Asthma

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Thank you, I'm also a smoking-mom asthmatic. Now I know why I sometimes

crave salt.

There are some breathing exercises that I read about in a NYC newspaper that

children in the Bronx were doing. I don't know exactly what they are, but I

remember one of them was (something like) taking a deep breath, holding it,

and breathing it out slowly through pursed lips, kind of like using an

inhaler without the inhaler. I have used this exercise when desperate, and

it does indeed help. I think it increases the capacity of the lungs.

> Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 21:50:00 +0200

> From: son <hjacobson@...>

> Subject: Re:ASTMA

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> My parents also exposed me to a lot of smoke when I was a child, and I

> had allergic reactions as

> well (my father says I wheezed as a young child), developing asthma in my

> early twenties, though

> usually only in summer.

>

> Since doing antibiotics for Lyme I have mild asthma throughout winter as

> well. Doing the

> water-cure protocol helped: drink two glasses of water, and then put a

> pinch of salt on your tongue.

> The salt is said to send a signal to the brain that everything is

> ok--according to the doctor who

> developed the protocol--Dr.F. Batmanghelidj. The tightness in my lungs

> immediately disappeared.

>

> It's the combination of water and salt (to help the body utilize the

> water) that does the trick.

> I've been careful to use more salt in my meals and drink throughout the day

> and it seems to keep the

> mild asthma in check. No idea though if it will help when symptoms become

> severe in summer (mold and

> grass pollen allergy).

>

> If anyone has suggestions for treating asthma, or experience with the

> water-cure approach--all

> suggestions welcome.

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