RALASMA
For ASTHMA, Whooping Cough and Bronchitis
Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the airways. The airways are the tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs. In asthma, the inside walls of the airways are inflamed (swollen). The inflammation makes the airways very sensitive, and they tend to react strongly to things that one is allergic to or find irritating. When the airways react, they get narrower, and less air flows through to the lung tissue.
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Common Symptoms and Signs of an asthmatic episode include:· Coughing,Wheezing
· Rapid breathing (tachypnea)
· Prolonged expiration.
· A rapid heart rate (tachycardia)
· Rhonchous
- lung sounds (audible through a stethoscope),
- Over-inflation/ tightness of the chest.
The accessory of respiration (sternocleidomastoid and scalene muscles of the neck) may be used, shown as in-drawing of tissues between the ribs and above the sternum and clavicles, and the presence of a paradoxical pulse (a pulse that is weaker during inhalation and stronger during exhalation).
During very severe attack:
An asthma sufferer can turn blue from lack of oxygen, and can experience chest pain or even loss of consciousness. Just before loss of consciousness, there is a chance that the patient will feel numbness in the limbs and palms may start to sweat. Feet may become icy cold.
Despite the severity of symptoms during an asthmatic episode, between attacks an asthmatic may show few signs of the disease.
GREAT NEWS- A NEW RESEARCH
Allergic conditions such as asthma and eczema that result from a hyper reactive immune system might enhance the body’s ability to remove malignant cells, which might in turn lower cancer risk, say researchers.
The researchers published their finding in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).
“Allergic conditions such as asthma and eczema that result from a hyper reactive immune system might enhance the body’s ability to remove malignant cells, which might in turn lower cancer risk,” said Mariam El-Zein, PhD, INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Québec, Canada, lead author of the article. “In our study, men with asthma had lower odds of getting stomach cancer and those with eczema had lower odds of developing lung cancer, when compared to men who did not have these conditions.”
The population-based case-control study was conducted in Montreal, Québec over a seven-year period among 3,300 male cancer patients and a control group of 500. Odds ratios were calculated for the association between asthma or eczema and more than 20 cancer types combined, as well as for each of eight common cancer types (stomach, colon, rectum, lung, prostate, bladder, skin and lymph nodes).
The researchers published their finding in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).
“Allergic conditions such as asthma and eczema that result from a hyper reactive immune system might enhance the body’s ability to remove malignant cells, which might in turn lower cancer risk,” said Mariam El-Zein, PhD, INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Québec, Canada, lead author of the article. “In our study, men with asthma had lower odds of getting stomach cancer and those with eczema had lower odds of developing lung cancer, when compared to men who did not have these conditions.”
The population-based case-control study was conducted in Montreal, Québec over a seven-year period among 3,300 male cancer patients and a control group of 500. Odds ratios were calculated for the association between asthma or eczema and more than 20 cancer types combined, as well as for each of eight common cancer types (stomach, colon, rectum, lung, prostate, bladder, skin and lymph nodes).
WHOOPING COUGH
Whooping cough is endemic worldwide and tends to become epidemic every 2 to 4 years. The causative agent of whooping cough is a bacteria named Bordetella pertussis which is usually spread by droplets sprayed through the air by coughing during the early stages of the disease. The bacteria invades the mucus membranes of the nasopharynx, trachea, and bronchi and has an incubation of 7 to 14 days. The illness has 3 stages, the catarrah, paroxysmal, and convalescent. The entire cycle may last from 2 to 3 months. One of the old names of pertussis was the "100 day cough". Most cases are no longer infectious after the 8th week of the disease. Infected individuals should be quarantined so that the disease is not spread.
The most common complications are asphyxia, otitis media, pneumonia, hemorrhages, and convulsions, especially in the young. The weak and elderly are in danger of secondary infections, especially bronchopneumonia. In homeopathy the remedy Pertussin, the nosode of the Bordetella bacteria, is reputed to act as a preventative to whooping cough.
BRONCHITIS
Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes, the part of the respiratory system that leads into the lungs. There are two types of bronchitis -- acute bronchitis and chronic bronchitis. Acute bronchitis usually appears after a respiratory infection, such as a cold, and can be caused by either a virus or bacteria. Chronic bronchitis does not have a sudden onset and is most frequently caused by long term irritation of the bronchial tubes. A case if bronchitis is considered "chronic" if symptoms continue for three months or longer. (Chronic bronchitis is a type of COPD.) Bronchitis caused by allergies can also be classified as chronic bronchitis.
Incidence
The incidence of allergies in India is approximately 25 per cent of the Indian population. This is about all the types of allergies ie allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis, skin allergies, food allergies, drug allergies. But according to the NFHS-2 report the estimated prevalence
of asthma in India is 2468 per 100,000 persons.
The prevalence among males was slightly higher(2561) than among females (2369)
As quoted by Dr Wiqar Ahmed Ibrahim Shaikh, the medical director of National Allergy and Asthma Campaign and K.J.R. MURTHY, J.G. SASTRY
This guide suggests things you can do to avoid your asthma triggers. Put a check next to the triggers that you know make your asthma worse and ask your doctor to help you find out if you have other triggers as well. Then decide with your doctor what steps you will take.
Allergens
Animal Danger
Some people are allergic to the flakes of skin or dried saliva from animals with fur or feathers.
The best thing to do:
* Keep furred or feathered pets out of your home.
If you can't keep the pet outdoors, then:
* Keep the pet out of your bedroom and other sleeping areas at all times, and keep the door closed.
