hi Amanda van der Gulik here from www.amandavandergulik.com and
today I was suffering from a mild asthma attack I actually haven't suffered from
asthma in over eleven years I was not really that prepared for it I've had
tiny tiny little bits here and there that over the past few weeks but today I
really suffered from one that was not nice but I remember and of course I
didn't have an inhaler because I haven't needed one in years but I remember a
doctor once telling me my doctor in Holland saying look if you ever suffer
an asthma attack and you don't have an inhaler handy then here's the tip you
can use just to help open up the airways and that tip was to chew on coffee
grinds they're not the most pleasant thing to do but it works almost
instantaneously now this is not a cure but this is a temporary relief so you
can get some good oxygen coming in until you get to whatever it is that you need
depending on how severe your asthma attack is I have a few more tips for you
and that is the first thing you need to do in an asthma attack when the onset
comes it's just to relax and pretend you have a birthday cake in front of you and
breathe in with your mouth closed very slowly nice and full and then purse
your lips and blow out that candle twice as long that it took to breathe in so
you're breathing in for one breath and breathing out for two so
and you just repeat this a few times just to help calm you down open up your
lungs another neat tip that I tried is you hold your breath plug your nose hold
your breath and shake your head up and down a couple of times until you start
to feel like you really need to breathe then you let go of your nose and you
breathe in slowly and let it relax and it kind of just not sure exactly why it
works but it seems to work so this is what that looks like you just
and then you just continue regular breathing again and yeah that seems to
really just open things up and then with the coffee trick it's the caffeine that
is opening up the lungs from what I understand so I've had it where I didn't
have cafe or coffee available and I thought well what's the most caffeinated
thing I can think of and you've got caffeine drinks energy drinks and also
old-fashioned Cola and I'm really not a big fan of drinking pop like at all I
can't stand the stuff but if it means I'm going to be able to
breathe better I'm okay to drink it so I find that drinking a little bit of Cola
just sipping it and letting my body relax also helps open up the lungs and
another quick one for quick relief is to chew on really really strong mint gum
again the minute just kind of opens up the lungs and of course just drinking a
cup of coffee same thing open up the lungs so those are a couple of just
quick tips if you find yourself having an asthma attack or if you know somebody
who's having one and they don't have an inhaler handy and you need to just get
them to calm down and open up the lungs a little bit until you can get them the
relief that they need and yeah chewing on coffee grinds I find works the best
and sipping on Colette works and chewing on really strong minty gum and
especially just keeping calm and doing the breathing exercises I hope that
helped somebody out there this helped me and I appreciate thank you to whoever
that doctor was I don't remember his name but thank you very much
all right that's it I hope that helps bye guys see you later