Pujya Gurudev Pt. ShriRam Sharma Acharya’s Kripa

Yoga can cure Asthma

(Akhand Jyoti,July-Aug.2010)

Causes of Asthma : There can be many causes of asthma, the most prominent being hereditary, psychological, allergic reaction etc. Among physical causes the significant ones are pollution, medicines, dust, smoke, animal fur, wings of birds etc. When elders in the family like parents or ancestors have this disease, it is commonly found to also occur in children or young adults due to heredity. The psychological cause of asthma is also very important. Suppression or inhibition of negative emotions like jealousy, anger, hatred etc also causes asthma. Fear of loneliness, need for love, excessive emotional or sensitive nature, fear of disrespect or disregard, hesitancy etc. are also reasons that can enhance susceptibility to asthma. 

Asthma can also arise during change of seasons.  Increased sneezing, hay fever, wheezy bronchitis and eosinophilia are found to transform into asthma with passage of time. Eosinophilia is even called ‘initial asthma’. Unhealthy food and undisciplined life style also produce asthma. Bread, cake, ghee, oily foods, milk and milk products can lead to asthmatic attack. In addition, less intake of fruits, vegetables, and natural grains is also considered as a cause. 

Modern Medical Treatment: In modern medical science, many strong and effective medicines have been invented which can control asthma and reduce the recurrence of its attacks. For this, steroids are generally used, but it is not possible to completely cure one from asthma using these medicines.  In fact, sometimes after taking these medicines the patient feels more sick and weak. The person becomes psychologically and sometimes also physically dependent upon these medicines. Most affected persons fear to face adverse circumstances without taking support of medicines. These have strong side effects also. So for permanent solution of asthma we must take recourse to its yogic treatment. 

Yogic treatment of asthma :Yogic therapy frees the weakened and blocked pranic energy and gives a new lease of life to energy channels (nadis). The blocked flow of pranic energy is released using yogic therapy. The main cause of all the diseases is the discrepancy in the flow of prana in a specific body system. Asans and Pranayams reestablish the flow. When a particular pranic flow is blocked which disease would occur and what must be the proper yogic treatment in that process are the topics of intense, deep and great research. Students interested in carrying out this research may contact the Department of Yoga in Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya. Here we are only presenting the directions to yogic treatment of asthma. The process is the following. 

Thanks GOD, Thanks Sadguru,

Shiv Sharma