Homoeopathic Management of Childhood Asthma

Abstract

Homeopathy is frequently used to treat asthma in children. In the common classical form of homeopathy, prescriptions are individualized for each patient. There has been no rigorous investigation into this form of treatment for asthma. Allopathic asthma management is aimed at reducing airways inflammation by minimizing pro inflammatory environmental exposures, using daily controller anti-inflammatory medications and corticosteroids which has side effects to great extent. Asthma symptoms can be triggered by numerous common events or exposures, physical exertion and hyper ventilation (laughing) cold and dry air, and airways irritants. In the study of childhood asthma, it has been seen that removing of main and exciting causes are so important for curing asthma, because it almost a chronic in nature and worsen by environmental factors which can’t be controlled.