Hi all,
Our media team is looking to talk to someone who has tried any type of salt therapies or essential oils to try and help your asthma.
I know complementary therapies can be helpful to some people, you can find out more here: bit.ly/2q1EUY5
We’d like to hear from you, so do email mediaoffice@asthma.org.uk with your experiences.
Thanks,
Dita
Tried a salt pipe last year and I have to say it made my asthma worse
I use a salt pipe every day . It helps with my hay fever/allergy symptoms and I use less Ventolin . Seems to be good for some people but not for others.
I also find inhaling steam eases my chest very effectively and helps with coughing.....but I know steam does not help everyone with asthma.
Both salt and steam help me but are not a miraculous cure ,alas!
Hi, I've found some essential oils make me cough horribly, though some are soothing like Rosemary. A good therapist will know the oils & what they do. P
I don't know if it's a miracle or what... I am completely off "rescue-inhalers" and Advair due to this little invention of mine. It's a home-made essential oil (eucalyptus and other natural dialators) inhaler. I take it to bed with me and puff on it when I feel things tightening up, even during the night. It's just fumes! No steam, not heated up, no vapor. Anyway, It works alarmingly well and instantly. It's satisfying too, like cigarettes I imagine.
Mostly my lungs seem to hate them except for a few (rosemary, citrus). Lavender and rose in any form especially bad. Eucalyptus also now a no go. I did have a bit of a disagreement once with a GP who was saying just inhale with steam and getting annoyed when I said it makes my asthma worse (no steam rooms for me!) But then she was insistent that my asthma attack was just a cold anyway.
Where is/Have you heard from....
Asthma when you have no inhaler... 
Asthma/COPD and Tiger's Milk
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