Ashtma is found to flare up during winter. There are a couple of excellent ayurvedic herbal remedies for asthma that have been found to be helpful.
The word asthma denotes 'panting'. People suffering from asthma have difficulty breathing, especially exhaling. Though not contagious, it is found to run in the families. So if your parents or grandparents have asthma, probability of you getting asthma is more. Stress, environmental pollution etc also can cause asthma.
Prevalence of childhood asthma is on the increase now. Given below is a preparation that has been found to be very effective in treating asthma, both for grown-ups and children.


Ingredients: the ingredients are noticed bellow,

1. Kandankathiri:  whole plant with root 2000 gm
2. Sitramutti:   75 gm
3. Nerunji:   root 75 gm
4. Sitrarathai:  75 gm
5. Chukku (dried ginger):  75 gm
6. Pepper:  75 gm
7. Thippili:  75 gm

Preparation

The whole kandankathiri plant is thoroughly cleaned and dried in shade and cut to pieces. 1750 gm of this is taken boiled in 14 litres of pure water and reduced to 1.5 litres.

The rest of the ingredients are powdered and sieved. They are then added to the above mixture. Add 1500 gm of cow ghee to this and heat the mixture. Boil it till it bubbles up and forms a foamy layer, then remove it from heat.

Store the preparation in a bottle. Take this one spoon after food both morning and evening. Regular intake is found to cure asthma.