Are you a heavy smoker? Do you have more exposure to pollution daily, maybe due to your job? Are you suffering from asthma? If the answer is ‘YES’ to all or any of these questions, this write-up may be an alarm of impending COPD in your way. This article explains what is COPD and suggests some effective home remedies.
Home Remedies for COPD Treatment
COPD is a disease related to the lungs. It stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. This single term describes many conditions, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis, associated with lungs. Emphysema affects the air sacs in the lungs and chronic bronchitis affects your airway or otherwise known as bronchi. COPD is a condition in which normal breathing is disturbed. The airway in the repository tract gets blocked and this interfere the proper flow of air from nose to lungs. Mucous fills in the bronchial tube, blocking the air passage.
This disease weakens the lungs and allows bacterial infection to damage the air sacs. Air sacs supply oxygen to the lungs and throw out the carbon dioxide. Excess mucous keeps on forming and narrowing the bronchial tube which make it difficult to breathe.
Causes of COPD
It has been proved that 90% of development of COPD is related to smoking and tobacco consumption. So it is the primary cause of COPD. Apart from that, other reasons causing this disease are:
Prolonged exposure to air pollution
Secondhand smoking that means living with a smoker or breathing in smoke.
Long-term severe asthma
Infectious diseases that destroy the lung tissues
COPD can be genetic, but in rare cases. The genetic condition, called Alpha -1 antitrypsin deficiency, leads to lung damage, thus promoting COPD.
COPD Symptoms
Here are the symptoms of COPD listed below. You may experience these symptoms all the time or might appear or get worse when you have an infection or you breathe in smoke.
Tight chest
Cough
Feeling breathless when resting or active
Whistling while breathing out
Blue or gray fingernails and/or lips
In case of severe COPD; you may experience weight loss and ankle swelling.
Home Remedies for COPD
If you diagnose COPD and visit your doctor, they will prescribe steroids, inhalers, oxygen and medicines to manage the symptoms of the disease. These medications and supplements can give you some relief, but cannot cure the disease or may leave you with side-effects too. But if you try some herbs and products from your kitchen pantry, you can get effective results and that is too, without the aftermath. Here are some of the best home remedies for COPD treatment discussed below.
Black Tea with Lemon Juice for COPD Treatment
Black tea is one of the best home remedies for COPD. This is because black tea is a natural tonic for our body. It is full of chemicals which not only destroy the harmful bacteria and viruses, but also boost our immunity and strengthen our lungs. On the other hand, lemon juice helps our lungs by stimulating the production of hydrochronic acid. It also helps in opening the blockages of our body. So when we drink black tea with some lemon juice squeezed into the tea, it helps in the case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
Some leaves of tea
A half cup of milk
A cup of clean water
How to make and use Black Tea with Lemon Juice for COPD
Take a small saucepan and pour a cup of filtered water in it.
Add a half cup of milk and some tea leaves in it and give some heat to it.
Once the water boils and changes its color, turn off the heat and pour the tea into a cup.
Now squeeze out the lemon juice into the cup containing the prepared tea.
Then again put the solution on the stove and simmer the solution for another two minutes and then switch off the heat.
Your back tea is ready to drink! Drink it three times in a day to treat COPD.
Continue with this remedy at least for 15 days and it will definitely relieve you from COPD.
Eucalyptus Oil Treatment for COPD
Only a few people know about the quality of eucalyptus oil. Eucalyptus oil is a blessing of nature for the diseases like COPD. Eucalyptus has anti-inflammatory properties that help to decongest the bronchial tubes. Thus, it makes our breathing much easier and allows living a life with healthy lungs by removing the harmful viruses from our lungs. So it’s easy to observe that eucalyptus oil is a great and proven home remedy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Ingredients:
A handful of fresh eucalyptus leaves
A glass of clean warm water
A fine mesh strainer
A clean, warm cloth
How to make and use of Eucalyptus Oil Treatment for COPD
Take a pan and pour one glass of water into the pan.
Now put the pan on the stove and turn on the fire to boil the water.
Then crush the Eucalyptus leaves and add them into the boiling water.
