Yogasanas Prevents Asthma
November 13, 2009
Asthma is a chronic obstructive disease which leads to paroxymal airway narrowing. It also characterized by wheezing, coughand dyspnea. The most common is allergic asthma.
Some other important precipitating factors are environmental exposures, emotional factors, occupational exposures, exercise, some infection, air pollution ands drugs intake.
Also, as humidity levels rise higher and higher, its time also for breathing troubles to kick in. Don`t ignore any relevant symptoms which are mentioned above as it could be hinting at serious respiratory disorders but you don’t need to worry as if the problem is here solution is also here. You need to start doing these simple asans and breathe easily.
From some time the power of yoga is accepted by many physicians. It is also proved that asthma attacks can also be prevented by doing yoga in place of taking drugs. The imporatnt yoga “vaatkran Kapalbhati” along with its benefits and cautions are mentioned below:
Vaatkran Kapalbhati
Sit in sukhasana or padmasna. Breathe normally and close your eyes. Now close your right nostril, with your right thumb and in hale forcefully through the left nostril. Then close your left nostril with your right ring finger and little finger, remove your thumb from your right nostril and breathe out/exhale. Then inhale through the right nostril. Close it with your right thumb and breathe out through the other. Alternately repeat and repeat more. Increase the practice daily.
Health Benefits:-
Remove impurities from moves of skull, proved very beneficial for brain, lungs, head, fights asthma, low blood pressure, skin disease and more over depression.
Caution:-
People having with heart problems, high blood pressure should not practice it.
Other Beneficial Yogasasanas:-
You can also do some yogasanas and pranayamas as they are equally benficial and you can try any of them to get relieve. Some of them are shoulder lifts, Adho mukha svanasana (Downward Facing dog pose), Sukhasana (easy pose).
Ardha Matsyendrasana (half Spinal twist), Sarvangasana (Shoulder stand), Dandasana(Staff pose), Virasana (Warrior pose), Tadasana (Palm tree pose), Pavanamuktasana (Wind relieving pose), Supta Virasana (Reclining warrior pose), Shavasana (corpse pose), Supta Baddha konasana (reclining bound angle pose) and uttanasana (standing forward bend).
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