010

Posted by: admin in Categories: Asthma.

Extensive studies show that there are two basic causes of asthma: the typical allergic reaction to one or more allergens; two, psychic factors. Doctors agree that many young asthmatics (according to studies, 25%) have in common a “deep-seated emotional insecurity and an intense need for parental love and protection”. When emotional causes are suspected, these must be dealt with before biological and nutritional treatments can be effective.

Dietary considerations
There is a clear relationship between asthma and low blood sugar. Asthmatics have a consistently low blood sugar. (Note: diabetics, who have high blood sugar, hardly ever have asthma!) It is advisable, therefore, that asthma patients follow a special dietary program described in a section on Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).
A vegetarian diet is best for asthma. Avoid all meat and fish. Avoid cow’s milk. Goat’s milk is well tolerated, mostly in soured form as yogurt or kefir. Lots of garlic, green vegetables and all available fruits; natural unfiltered honey; raw seeds and nuts; sprouted seeds and grains.
Diet should include manganese-rich foods, such as peas, beans, blueberries, nuts, buckwheat. Chronic manganese deficiency may be one of the contributing causes of asthma. Avoid sugar, ice-cream, and all refined and processed foods.

Biological treatments
1. Cleansing juice fast, one to two weeks, under doctor’s supervision.
2. Alternating hot and cold showers each morning and evening.
3. Dry brush massage twice a day.
4. Chest pack according to Father Kneipp: wet pack over upper chest. (Place a wet towel over the chest and cover with a dry towel, then with a blanket. Leave on for 1/2 hour.
5. Plenty of exercise in fresh (non-smoggy) air. Deep breathing exercises several times a day.
6. Herbal vapor bath, for acute asthmatic attacks.