Let the leaves steep in the boiling water for 10-15 minutes.
After sometime, oil will start floating on the surface of water. So the eucalyptus oil is ready to use.
Skim off the floating oil and collect it into a bowl.
Now massage your chest with some eucalyptus oil for 10 to 15 minutes.
Cover your chest with a warm, clean cloth for at least 30 minutes.
You will see the visible results; your breathlessness will disappear and you will be able to breathe normally as well as easily.
Paste of Turmeric and Ghee for COPD
When Mother Nature gives us a problem, at the same time it also gives us a solution too. COPD is a dangerous problem as it is related to our breath. But we can cure it very easily with the mixture turmeric and ghee. Turmeric is a best solution for all kinds of respiratory problems. Its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antibacterial properties help us to cure the disease like COPD. On the other hand, according to Ayurveda, ghee is a natural energy booster for our respiratory system. It reduces the swelling in the bronchial tubes and relieves us from cough and boosts our immunity. So when we mix our both ingredients, it definitely cures our problem of COPD.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons of good quality ghee
One tablespoon of turmeric powder
A cup of hot milk
How to make and use Paste of Turmeric and Ghee for COPD
Take a bowl and heat two tablespoons of pure ghee into the bowl. Turn the ghee in pure liquid form.
When the ghee is hot, then turn off the heat and add a tablespoon of turmeric powder in it.
Mix both ingredients properly using a spoon and let it sit aside for 10 minutes.
Now swallow the mixture with a cup of hot milk. You can mix the prepared paste in the hot milk too.
Drink this turmeric and ghee mixed into the milk daily two times for at least 15 days.
You will find that you are breathing normally and your disease is disappearing gradually.
Olive Leaf Tea for Curing COPD
We hear a lot about olive oil and olive fruit for health benefits. However, rarely do we hear about the benefits of olive leaves that are amazingly beneficial for treating major health diseases and COPD is one of them. Extracts of olive leaves help to combat chest and lung infection. It promotes energy, efficient breath, helps in opening the air passage from nose to lungs, improves blood pressure and treats poor immune system. On the other hand, fennel seeds reduce mucus secretion in the upper respiratory tract.
Ingredients:
A handful of fresh olive leaves
1 tablespoon cinnamon powder
¼ tablespoon fennel seeds
How to make and use Olive Leaf Tea for Curing COPD
Pick the healthy olive leaves without blemishes and pollen on the leaves.
Rinse the leaves in a bowl of water to rinse away the impurities and then drain the water.
Add the leaves, fennel seeds and cinnamon powder into a pan and pour one and half cup of water into the pan. Cinnamon powder is added to improve the taste of tea.
Boil the water onto high heat for 10-12 minutes and let the leaves, fennel seeds and cinnamon powder steep in the boiling water.
Then strain the water in a cup through a sieve and allow it to get cool enough to drink.
Your drink is ready! Drink this tea two times a day for at least 20 days to treat COPD and its symptoms.
Drumstick Leaves Soup for COPD Treatment
Drumstick leaves, or otherwise known Moringa tree, are extensively used for treating various minor as well as major ailments. For COPD, drumstick leaves are used in the form of soup. It has been medically proven that drumstick plant alkaloid is similar to decongestant and is very effective in clearing the blocked air passage between the nose and lungs, thus helping with COPD as these drumstick leaves relax bronchioles.
Ingredients:
2 handfuls of fresh drumstick leaves
¾ cup of water
A pinch of salt
¼ tablespoon pepper
1 tablespoon lime juice
How to make and use Drumstick Leaves Soup for COPD Treatment
Wash the drumstick leaves and cut them into smaller pieces.
Now boil the leaves in a pan filled with water for 5-8 minutes.
Let it cool for some time so that you can drink it easily.
Now add salt, pepper and lime juice into the prepared soup to improve the taste.
Have this soup once daily to cure COPD quickly.
Apart from these treatments, you should include yoga, walk and exercise as well as healthy food in your daily routine. Cut out the unhealthy spicy and greasy food from your meals.
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