Does anyone know how asthma was treated before the development of modern prescription drugs? Was it all just bloodletting and prayer, or did they actually find ways to deal with it?
The reason I ask is because in January of this year the US government made all CFC inhalers illegal due to pollutant issues, but the replacements seem not to be anywhere near as effective. I've discussed this with my doctor, who has me on pills, but pills don't always prevent attacks and the CFC replacement emergency inhalers simply aren't as effective.
Obviously I'm going to take any advice with a grain of salt, but I'd like to explore the history of asthma and don't want to turn to yahoo answers.
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After a bit of googling, I found the Buteyko breathing method. It doesn't exactly predate modern medicine as it's only about 50 years old, but it seems promising.