More than 24 million people in the United States, including 7 million children, suffer from asthma?a chronic lung condition that causes episodes of wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath. Although there is no cure for this condition, conventional medical treatments are very effective for managing asthma symptoms, and most people are able to control their asthma with conventional therapies and behavioral changes.
Even so, some people turn to complementary health practices in their efforts to relieve asthma symptoms, particularly for children. As a matter of fact, in the 2007 National Health Interview Survey asthma ranked eighth among conditions prompting use of complementary health practices by children. But what does the science say about these practices?
Source: http://nccam.nih.gov/about/offices/od/2012-04?nav=rss
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