Asthma-Free Naturally: Everything you need to know about taking control of your asthma
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Patrick McKeown. Asthma-Free Naturally: Everything you need to know about taking control of your asthma
Asthma-Free Naturally. Everything you Need to Know to Take Control of your Asthma. Patrick McKeown
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Asthma for beginners
Elixir of life
What is asthma?
What are the symptoms?
Your respiratory system
Where to now?
Chapter 2 How is your breathing?
What is overbreathing?
Symptoms of hyperventilation
Why do we overbreathe?
Benefits of reduced breathing
Breaking the overbreathing habit
Basic breath retraining
Nasal breathing. Why?
A note of caution
What to expect
Nose unblocking exercise
Warning call
Nasal remedy
Pulse and control pause
Pulse
Control pause [CP]
Measuring your control pause
Points to bear in mind
Carbon dioxide level
Low control pause
Peak flow meter
How severe is your asthma?
Chapter 3 Taking control
Exercise One
Correct Sequence
Exercise Two
Measurement tool
Correct sequence for children
Exercise Three
Exercise Four
Chapter 4 Make correct breathing a habit
Exercise Five
Laughter is the best medicine
Exercise Six
Sleeping positions
Never eat before sleep
Breathing through the nose at night
Indicators of mouth breathing whilst sleeping
The last word on this topic
Summary of correct sleeping
Our breathing muscles
‘Deep’ versus ‘big’
Exercise Seven
Other breathing exercises
Yoga
Conclusion
Chapter 5 Breathe right during physical activity
The importance of exercise
What sort of exercise?
Reducing the possibility of an attack during exercise
How do you know if you are exercising correctly?
Coaches and trainers
Case Study One
Case Study Two
What is the best exercise for people with asthma?
Summary of behaviour during sports and physical exercise
Chapter 6 Food that helps, food that hurts
Different food types
Diet guidelines
Food guidelines summary
Diet supplementation
Magnesium, the natural bronchodilator
Vitamin B5, commonly known as Pantothenic acid
Omega-3 fatty acids
Water
Chapter 7 What’s your trigger?
On the road to recovery
What are the signs of an allergy?
What are the more common triggers?
Dust
Moulds
Pets
Pollen
Air pollutants and tobacco smoke
Exercise
Weather
Stress
Stress in children?
Managing stress
Reduce the amount of trigger you are inhaling
Psychological element of asthma
Chapter 8 Know your medication
Reliever medication
Short acting reliever guidelines
Long-acting bronchodilators (relievers)
Preventer medication
What is a low or high dosage?
Combination of reliever and preventer medication
New developments with anti-inflammatory medication
Other medication
Buteyko Clinic Method and medication
History of medication
Chapter 9 How to help children and teenagers
Unblocking the nose
Switching from mouth to nose breathing
Knowing what causes asthma
Learning to relax the body
Exercises to reduce the volume of air inhaled
How to stop an asthma attack
Parents’ behaviour during an asthma attack
Knowing what causes asthma
Parents’ behaviour
Sequence of training
Relapse
Case studies
Summary of breathing exercises for children
Chapter 10 Individual and national goals
What to expect
Why does breath correction not work for everyone?
Laziness
Time constraints
This may be your life
Case studies
Teresa
Marie
What about conventional medicine?
Why correct your breathing?
Why the lack of research?
And the doctors?
The role of Government
The role of the individual
Conclusion
Appendix 1 Hyperventilation
Buteyko Clinic Method
Breathing volume
Volume of breathing of a person with asthma
Carbon dioxide
Evolution of the lungs and atmospheric changes of carbon dioxide
How does overbreathing affect carbon dioxide?
Carbon dioxide fixed at incorrect level
Why is carbon dioxide so important?
Therefore correct carbon dioxide levels result in:
Why do I have asthma?
Symptoms of overbreathing or hyperventilation
Why do we overbreathe?
Future treatment of asthma?
Appendix 2 Hyperventilation and asthma
Prolonged hyperventilation
Water and heat loss
Another good question
Difficulty of measuring carbon dioxide levels
Can Buteyko Breathing help explain some old practices?
Comedy affects asthma
Swimming
Late onset asthma
Affluence
Growing out of it
Brown paper bag
Appendix 3 Controlled Buteyko trials 1995/2003
Summary of blind randomised trial at the Mater Hospital, Brisbane, 1995
Background
Trial results
Conclusions
Final note
Summary of blind randomised controlled trial investigating the efficacy of the Buteyko Method at Gisborne Hospital, New Zealand 2003
Trial results
Conclusion
Appendix 4 House of commons debate
Appendix 5 Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko
Appendix 6 Useful addresses. Asthma Care
Asthmacare4kids.com
Asthma Society of Ireland
National Asthma Campaign
References. Chapter 1: Asthma for Beginners
Chapter 2: How is Your Breathing?
Chapter 4: Make Correct Breathing a Habit
Chapter 5: Breathe Right During Physical Activity
Chapter 6: Food That Helps, Food That Hurts
Chapter 7: What’s Your Trigger?
Chapter 8: Know Your Medication
Chapter 9: How to Help Children and Teenagers
Chapter 10: Individual and National Goals
Appendix 2: Hyperventilation and Asthma
Appendix 3: Controlled Buteyko Trials
Additional References
Diary of Progress
Index
Acknowledgements
Copyright
About the Publisher
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‘Without mastering breathing, nothing can be mastered.’
– P.D. Ouspensky
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Most importantly, do not stop doing the exercises when you experience a cleansing reaction. The symptoms are a direct result of overbreathing and the control pause (explained later) will increase when the cleansing reaction has passed.
On a positive note, everyone will experience signs of health improvement including: fewer asthma symptoms; less coughing, wheezing and congestion especially in the mornings; increased calmness and concentration; better sleep and more energy, and reduced appetite and cravings for coffee, chocolate and other foodstuffs.
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