Comments on: Monday Health & Wellness: Asthma and Allergy Natural Remedies

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:23:49 +0000

Thank you so much for the link about D-Hist. I have an 8 year old daughter that takes Advair once a day, as I do myself. I didn’t realize that it was giving her body “steriods”. I am also investigating the fermented drink (my mom is coming for a visit in June and has just started doing this. )

By: Meghann Sencabaugh

Meghann Sencabaugh — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:36:16 +0000

Hi Kate,

I read your blog often but have never commented. My daughter is asthmatic and is treated with a combination of an inhaled corticosteroid and an LTRA. I find a lot of the information you post interesting despite the fact that we have very different views on a lot of things. A quick note, though: albuterol is not a corticosteroid. Corticosteroids (such as Flovent), are used as “maintenance” and albuterol (which is actually in a class of drugs called beta2-adrenergic receptor agonists) is used for rescue.

Thanks and have a good day! Keep posting
Meghann

By: Bev

Bev — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:15:52 +0000

My oldest daughter has had asthma since she was 2 and I am so thankful that she rarely even uses her nebulizer anymore! I started with a simple herbal tea of peppermint, nettle and licorice root and as I kept learning we were able to get her to where she can almost go thru a “bad” season without having attacks! Her favorite thing to use (she always keeps it in her purse) is lavendar oil. She can rub it on her chest and it calms the spasms. I am thankful God made natural things to use since I was so not impressed when I read the side effects on her inhaler. But when your baby is gasping for every breath, a mom gets desparate!

By: Kiara

Kiara — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:04:37 +0000

I meant to say that we NEVER go out without his asthma medications, Benadryl, Epipen Jr. (2-pack!), etc. But we almost never need them anymore.

By: Kiara

Kiara — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:03:13 +0000

Our younger son, who we adopted at birth, developed severe food and environmental allergies, reflux, asthma, and eczema, by 3 – 4 months old. The next year was SO hard, as we tried to figure out what in the world he could eat, and how to keep him alive. With serious avoidance of many allergies, plus daily Vitamin D (higher dose at first sign of illness, plus Vit. A for 3 days), he is doing so much better! The occasional asthma attack or allergic reaction can often be treated with D-Hist. We used to use the kids’ chewables, but now he takes an adult capsule as needed. He used to take one 1 – 2 times daily, but now it’s only once a week or less. By God’s grace, his body is healing. We stopped vaccinating when he was 1.5 years old also, and definitely feel that was necessary for his healing also. http://www.amazon.com/Ortho-Molecular-D-Hist-Chewable-Tablets/dp/B000M5PVAM (D-Hist on Amazon)

By: Write On, Jana!

Write On, Jana! — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:34:06 +0000

This post comes at a critical time in my life… I have not slept through the night in over a month due to rotating breathing treatments. If one child is ok that night, the other one wakes with coughing!
After years on the standard steroids and “maintenance” medications, we weaned my son off everything except Zyrtec and the nebulizer (as needed), but I have noticed we are needing the albuterol treatments more frequently. We have already added the raw honey, fish oil and vitamin d and a gluten/casein free diet has been recommended so we will work towards that lifestyle change as well in order to control the symptoms.
I appreciate the information!

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:53:20 +0000

I was diagnosed with asthma when I was six, and was on various steroids until about 12. Some of the other side effects for girls include unwanted body hair (I have a patch of dark hair on the underside of my chin) and other male sex characteristics, just like any other steroid. For many years, I also had a lump of fatty tissue on the back of my neck where my body had stored all the excess steroids.

For the past 12 years or so, I have only needed my “rescue” inhaler when I have been sick with a respiratory illness because I have been taking CoQ10 in a maintenance-type dose. CoQ10 is vital in delivering oxygen to blood cells, so it’s wonderful for people with heart problems or respiratory diseases. My 83 year old grandmother with heart disease has only been to the hospital once since she started taking CoQ10, and it was because she ran out and couldn’t take it for a couple of weeks!

I know many people don’t like to take too many supplements, but CoQ10 might be a great addition, at least temporarily while a family worked on a more permanent solution, especially for those growing children who really don’t need to be exposed to steroids. It’s worth some research, at least.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:33:38 +0000

This is interesting information. Guess I should look into Vitamin D and B supplements (I have severe asthma and allergies and always have).

One thing I would like to add, though: asthma is /not/ something to mess around with. Every time you have an asthma attack, it causes damage to your lungs that is not easily, if ever, repaired. I believe that diet and addressing vitamin deficiencies can cure a lot of ills, and that there are lots of natural cures that are effective, but if you can’t breathe (and it is absolutely terrifying to be gulping air and knowing that none of it is reaching your system), use the darn albuterol inhaler RIGHT THEN. Seriously.