* Remove carpets and furniture covered with cloth from your home. If that is not possible, keep the pet away from fabric-covered furniture and carpets.
Dust Mites
Many people with asthma are allergic to dust mites. Dust mites are tiny bugs that are found in every home-in mattresses, pillows, carpets, upholstered furniture, bedcovers, clothes, stuffed toys, and fabric or other fabric-covered items.
Things that can help:
* Encase your mattress in a special dust-proof cover.
* Encase your pillow in a special dust-proof cover or wash the pillow each week in hot water. Water must be hotter than 130º F to kill the mites. Cold or warm water used with detergent and bleach can also be effective.
* Wash the sheets and blankets on your bed each week in hot water.
* Reduce indoor humidity to below 60 percent (ideally between 30-50 percent). Dehumidifiers or central air conditioners can do this.
* Try not to sleep or lie on cloth-covered cushions.
* Remove carpets from your bedroom and those laid on concrete, if you can.
* Keep stuffed toys out of the bed or wash the toys weekly in hot water or cooler water with detergent and bleach.
Cockroaches
Many people with asthma are allergic to the dried droppings and remains of cockroaches.
The best thing to do:
* Keep food and garbage in closed containers. Never leave food out.
* Use poison baits, powders, gels, or paste (for example, boric acid). You can also use traps.
* If a spray is used to kill roaches, stay out of the room until the odor goes away.
Indoor Mold
* Fix leaky faucets, pipes, or other sources of water that have mold around them.
* Clean moldy surfaces with a cleaner that has bleach in it.
Pollen and Outdoor Mold
What to do during your allergy season (when pollen or mold spore counts are high):
* Try to keep your windows closed.
* Stay indoors with windows closed from late morning to afternoon, if you can. Pollen and some mold spore counts are highest at that time.
* Ask your doctor whether you need to take or increase anti-inflammatory medicine before your allergy season starts.
Irritants
Tobacco Smoke
* If you smoke, ask your doctor for ways to help you quit. Ask family members to quit smoking, too.
* Do not allow smoking in your home or car.
Smoke, Strong Odors, and Sprays
* If possible, do not use a wood-burning stove, kerosene heater, or fireplace.
* Try to stay away from strong odors and sprays, such as perfume, talcum powder, hair spray, and paints.
Other things that bring on asthma symptoms in some people include:
Vacuum Cleaning
* Try to get someone else to vacuum for you once or twice a week, if you can. Stay out of rooms while they are being vacuumed and for a short while afterward.
* If you vacuum, use a dust mask (from a hardware store), a double-layered or microfilter vacuum cleaner bag, or a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter.
Other Things That Can Make Asthma Worse
* Sulfites in foods and beverages: Do not drink beer or wine or eat dried fruit, processed potatoes, or shrimp if they cause asthma symptoms.
* Cold air: Cover your nose and mouth with a scarf on cold or windy days.
* Other medicines: Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take. Include cold medicines, aspirin, vitamins and other supplements, and nonselective beta-blockers (including those in eye drops).
RALAZAMA
Ingredients
Blatta Oriental :-
· Associated with bronchitis, Cough with dyspnoea
· Acts best in stout patients, Much pus like mucus
Justicea Adhatoda :-
· Highly efficacious medicine for acute catarrhal conditions of respiratory tract
· Bronchitis, Larynx painful, hoarseness
· Paroxysmal cough with suffocative feeling
· Whooping cough with Asthmatic attacks
Grindelia Robusta :-
· Chronic bronchitis, Bronchorrhea with tough mucus
· Coughing raises the blood pressure
· Sibilent rales are disseminated with foamy mucus
· Cannot breath when lying down, Cheyne-stokes respiration
Ipecacuanha:-
· Dyspnoea, Yearly attacks of difficult shortenss of breathing
· Cough incessant and violent with every breath, Suffocative cough, Bubbling rales
· Chest seems full of phlegm but does not yield to coughing
· Child becomes stiff and blue in face, Whooping cough, Haemoptysis from slightest exertion
Lobelia Inflata :-
· Dyspnoea from constriction of chest, Sensation of pressure or weight in chest
· Asthmatic attacks with weakness, Senile emphysema
· Worse any exertion, better by rapid walking
Mag Phos :-
· Asthmatic oppression of chest
· Spasmodic cough with difficulty in lying down
· Whooping cough, Voice hoarse, larynx sore and raw
Senega:-
· Catarrhal symptoms, esp.of respiratory tract
· Cough loose, Hoarseness, Dyspnoea on ascending, Stitching chest pains
Composition
Each 5ml contains
Blata Orientalis Q 0.24ml
Juscicea Ad Q 0.14 ml
Senega Q 0.08 ml
Lobelia Inflata Q 0.08 ml
Ipecacuanha Q 0.08 ml
Grindelia Robusta Q 0.08 ml
Mag Phos 2x 0.15 gm
Flavoured Syrup base - Q/S
Alcohol 7%
Indications
Acute and Chronic Asthma, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Allergic Bronchitis/Cough, Spasmodic Cough, Oppression of Breathing, Dry/tickling cough, Dyspnoea,Hoarseness abd soreness in larynx.
NOTE:- Ralazma initially helps in minimizing puffs and under supervision of a qualified homoeopathic physician, with the help of certain miasmatic remedies, the intensity of asthma can be minimized and almost cured.
Dose
Adult two teaspoonful, children one teaspoonful thrice a day or as directed by physician.
Side Effects :- Not Known Shake well before use 100ml
A RALSON REMEDIES Product
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