Wednesday 27 November 2013

Lower respiratory tract infection – Bronchitis Preventions –The Diet

Lower respiratory tract infection
The lower respiratory tract infection are the infection consisting of the trachea (wind pipe), bronchial tubes, the bronchioles, and the lungs, including the bronchitis and pneumonia. According to  The World Health Report 2004 – Changing History(1), in 2002 lower respiratory track infection were still the leading cause of deaths among all infectious diseases, and accounted for 3.9 million deaths worldwide and 6.9% of all deaths that year.
Bronchitis is defined as a condition of an inflammation of the mucous membranes of the bronchi, the larger and medium-sized airways that carry airflow from the trachea into the lung parenchyma(7). Most cases of Bronchitis are as a result of recurrent injure to the airways caused by inhaled irritants and cigarette smoking(6).
E. Preventions
E.1. Diet to prevent bronchitis
According to the study by Olive View Medical Center, Sylmar, Calif. although chronic bronchitis was first named and described in 1808, the disease has been known since earliest time, and numerous drugs have been utilized in its therapy. The basic historic theories of human function have readily been applied to bronchitis; thus in Greek medicine, the disease was appreciated as one of excess phlegm. Early remedies included garlic, pepper, cinnamon, and turpentine, whereas later therapies of choice emphasized coffee, ipecac, and potassium nitrate(37).
1. Garlic
According to Steven Sandberg-Lewis, ND, in the article of Garlic for Bronchitis, indicated that
An inhalation of liquid allicin, an active compound in garlic with antibacterial and antiviral effects or to use liquid allicin, add about 10 drops (my favorite allicin extract is called Allimax Liquid) to the reservoir of a portable nebulizer, which is available at most drugstores. Breathe the mist until all of the extract is gone-about 10 minutes. Repeat the treatment one to three times daily until you’re feeling better(38).
2. Green tea
In the study to investigate the Green tea epigallo-catechin-galleate ameliorates the development of obliterative airway disease, suggested that targeting this may offer therapeutic benefits. As a potent anti-inflammatory agent, epigallo-catechin-galleate (EGCG), a green tea catechin, has been very effective in ameliorating inflammation in a variety of diseases, providing the rationale for its use in this study in a murine heterotopic tracheal allograft model of OB(39).
3. Mango ginger
Mango ginger (Curcuma amada Roxb.) is a unique spice having morphological resemblance with ginger but imparts a raw mango flavour. Ayurveda and Unani medicinal systems have given much importance to mango ginger as an appetizer, alexteric, antipyretic, aphrodisiac, diuretic, emollient, expectorant and laxative and to cure biliousness, itching, skin diseases, bronchitis, asthma, hiccough and inflammation due to injuries.According to the study by Department of Biotechnology, Defence Research Laboratory, found that the biological activities of mango ginger include antioxidant activity, antibacterial activity, antifungal activity, anti-inflammatory activity, platelet aggregation inhibitory activity, cytotoxicity, antiallergic activity, hypotriglyceridemic activity, brine-shrimp lethal activity, enterokinase inhibitory activity, CNS depressant and analgesic activity(40).
4. Aromatics 
Aromatics are a commonly used ingredient in a number of proprietary medicines. It is well established that lung mucus clearance is impaired in patients with chronic airways obstruction.  According to the study by Royal Free Hospital and University College Medical School, aromatic treatment significantly enhanced clearance at two time points 30 (p < 0.05) and 60 (p < 0.02) minutes postradioaerosol inhalation but had no demonstrable further effect over the following 5 hours despite further application of the inunction. The clearance improvement (relative to a baseline) observed during the first hour of testing was significantly correlated (p < 0.01) with the concentration level of aromatics(41).
5. Etc.
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Sources
(1) http://www.who.int/whr/2004/en/
(6) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC130746/
(7) http://www.lung.org/lung-disease/bronchitis-chronic/understanding-chronic-bronchitis.html
(37) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1925077
(38) http://www.southorangechiropractic.com/wellness-articles/89-garlic-for-bronchitis
(39) http://www.livestrong.com/article/26850-homemade-remedies-bronchitis/
(40) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Ginger%20and%20bronchitis
(41) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12804077

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