Today I would like to talk about asthma. Asthma has two kinds of symptoms: difficult breathing and cough.
In western medicine, the causes of asthma are allergens such as pollen, dust, ticks, food, drugs, etc. Western medicine often takes a symptomatic approach to treatment, pursuing treatment against the current symptom, rather than the cause of an illness.

On the other hand, in eastern medicine, since there are people who have similar lifestyles but don't all have symptoms, it is thought that the real cause of an illness is in our constitution. Therefore, eastern medicine pursues improving our constitution in the pursuit of health. I would like to introduce what you can do at home from the eastern medicine point of view.

First, in the case of an asthma attack, it is generally believed that it is good to use a humidifier; however, this is not always true. If you have tears or a runny nose at the time of an asthma attack, this means that your body is trying to get rid of water. It is easier for your body to spread water out if the air is dry. Therefore, in this case you should not use the humidifier. When you take a bath or when the weather is getting worse, if your symptom also gets worse, again, you should not use the humidifier. In a case where your skin is always dry or the symptom gets worse at night, between 1 to 3 AM, you should use the humidifier to supply moisture. Also, for this type of symptom it is good to drink a cup of warm water with a few drops of honey or vinegar.

Second, lotus root is very famous for its effectiveness against asthma. If you can find powder of lotus root, this is good for changing your constitution when you take it consistently. When you have an asthma attack with tears or runny nose, you can grind lotus root and make one quarter cup of lotus root juice, adding 2 to 3 drops of ginger juice, a little bit of sea salt and one quarter cup of hot water. Drink this 2 to 3 times a day. If you have an asthma attack without tears or runny nose or with fever, you can drink fresh lotus root juice, adding ginger juice and sea salt.

Lastly, it is recommended to eat dishes containing lotus root frequently for either type of asthma both for prevention and improvement of constitution. Did you notice that the structure of lotus root is very similar to our lungs?