I have been diagnosed with asthma and was wondering if there is any natural ways to help control it.  I have found a few sights that say that they are natural ways to control or even fight it.  One of those sights is for a product called respitrol.  Does anyone know of anything else that might help?

I have heard of respitrol.  I thought about ordering it myself.  It does seem pricey to not be sure if it will work.  Is there anybody who has tried it and knows that it works?

I don't believe in herbal supplements but it does make me wonder if there is something out there.  If respitrol works for your let me know.  Which it probaly wont but if it does.

I have been taking respitrol for about two months now.  It seems to work great.  It was rather pricey and seem to take forever to get to me but the product it's self works great.  I love it.

That sounds interesting.  But I am a doubter something that makes you breathe better, without medications.  That sounds fishy.  I think that I may have to look into that.  

I thought the same thing about respitrol.  But I was willing to try anything, so I ordered it.  It has been the best investment that I have ever made.  I can breathe better and I do not need my inhalers. Well at least I haven't had to use them in a while.  I am very excited about this product.

I was thinking about ordering respitrol but i seems really expensive.  I need something natural to help me breath.  I am having a hard time and I need something that wont just make me get through the next hour but something that helps me the whole day or the whole week.  Maybe respitrol is the answer, i will have to think about it.

Hi Sandy,
   My name is Richard McDonald... I am a clinical herbalist from New Mexico.  I have a small herb company called Desert Bloom Herbs.
You can see our website at: http://www.desertbloomherbs.com
  I have a product which I developed back in the early 1990s, in response to a healing experience I had with some herbs, given to me by an herbalist in Flagstaff.  I was really skeptical at first, since I used an over-the-counter inhaler at the time, and was always terrified of not being able to get my next breath (especially during night times).  After I got the combination extract from this herbalist, I tried it for a week, but still held on to my inhaler until I experienced how much more effectively the herbs worked, without the heart palpatations I had experienced when using the inhaler.   After a week of free breathing and no asthma attacks, I threw the damned inhaler away, and have never used it again (over 17 years now).  I no longer have asthma attacks either.
    Out of this profound healing experience, I spent some time to put together a really well-balanced formula which opens breathing passages, and promotes expectoration.  This combination can be used in water in small doses, as a preventative for breathing difficulties, or, can be squirted onto the tongue and "swished" around in the mouth... before slowly inhaling the next few breaths through the mouth, and holding each for 15 to 20 seconds.  The alcohol content and the aromatic constituents (volatile oils) which are extracted from the herbs, create an effect similar to what is experienced using an inhaler.  This technique can be used to quell an attack at the beginning.
   Let me say that in addition to the herbs used in our "Unbound Lungs" formula (see compound extracts on our website), that I would be remiss in my responsibilities as a clinical herbalist, unless I mentioned some other things which I've changed, and which have undoubtedly helped me to heal my own asthma condition.
   Dietary concerns ARE just as important in the larger picture of creating health as are the herbs (such as Osha and Lobelia). People in general, do not consider that many of the foods we commonly eat are (to quite a few) irritating allergens, which are best avoided entirely or mostly.  In this group of foods are dairy products (cheese, milk, cream, ice cream...or foods which contain these... like milk chocolate).  In this same specific group of foods, we also find wheat.  These are the two MOST common human food allergens, and both act on the physiology of the human body... to create excessive mucous production and the proteins within these also can trigger inflammatory responses... especially as the allergy grows worse, or more of the particular allergen is eaten.
    Improving ones water-drinking habit (only water is considered here) to a level at which between 3 quarts and up to a gallon of pure water is consumed each day... is VERY helpful to provide a fluid pathway for the adequate elimination of inflammatory compounds... and can play a significant part in designing a personal protocol by which you can control your asthma naturally, sensibly, and inexpensively.
    Other things to consider when dealing with asthma are dust, pet allergens, and mold (from heating ducts and furnace filters, etc.).  If you have central forced air heating, this may be a contributing factor.  Animal pets (no matter how much we have come to love them), can sometimes make our lives miserable because we have an allergy to their dander or hair.  Sometimes pets which cause these types of strong negative responses can be replaced with new pet friends, to which we do not react.  (I also had to let my mom take my dog to keep, when I began my own healing from asthma.... and it certainly was a drag to have to do that).
   The last thing I want to say is that the efficiency of ones digestive system (how well it breaks foods down into very tiny particles... and then absorbs these)... has a direct relationship to allergies and asthma.  If these digestive processes are not happening efficiently, the particle sizes of the foods entering the blood stream will be larger... and will cause an inflammatory response... thus setting off the whole inflammatory cascade of chemical responses in the body (including..  in the lungs ).  I hope this information has been of help.  Please contact me for more information if you're interested.   Best regards,  Richard McDonald, C.H.