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YOGA IS A POWERFUL WEAPON IN DEFEATING ASTHMA
Shruti Agnihotri* and Dr. Surya Kant
ABSTRACT
Asthma is a serious public health problem throughout the world, affecting the people of all ages. It is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways. The chronic inflammation causes an associated increase in airway hyper-responsiveness that leads to recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing at night or in the early morning. Yoga has been now considered as one of the best complementary and alternative therapy. There are so many studies are carrying on different diseases in which yoga has put great impact. This review article shows a therapeutic aspect of yoga in defeating asthma if it is used as an adjunct therapy with standard medical therapy. It doesn’t improve spirometric indices of the asthmatics while it improves the quality of life of the patients too. Thus it can be say that yoga is a powerful weapon in defeating asthma.
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