asthma..skunkCabbage;pleurisyRoot

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I have had it for 25 yrs.I have never taken ephedra it makes one

very nervous and you cannot ever drink caffeine as it is much worse.

for a while [15 yrs]I was on theophyline, then breathine; right now I

am on a dieuretic for the next 4 months and a low dose steroid called

Advair one breath daily,and breathine if I need it. many meds one

cannot use grapefrt or pineapple juice;I have not needed the

breathine at all, but may when the advair runs out. this is esp. true

of theophyline..it works good as a preventative....[take twice a day]

but if therte is an emergency they need to know so they dont give the

wrong emer. meds with it.I dont use theoph. anymore.

the theop. always worked but wud sometimes keep me awake at nite.

I use inhalers albuterol or maxair,one a month.

I make sure I do not use much caffeine as it takes meds out of the

body, or makes a person nervous.

Edgar cayce recc. a chiropractor and said asthmatics usually need

calcium and iodine...milk makes my ast. worse so I eat greens like

turnip grns for calcium or dandelions..and thinking of taking kelp or

seaweed..for the iodine.be sure you get a little of the trace

elements..I used to take that old peoples vitamin liquid.cannot thnk

of name.and basic magnesium and potassium..never overdo this.

I sometimes use a tea frm dry " skunjk cabbage " and " pleurisy root " if

I ran out of med. and had not ordered. one must do everything in

moderation....it does kill.no heavy meals ; dont over eat; dont over

exercise..or get tired or go without 6 to 8 hours sleep daily; no

alcohol or smoking.

luv;rica in Ga