hi sir/madam,
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
yes it can be treated with help of Ayurveda.
Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood. It is a lung disease characterized by difficulty in breathing,
cough with sputum and some time
fever. Children with asthma typically cough, wheeze, and experience
chest tightness and
shortness of breath.
Diet & Lifestyle Advice:-
1. Exposure to dusty and
cold air, smoke, dust and polluted air should be avoided.
2. Drinking lukewarm water with honey is helpful.
3. To avoid ama formation, children should be given freshly prepared warm meals at regular intervals and not the junk food.
4. Heavy foods like dairy products, fried foods, pickles, cold foods, ice creams, beans and legumes should be avoided.
Home Remedies:-
1. Give half cup of ginger tea mixed with 2-3 crushed garlic cloves if your child is getting asthma attacks.
2.
Massage the chest with warm sesame oil (5 ml) with a pinch of salt. Follow it with steam inhalation. This helps loosen the phlegm deposited in the chest.
3. Boil a teaspoon of freshly grated ginger in a glass of milk and add 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder to it. Give it twice a day to the child to reduce frequency of asthma attacks.
Food diets:-
1. Lot of water (boiled water).
2. Ample of fruits and vegetables.
3. Bitter vegetables.
4. Cow's milk (warm) with a little ginger powder.
5. Turmeric powder in any form.
Avoid these:-
1. Eating anything after 10:00 pm
2. Fried or spicy foods
3. Excess of salt or sugar
4. Red meat or any such heavy non-veg items
5. Fruits like banana, custard apple, guava, etc.
6. Vegetables like potato, sweet potato, brinjal, etc.
7. Dairy products like yogurt, buffalo's milk, cheese, etc.
8. Chocolates, desserts, ice-creams, etc.
9. Nuts like groundnuts, cashew nuts, etc.
10.Foodstuffs that are cold, raw and rough.
Light exercises are advised to children having Asthma.
Yoga asanas helpful for Asthma in childrens:-
1. Sukhasana
2. Taadasana
3. Ushtrasana
4. Simhasana
5. Sarvangasana
6. Matsyasana
7. Shavasana
8. Yoga mudra
9. Surya namaskara
Ayurvedic medicines used are:-
1. Kumar kalyan ras.
2. Balrogantak ras.
3. Arvindasava.
4. Sitopaladi churna.
5. Siddh makardhwaj ras .
Hope i was helpful.
Stay healthy,Believe in Ayurveda.