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Asthma: a breath of fresh air

12 March 1997

If ever a disease were misunderstood by modern medicine, it is asthma. Although doctors finally have begun to accept that asthma may be caused by an allergy, they assume that a disease involving the lungs must be caused - or at least aggravated - by inhaled pollutants. In fact, many studies demonstrate that food allergies can be just as likely triggers. It's also the case that allergies may have nothing to do with asthma. Some research into alternative treatments for asthma show that it may have an emotional cause, or even be an accident of modern medicine. Preliminary evidence suggests that asthma can be brought on by either vaccination or suppressive drugs used for other diseases, such as eczema (see box, p 4).

Because of this complicated aetiology, alternative medicine, with its emphasis on individualised treatment, is particularly well suited to treating asthma. Many therapies have impressive scientific records of curing or significantly alleviating...

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