Asthmatics: Have You Tried this Yet?

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User9500 — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:39:20 GMT

I found forced air heat to be the main trigger for me and my family. We have mold allergies, and when the air conditioning runs, mold inevitably builds up in the vents. No amount of air purifying helps us. So we make sure we live with baseboard water based heat.

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henning — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:31:08 GMT

With reference to augustmoon's mention of Buteyko, it's encouraging to at last see some acknowledgement of this lifesaving technique on the wonderful Mercola website.

I have been suggesting for years that Dr Mercola investigate this simple, life changing method but have been met with a wall of silence.

I'll keep it simple. If you or anyone you love suffers from sleep disorders, allergic conditions and/or related breathing problems, investigate Buteyko immediately and make up your own mind.

There is a wealth of information about it on the internet.

Russian doctor Konstantin Buteyko developed his training methods in the 1960s and campaigned all his life to spread information about healthy breathing. He was subjected to harassment and discrimination in Russia and he has been largely ignored or worse by the Western medical establishment -- something that should win the sympathy of Dr Mercola.

The Buteyko method is about correct breathing patterns. And it works.

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henning — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:49:36 GMT

Perhaps I have missed others, but I am so happy to at last see a mention (on Dr Mercola's wonderful website) of the Buteyko method for controlling asthma symptoms.

I have been trying to get Dr Mercola to seriously address the theories and method of Dr Buteyko fpr years.

I'll keep it simple.

If you or anyone you know and love suffers from asthma, hay fever, snoring, sleep apnoea, high blood pressure, allergies or related conditions, please take the time to investigate the Buteyko method.

While you may have to pay a qualified practitioner for a short time in order to master the technique properly, the fundamental principle could not be more simple.

It's just about CORRECT BREATHING.

Something, apparently, that doctors and other health professionals in the Western world know NOTHING ABOUT.

Buteyko changed my life -- perhaps even postponed my (inevitable) death.

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pammy38 — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:47:23 GMT

my son has allergies but not asthma... I think he gets it from his dad... My son though also gets eczema like place on his leg... I use coritzon 10 and it goes away but then after a couple of days it is right back.... is there something i can try on it that may help that is safer to use... ?

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pammy38 — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:34:36 GMT

my son has allergies... not really asthma.... although his dad gets it bad when he is around hay and stuff....my son also has an eczema like place that comes up on his leg... we treat it with the dreaded cortizone 10 - it will get better but then in a couple of days... it starts again..... I am thinking this is an immune system thing anyone have any suggestions of what to treat it with....? More naturally.... anyway... he had been taking echinacea and zinc for allergies... and also candida albicans.. we stopped all the supplements when we were using the cortizone creammm. I tried tea tree oil... but he hated the smell... I wonder what else to use that is safe and effective?

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llalonde47 — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:12:44 GMT

I have been taking large doses of Vit D3 for several months now, I just had my levels checked (our local hospital does their own analysis) and my level is still rather low. I also read somewhere that taking Prilosec can counter the effects of Vit D............I do take Prilosec, I've tried to get off of it, but my ulcer throws fits when I do. Can Prilosec decrease the Vit D efffectiveness?

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curious7 — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:53:05 GMT

Just goes to show we need to be aware of the natural things in our enviroment that maintain, or promote good health.

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Pperry — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:50:03 GMT

I was shocked to find out recently that my Vit D (per Labcorp) was only 17.7...and I had been taking cod liver oil ...perhaps too much Vit A? Or the fact that I sit in front of a window all day ar work? Which I thought was a blessing, until I read Dr. Mercola's article about how sunlight filtered thru window glass can actually rob you of vit. D. ...No wonder my asthma has been a problem lately....

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kokocurt — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:44:34 GMT

and don't forget EFT! The challenge is to understand the emotional issue(s) that may be contributing to the asthma. Louise Hay's charts indicate the probable emotional cause is "Smother love; inability to breathe for oneself;feeling stifled; suppressed crying."

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soupan — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:10:07 GMT

Another good tip for getting your optimum vitamin D from the sun and that is to face the palms of your hands up towards the sun. Because there is no barrier to the sun in this part of your body (the soles of your feet are the same) the energy of the sun easilly accesses your body.

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Rivkah_203 — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:40:40 GMT

I am so excited about the possibility of mercola.com offering lower cost vitamin D tests! I asked for my vitamin D levels to be checked and my doctor was fine with this but then mentioned that Quest does all their testing, yuck. I then asked for a prescription to take to Lab Corps so I could get it done myself (because my insurance only works with Quest) and Lab Corps wanted $250!! Highway robbery, I tell you.

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Rivkah_203 — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:29:03 GMT

Where is the link to the journal it came out of?

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sunnyday — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:24:49 GMT

One of the worst episodes of asthma I ever experienced was one of the summers that I was lifeguarding. I was getting plenty of sunlight but the pool was across the street from procter and gamble and they were spewing so much yucky stuff that our cars would be coated with sticky stuff at the end of the day. We even occasionally saw soap bubbles in the air.

The bottom line is that yes we keep our bodies strong with nutrition and we also need to protect them from pollutants and poisons in our environment.

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Stormi — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:56:35 GMT

I found a lot of information about Vitamin D at the Linus Pauling Institute that goes further into the benefits of Vitamin D not mentioned in this article here.

lpi.oregonstate.edu/.../index.html

I was interested in the statistics for foods with Vitamin D, and also how much is required per age of person, etc. Vitamin D is also beneficial for blood pressure. While I am sure there are some here that will not agree with everything stated on this site, but it does have valuable and indepth information on this Vitamin, and others as well. If any are interested.

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DawnT — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:09:52 GMT

I've had asthma since I was 6 months old and I'm 39 now. I've tried almost every natural treatment out there and they all marginally helped. The only thing that gets me off all the meds is sunlight. Even taking oral vitamin D is not as effective.