Posted by GeishaGirl on December 3, 2004, at 9:10:17
In reply to Re: Alternative Treatment for Asthma?, posted by sabre on December 2, 2004, at 23:43:46
Hi,
I have asthama, but it only happens every once in awhile, so I never wanted to take anything on a daily basis.
I was looking for a long time for something to take when I had an attack. I hate inhalers, they make me feel really wired, hyper, like I was crawling out of my skin.
What works for me is drinking about 16 ounces of yerba mate (there's an acccent over the 'e' in mate, sorry my computer couldn't do that one). It's a tea from South America. I steep one tablespoon of mate for every eight ounces of water and drink about 16 ounces of it if I get an attack (sometimes less, if the attack is more minor, sometimes a little more is the attack is bad). I stay away from the tea bags and buy it loose leaf. The tea bags aren't strong enough.
If you are sensitive to stimulants, I'm not sure how you'll react to mate. I have a hard time drinking a lot of coffee (jittery and angry), but not with mate. Others I have known some people with coffee sensitivity that have a problem drinking mate. After how I felt on inhalers, this was a truly wonderful thing for me. Everyone's body is different. I also don't know about how or if mate would interact with meds.
If you can't find mate at a store or if you like it and want to buy it cheaper in bulk, I have a link of where you can get some really good mate for cheaper than the stores.
Geisha Girl
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