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RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
Home Remedies
1. Long pepper (pippali) is one of the best remedies for influenza and troubles associated with it.
2. Half a teaspoonful of powder of long pepper, mixed with two teaspoonfuls of honey and half a teaspoonful of ginger juice administered thrice during the day, will effectively counteract the onset of influenza.
3. The preparation is particularly useful in avoiding complications which follow the onset of the disease, namely, the involvement of the larynx and the bronchial tubes.
4. The other remedy recommended is the green leaves of the tulsi plant (Ocimum sanctum).
5. About 1 gm of these leaves and dry ginger should be boiled, and the decoction taken as tea. Sugar may be added according to taste.
6. Incidentally, the leaves of the plant are also helpful in preventing malaria and other seasonal fevers.
7. A few leaves may be boiled with tea, and the decoction taken twice at tea time.
8. Yet another effective remedy for influenza is haridra (turmeric). A teaspoonful of the powder or paste of turmeric should be added to a cup of warm milk and taken with sugar, thrice during the day. It prevents lung complications and also activates the liver, which has a tendency to become sluggish during an attack of influenza.
9. If the fever is accompanied by a cough, a teaspoonful of ginger juice should be added.
Medicines & Prescriptions :
Two tablets of Trlbhuvana Kirtirasa, of 75 mg each, should be taken with one teaspoon of honey, three to four times a day.
Diet and Other Regimen :
1. The patient should not be given any solids for the first twenty-four hours of the onset of the disease.
2. Sago boiled in water or milk may be given to sustain his strength.
3. Soups of vegetables and meat can supplement his diet.
4. Garlic fried in ghee or butter, or in a raw form, is also helpful.
5. Heavy foods should be avoided.
6. Fruits like banana, guava and those with a sour taste should be prohibited.
7. If the patient is addicted to tea, he should be advised to replace it with coffee or asked to add tulsi leaves or banafsha flowers to the tea.
Exposure to cold, bathing, physical labor, and sleeplessness should be avoided as they tend to aggravate the condition. 8. A mild laxative is also indicated in most cases.
cough and Disorders of the Throat (Kasa Roga)
The throat, in popular language, is the term applied to the region in front of the neck.The correct description is the pharynx and the cavity at the back of the mouth, into which the nose, the mouth, the wind pipe, the food pipe, and the Eustachian tubes open. In Ayurveda, however, the diseases of this region of the body are treated under the general head-Kasa Roga.
Causes and Symptoms :
Kasa Roga is sub-divided into five heads:
Disorders home out of
1. Vata,
2. Pitta,
3. Kapha
4. Phlegm,
5. Injuries or infections
And that caused-by tuberculosis. The first three types are easily handled, but the other two categories are a different proposition altogether. But whatever the type of kasa, if it is allowed to persist, it becomes chronic and may even result in consumption or tuberculosis. Clinically, the diseases may be distinguishable from each other, but practically, kasa roga is broadly of three types:
- Cough without expectoration;
- Cough with expectoration;
- Cough mixed with blood,
Which occurs in typical cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. Injuries or infections in the region of the throat might also produce blood-mixed phlegm which is a serious condition. Ayurveda has categorized what modem medicine calls bronchitis into another type of kasa roga; it may be acute or it-may turn chronic and deteriorate into tubercular bronchitis. In some cases, particularly among the aged, the lack of elasticity in the lung tissues or lung fibrosis may turn into bronchiectasis.
Diseases of the throat may be of respiratory origin or of an extra-respiratory character. Pharyngitis, tonsillitis, and adenoids are disorders not directly connected with the process of respiration, even though we propose to treat them under this head.
Home Remedies
1. In coughs where there is no expectoration, that is, no phlegm is produced; the treatment should start with the lubrication of the throat.
2. Ayurvedic practitioners advise such patients to consume milk and ghee.
3. A decoction of liquorices root (mulethi or madhuka) should be given with sugar or honey to clear the phlegm.
4. Another common remedy is black pepper in doses of 250 to 750 mg, given with ghee, sugar, and honey.
5. A paste made of equal parts of black raisins, dates, black pepper, vidanga (bahera), long pepper (pippaii), - ind honey should be used to get quick relief. AJternatively linctus made of the powder of long pepper, ginger, nut grass (nagarmusta), haridra, and sugar or honey can be taken with advantage
Medicines and Prescriptions:
Standard Ayurvedic medicines used in cough are: Chaturashana Churna, Eladi Churna, and Yavani Shadava.
The dosage and duration of treatment are indicated on the packing of the drug; they also depend on the severity of the disease and response to treatment.
COMMON DISEASES – LIST OF ARTICLES
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