acupuncture for asthma
Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs are efficient at treating asthma. Most respiratory issues are well treated with using Chinese medicine, but chronic asthma tends to take a series of bi-weekly treatments over a number of months. Because chronic asthma does require a good number of treatments before it comes under control, Community Acupuncture is ideal; multiple treatments are affordable and realistic.
In Chinese medicine, asthma can be caused by many classifications of imbalance. For example, if you have trouble inhaling, "Kidney Deficiency" may be indicated. If a patient has problems exhaling during an asthma attack it may indicate more "Lung Qi Deficiency". There are endless possibilities, and your acupuncturist can determine the way your asthma is manifesting for the most effective treatment outcomes. Herbs to support the Lung, Kidney, or Spleen energetic systems may be prescribed. In the United States, asthma is the most common chronic condition among children. It affects more than one child in twenty. An estimated 20 million Americans suffer from asthma. Every day, 5000 patients visit the emergency room and 14 people die due to complications of asthma in the United States.
Asthma is a chronic lung disease in which the walls of the airways, the bronchial tubes, become inflamed. The swelling of the bronchial tubes and/or the excessive mucus secreted from the walls cause the tubes to narrow, which partially blocks the airway. Allergies, chronic bronchiole infection and hyper-irritability of the airway tubes are the most common causes of asthma. The symptoms of asthma can vary. Some people may have only slight chest tightness or coughing and wheezing, while some may have even more serious symptoms such as, shortness of breath and other breathing difficulties. It can be life threatening during a serious attack! The airways can become so constricted that not enough oxygen can get to your vital organs. Therefore, you should always keep a quick-relief inhaler with you at all times, even if your symptoms are under control.
Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine help:
- improve and balance the immune system
- reduce allergic reaction
- reduce bronchial inflammation
- adjust the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system in order to expand the walls of the airways
- reduce and withdraw mucus and phlegm
- increase the capacity of the lungs
In most of the cases, Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine are effective in reversing asthmatic conditions. After a series of treatments, asthmatic symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath are reduced. The frequency of an asthmatic episode can also be minimized. In fact, many people can usually resume an active lifestyle.
