Chronic bronchitis: Symptoms, Causes and Home Treatment

Herbal Home Remedies for curing Chronic bronchitis

Prolonged bronchial irritation can cause chronic bronchitis in smokers and people more exposed to air pollution.

Symptoms of Chronic bronchitis

Symptoms include chronic cough with expectoration, low fever, tiredness and wheezy breathing.

Complications include pneumonia and in the long-term emphysema and COPD - which are described later in this chapter.

Consult for symptoms.

Home Remedies for Chronic Bronchitis Cure - Effective and Easy to Prepare

Another effective home remedy for the treatment of bronchitis is a mixture comprising of half a teaspoon each of the powder of ginger, pepper, and cloves, three times a day. It may be licked with honey or taken as an infusion with tea. The mixture of these three ingredients has also antipyretic qualities and is effective in reducing fever accompanying bronchitis. It also tones up the metabolism of the patient.

Fifty grams of fresh leaves of spinach, and 250 ml of water should be mixed with a pinch of ammonium chloride and one teaspoonful of honey. This infusion is an effective expectorant in the treatment of bronchitis.

One of the most effective remedies for bronchitis is the use of turmeric powder. A teaspoonful of this powder should be administered with a glass of milk two or three times daily. It acts best when taken on an empty stomach.

Take 1 cup of water and add 4-5 leaves of tulsi; a small piece of ginger (adrak) and 1 teaspoon of jaggery. Boil this mixture over slow heat till the quantity becomes half a cup. Drink this at least 2 times in a day.

Allergy related bronchitis is best treated with bee pollen. One teaspoon of pollen granules should be taken daily. During an attack, vitamin C should be taken in doses of 1000 mg every hour. Vitamin C has an anti-infection action and will help the immune system to regain balance, enabling it to fight the infection.

Mix mustard powder and equal amount of flour and water. Smear on the chest area. Be ware! Some people have sensitive skin so the mustard might sting, test on a small area first.

Effective home remedy help in curing bronchitis - A hot poultice of linseed (alsi) should be applied over the front and back of the chest. This poultice may be prepared by mixing one cup or sixteen tablespoons of the seeds with a quantity of hot water, sufficient to convert them into a moist mealy mass. This should then be applied carefully. Turpentine may also be rubbed over the chest.

Onions have been used as a medicine for bronchitis for centuries. Ginger serves as the best bronchitis home remedy treatment.

Bronchitis treatment via Sesame Seeds

Traditional home remedy help in treating bronchitis - A mixture of one teaspoon of sesame seeds, mixed with a teaspoon of linseed, a pinch of common salt, and a teaspoon of honey, can be given once at night with helpful effects in bronchitis. Half a teaspoon of dry seeds crushed into powder should be given mixed with two tablespoons of water, two times every day. Alternately, a decoction of half a teaspoon of the same must be taken two times every day.

Precautions of Chronic bronchitis

Avoidance of causes like smoking and early life style changes can check the progress of the disease.


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