Tag: Lung Health

Is it more beneficial to walk outdoors than indoors? Will walking outside enhance your health and well-being? The answer is yes, it is and...

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Deep breathing can improve anyone’s lungs, even if you have COPD or asthma. Do exercises like diaphragmatic, pursed lips, alternate nostril, and equal breathing. You can also encourage better circulation and lung capacity through yoga and Pilates. Swimming makes the lungs stronger. Aerobic exercises like running, jogging, and dancing can also force your lungs to take in more air. Splashing cold water on your face is another easy hack.

Chest congestion is a very uncomfortable condition that is caused by the build up of mucus in the respiratory tract. The mucus build up...

COPD is characterized by impeded airflow from the lungs causing very difficult breathing. Symptoms of this disorder notably consist of wheezing, persistent coughing, mucus buildup. A recent study confirmed the therapeutic benefits of Bufei Yishen (a powerful compilation of 12 Chinese herbs) in treating COPD by preventing vessel thickening and ventricle inflammation.

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Walking pneumonia caused by mycoplasma is a milder form of pneumonia that often clears up on its own. It causes cold-like symptoms, a low-grade fever, and hacking cough. Not all antibiotics work. Try panchakarma therapy to treat vata imbalance and home remedies like inhaling steam with eucalyptus oil, applying turpentine oil on the chest, and drinking 3–4 cups of mullein tea. Have 1–2 g turmeric mixed with honey daily. Practice pranayama to strengthen the lungs.

Walking pneumonia is a "milder" form of pneumonia. Common symptoms include a low-grade fever, cough, and a headache, much like the common cold, because of which patients often ignore the condition. But, being a communicable disease, if left untreated, it can prove to have serious complications in the case of children, pregnant women, and individuals with weakened immunity.

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Deep clean your home to get rid of any residual particulates and smoke that could be lingering. Add antioxidant-rich foods and herbs like honey, pineapple, berries, orange, spinach, oregano, thyme to your daily diet and stay well-hydrated to prevent excessive mucus buildup in the lungs. Consider breathing exercises like belly and pursed lip breathing.

Both COPD and asthma are respiratory disorders caused by inflammation. COPD results from macrophages and neutrophils, and asthma from eosinophils. In asthma, the airways become inflamed and irritable in response to an allergen, and in COPD the lungs get damaged by certain irritants. In asthma, airflow can be restored, but in COPD, airflow is temporarily restored or not restored at all.

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Tobacco smoke is the leading cause of lung disease manifesting in chronic bronchitis, emphysema and lung cancer. Micro particles of Radon, a radioactive gas found in confined air spaces like basements, can damage lung cells, leading to lung cancer. Asbestos, used in insulation, fireproofing and other products gives off micro fibers that cause lung scarring and lung cancer.

Practicing yoga has a number of health benefits for women like reducing stress, relief from body aches, gives the body a good workout and practicing the Sun Salutations gets the heart pumping, helps in improving breathing capacity along with respiratory function, helps women’s bodies cope with pregnancy body changes and prepares the body for labor.

Avoid dairy products. Drink a cup of herb tea before going to bed. Next morning squeeze 2 lemons in 300 ml of water and have before breakfast. Then have a 300 ml of grapefruit/pineapple juice (anti-oxidants). Between breakfast and lunch have 300 ml carrot juice and 400 ml of potassium rich juice with lunch. Finally, 400 ml cranberry juice before bedtime.