Thousands swallow sardines with herbal paste to cure asthma – Fox News


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Thousands swallow sardines with herbal paste to cure asthma
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HYDERABAD, India – Tens of thousands of asthma-sufferers swallowed live sardines or murrel fish smeared with a yellow herbal paste in a ritual performed Wednesday that they believe will cure their breathing problems. The Goud family that administers
Thousands of asthma patients take fish 'prasadam' in HyderabadTimes of India

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Thousands Swallow Sardines With Herbal Paste to Cure Asthma – ABC News


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Thousands Swallow Sardines With Herbal Paste to Cure Asthma
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Tens of thousands of asthma-sufferers swallowed live sardines or murrel fish smeared with a yellow herbal paste in a ritual performed Wednesday that they believe will cure their breathing problems. The Goud family that administers the traditional
Thousands swallow sardines with paste to try to cure asthmaThe Seattle Times
Thousands of asthma patients take fish 'prasadam' in HyderabadBusiness Standard
Fish medicine for Asthma patients from WednesdayTeluguPeople

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Herbal anti-malaria drug may help in controlling asthma – TheHealthSite


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Herbal anti-malaria drug may help in controlling asthma
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A common herbal anti-malarial drug can be used to control asthma, significant research shows. According to researchers from National University of Singapore (NUS), the 'artesunate' herbal drug can herald better treatment outcomes than other asthma
Herbal-Based Anti-Malarial Drug Artesunate Also Helps Control Asthma – StudyScience 2.0
Common herbal-based anti-malarial drug can be used to control asthma, shows News-Medical.net

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A review on herbal antiasthmatics.

A review on herbal antiasthmatics.

Orient Pharm Exp Med. 2011 Aug;11(2):77-90

Authors: Mali RG, Dhake AS

Abstract
In traditional systems of medicine, many plants have been documented to be useful for the treatment of various respiratory disorders including asthma. In the last two decades the use of medicinal plants and natural products has been increased dramatically all over the world. Current synthetic drugs used in pharmacotherapy of asthma are unable to act at all the stages and targets of asthma. However some herbal alternatives employed in asthma are proven to provide symptomatic relief and assist in the inhibition of disease progression also. The herbs have shown interesting results in various target specific biological activities such as bronchodilation, mast cell stabilization, anti-anaphylactic, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, anti-allergic, immunomodulatory and inhibition of mediators such as leukotrienes, lipoxygenase, cyclooxygenase, platelet activating, phosphodiesterase and cytokine, in the treatment of asthma. This paper is an attempt to classify these pharmacological and clinical findings based on their possible mechanism of action reported. It also signifies the need for development of polyherbal formulations containing various herbs acting at particular sites of the pathophysiological cascade of asthma for prophylaxis as well as for the treatment of asthma.

PMID: 22207824 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

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Antiasthmatic Effects of Herbal Complex MA and Its Fermented Product MA128.

Antiasthmatic Effects of Herbal Complex MA and Its Fermented Product MA128.

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:769508

Authors: Kim DS, Kim SH, Kim BK, Yang MC, Ma JY

Abstract
This study was conducted to determine if oral administration of the novel herbal medicine, MA, and its Lactobacillus acidophilus fermented product, MA128, have therapeutic properties for the treatment of asthma. Asthma was induced in BALB/c mice by systemic sensitization to ovalbumin (OVA) followed by intratracheal, intraperitoneal, and aerosol allergen challenges. MA and MA128 were orally administered 6 times a week for 4 weeks. At 1 day after the last ovalbumin exposure, airway hyperresponsiveness was assessed and samples of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, lung cells, and serum were collected for further analysis. We investigated the effect of MA and MA128 on airway hyperresponsiveness, pulmonary eosinophilic infiltration, various immune cell phenotypes, Th2 cytokine production, OVA-specific IgE production, and Th1/Th2 cytokine production in this mouse model of asthma. In BALB/c mice, we found that MA and MA128 treatment suppressed eosinophil infiltration into airways and blood, allergic airway inflammation and AHR by suppressing the production of IL-5, IL-13, IL-17, Eotaxin, and OVA-specific IgE, by upregulating the production of OVA-specific Th1 cytokine (IFN-?), and by downregulating OVA-specific Th2 cytokine (IL-4) in the culture supernatant of spleen cells. The effectiveness of MA was increased by fermentation with Lactobacillus acidophilus.

PMID: 22203879 [PubMed – in process]

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Reduce Inflammation in Allergen-Induced Asthma by Herbal Medicine Treatment – AccentedTouch


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Reduce Inflammation in Allergen-Induced Asthma by Herbal Medicine Treatment
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Researchers have found that a traditional Korean medicine that has protracted been used for the treatment of allergic diseases in Asia can lessen inflammation in allergen-induced asthma. “Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM),

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Herbal medicine to cure asthma – Times of India


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Herbal medicine to cure asthma
Times of India
Researchers have found that a traditional Korean medicine that has long been used for the treatment of allergic diseases in Asia can reduce inflammation in allergen-induced asthma. Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM),
Herbal medicine shown to reduce asthma symptomsEuropean Lung Foundation

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