Wheezing
Wheezing is a high-pitched whistling sound that can happen when you breathe.
Causes :
The whistling sound happens when air moves through narrowed airways, much like the way a whistle or flute makes music.
Many health problems can cause wheezing, including:
- Asthma: This condition, in which your airways narrow, swell, and make extra mucus, can make it hard to breathe.
- Allergic reactions to pollen, chemicals, pet dander, dust, foods, or insect stings.
- Bronchitis.
- COPD.
- Cystic fibrosis, which damages your lungs and makes the mucus extra sticky and thick.
- Obstruction of an airway because you’ve inhaled an object such as a coin.
- Lung cancer.
- Congestive heart failure.
- Pneumonia: This infection inflames the air sacs in your lungs, and they fill with fluid or pus.
- Bronchiolitis: This lung infection inflames airways and causes congestion, usually in children.
- Emphysema, a lung condition that causes shortness of breath.
- Smoking or breathing in smoke.
- Respiratory syncytial virus: This can lead to bronchiolitis.
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
- Vocal cord problems.
- Sleep apnea.
Treatment :
- Virechana – Medically induced purgation which cleanses the lower digestive tract
- Oral medications
Ayurvedic therapies to help to strengthen your lungs include
Nasya
This includes the application of medicated drops through the nostrils which prevents allergies caused by air pollutants. Properly done under medical supervision, this procedure helps in flushing out pollutants from the nasal cavity and prevents the pollutants from crossing the nasal pathway.
Abhyanga
This helps in improving blood circulation and flushing out toxins in the bloodstream by various means like inhalation. Continuing the procedure regularly with sesame oil or other medicated oils infused with herbs will increase immunity.
Swedana
The ayurvedic procedure will induce sweating. The sweating caused by boiling medicinal herbs helps to liquefy and melt the adherent doshas and expel them in an efficient manner. Facial steam can also be taken by adding eucalyptus oil, basil oil, tea tree oil, and carom seeds to cleanse and strengthen the nasal barrier for pollutants.
Dhawana
The procedure includes washing the skin. Bathing with medicated water helps in flushing out the pollutants on the skin and mucous membrane.