Hiccough: Cause: Bad gas in the stomach.   Symptoms: Heavy throat and chest, astringent saliva, watery eyes, vomiting thirst, and restless mind. In asthma the lungs are affected, or seem to be, but this is

Asthma: Cause: Paralysis of the muscles governing the respiratory system whereby occur paroxysm in breathing, wheezing, and a distressing feeling of tightness in the chest.   Symptoms: breathing difficulty, craving for fresh air by the

Hoarseness: Cause: Paralysis (temporary or permanent) of the tissues near the vocal due to cold, exposure, loud speaking singing, lecturing, eating curd and other voice paralyzing foods, hysteria, obesity, obstruction in the throat, excessive mental

Tuberculosis or Consumption:   Cause: Distress of the three temperamental factors causing the circulation to be impaired and the body elements (blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, and semen) to go un-replenished. When sexual incontinence is

Whooping Cough: It is mostly a children’s disease. Symptoms: Sneezing and coughing, sticky phlegm upon much coughing, watery eyes, red face, temporary temperature, suffocating cough.   Treatment: Swasahar Jog twice daily with hot water. In

Old Age Cough: Symptoms: Husky throat, continuous coughing tendency, mucus excretion with cough, slight temperature. If the aged person guards against cold, the cough may hide itself and reappear at the first occasion of neglect.

Cough: Cause: Irritation of bile and phlegm by air.   Symptoms: Dry cough, thick but scanty mucus, broken voice, bitter taste, phlegmatic lungs, headache, dry throat, tickling throat, suffocation, trouble in coughing, thirst, fever, paleness,

Bronchitis: Cause: Inflammation of the bronchiae. In laryngitis only the larynx membrane is inflamed, whereas in bronchitis the wind-pipe is affected. This inflammation obstructs the passage of air, the lungs are little expanded in breathing,

Laryngitis: Cause: Excess phlegm. Symptoms : Burning sensation in the vocal cord, main, hoarseness, dry cough (sometimes smeared with blood), fever, etc.   Treatment: Talisadi Churna, Chandramrita Lauha with ginger extract and honey. If the