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Breathing Technique Can Be Alternative For Steroids

As an asthma patient, you should have been familiar with steroids and other asthma pharmaceutical medication. Yes, when asthma attacks you, these kinds of medication will be your first help to save your life. However, steroids also have negative effect such as bone density decreasing, eye problem or problems on child’s growth.

So, what must you do?

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Few days ago Jane E. Brody wrote on New York Times about how a breathing techniques, that is called Buteyko method, can help people with asthma. Buteyko is not new in asthma natural cure method. But with the dangers of using steroids as Jane told us in her writing, I think this breathing technique is worth your consideration.

Jane said that his friend, David Wiebe, 58 years had suffered from asthma for 48 years. Bronchodillator and steroids have been his ‘good friend’ each time he gets asthma attack. However, ten years ago he noticed that his sight was worsening, eventually diagnosed as a form of macular degeneration caused by the steroids. Two leading retina specialists told him to stop using the drugs if he wanted to preserve his sight.

He did it, however when asthma attacks, he was forced to take steroids again in order to save his live. “After having a really poor couple of years with significantly reduced quality of life and performance at work,” he told Jane, “I was ready to give up my eyesight and go back on steroids just so I could breathe better.”

Then, last spring, someone told him about the Buteyko method, a shallow-breathing technique developed in 1952 by a Russian doctor, Konstantin Buteyko. From a video in YouTube, David learned about two people who have previously suffered from asthma, were able to cut of 75% of their medication after having practiced Buteyko method.

Before having Buteyko method, he was using his rescue inhaler 20 or more times in a 24-hour period. However three months after a series of lessons and refresher sessions in shallow breathing, David only use less than one puff of the inhaler each day and no drugs.

For a complete reference, read the complete article in New York Times, and learn more about Buteyko Method, as well as other asthma natural cure methods.

More Resources On Breathing Technique For Asthma

Asthma-Free Naturally: Everything You Need to Know to Take Control of Your Asthma - Featuring the Buteyko Breathing Method Suitable for Adults and Children
By: Patrick McKeown

This revolutionary book teaches readers how to take control of their asthma safely and effectively without any side effects. The approach encompasses the Buteyko Breathing Method as well as guidance on diet, sleep, physical activity, and other lifestyle changes that can provide a natural alternative to Asthma medications.

The author was a chronic asthmatic who applied the Buteyko Breathing Method to free himself from his asthma condition. In this book, he details the Buteyko Breathing Method and provides guidance on diet, sleep, physical activity, and other lifestyle changes that can provide a natural alternative to Asthma medications.

The Carbon Dioxide Syndrome
by : Jennifer Stark and Russell Stark

Learn why changing your breathing can improve your health and well-being through the Butekyo Method. This method will help those with sleep disorders, panic attacks, allergies, hypertension and asthma.

Close Your Mouth: Buteyko Clinic Handbook for Perfect Health
By: Patrick McKeown

“This book is bound to become a best seller. The information is superb. Easily legible, understandable and supported by over forty years of research. I recently viewed the trials of Buteyko breathing for asthma- these results should be made more available.”

“The author of this book has compiled his vast knowledge of asthma and how to manage and cure the condition in this amazing work. I used only the techniques in this book to reverse my over breathing, constant coughing, and shortness of breath. The book is written in clear and concise language. The exercises are fairly easy to learn...”

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