Home treatments for people with emphysema

Emphysema is a disease that causes great harm to patients. Many patients with emphysema know that they need to take good care of themselves at home, and that we can treat emphysema at home. However, patients with emphysema have not found a method to treat emphysema at home. The lack of knowledge in this area has led to the deterioration of emphysema. So how can emphysema be treated at home?

The most important thing for patients with emphysema at home is to stay away from air pollution as much as possible and do more breathing exercises on their own. Patients with emphysema can also use steam inhalation to treat emphysema at home.

We often see that patients with emphysema will suffer from asthma after a little activity, and then some will cough desperately. Generally speaking, emphysema occurs in elderly patients, but some patients develop it in middle age or young age. Patients with long-term lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis or asthma are prone to developing emphysema.

There is currently no cure for emphysema, and it is classified as a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease along with asthma. Here are some home remedies that may help relieve your pain.

Stay away from air pollution

Maintain a clean environment, reduce air pollution, and stay away from industrial waste gas; go to public places less often to prevent colds. If necessary, you can change to a clean and fresh working environment. Do not use aerosol sprays.

Do breathing exercises

We can choose to do breathing exercises to improve our breathing function. The method we can choose is to inhale through the abdomen, exhale through the chest, take a deep breath through the nose, close your mouth and take a deep breath when inhaling, then exhale slowly with your mouth slightly open. Repeating this training is very effective. If the symptoms are severe, you will need to inhale low-concentration oxygen.

Use steam inhalation

Steam inhalation can help loosen phlegm in the lungs. First, fill a small box with boiling water. Close your eyes, cover your head with a towel, and inhale the steam for 2-5 minutes. To further improve breathing and relieve nasal congestion, add a few drops of one or more essential oils to the hot water (see "Aromatherapy" for a list of suggested essential oils).

Smoking cessation and treatment of underlying disease

Because more than 90% of emphysema develops from chronic lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis and bronchial asthma. Therefore, the treatment of emphysema should first be the treatment of primary diseases such as chronic bronchitis and bronchial asthma. Only when these primary diseases are controlled can the development of emphysema be prevented. Please refer to the relevant section for treatment of the underlying disease.

Medicated compress therapy

① 6 grams of borneol, 15 grams of white alkali, and 60 grams of pine cone powder. Rinse with boiling water and apply to the patient's chest and back with a new towel while it is still hot. The symptoms will be relieved after 20 minutes.

② Use 500 grams of green radish and cut it into shreds. Use 15 grams of ginger and cut it into slices. Fry them over high heat until they are half cooked. Then wrap them with gauze and apply hot compress on the navel for 15 minutes. You can do this twice a day. A course of treatment of 7 days will generally be effective. You can also use castor oil bags on the chest and back.

In the above article, we introduced the troubles that emphysema brings to patients. We know that patients with emphysema have been looking for ways to treat emphysema at home. In fact, there are many ways to treat emphysema at home. Above, we introduced in detail the various methods of home treatment of emphysema.