Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the respiratory system.
The causes could be environmental or genetic.
Symptoms of asthma include wheezing, cough, chest tightness, or shortness of breath.
This condition has no permanent cure.
Using medication, the severity of the attack can be reduced and temporary relief can be obtained.
Asthma attack can occur at anytime or anywhere.
It can only get aggravated or triggered more often depending on the allergens in the environment around us.
It is advisable to keep medication for immediate relief handy.
But if one has no stock left and faces an attack, it is worthwhile to have eucalyptus for temporary relief till medical help arrives.
This is an alternate medicine for temporary relief only.
Many medicinal products like cough drops, liniments, vaporizers and steam inhalators use eucalyptus as its ingredient.
Planting a eucalyptus tree in your yard will definitely come handy at times of an asthmatic attack.
Pluck a bunch of leaves crush them with your fingers and put them in a tub filled with hot water.
Now, inhale the steam from this tub for immediate relief.
If one has oil made from the extracts of the tree, put few drops of the oil on a towel and let the ailing person inhale the fumes of the oil.
This is also found to be equally effective.
Given that many of us may not have the place to plant a tree buying eucalyptus oil from a store would be a better option.
Eucalyptus is considered to be an alternate treatment for asthma when the attack is mild or as a first aid.