ASTHMA - NO BANANA ICE CREAM FRUIT JUICE

Asthma :- Ripe banana is a poison for Asthmatics -- Ripe banana is a nourishing food but for Asthmatics, It acts as a poison because it is difficult to digest and produces more kapha or phlegm. Because it is considered a heavy food, it produces a lot of waste products both at the level of gastro-intestinal tract and the tissues; and because of its phlegm-producing properties, it causes more spasms or constrictions in the bronchial tubes. The patient struggles to throw out the phlegm from the lungs by way of coughing but because of constrictions in the tubes, he is unable to do so. Thus he suffers from agonizing discomfort. Raw green bananas and plantains are, however, exceptions. These can be used as vegetables without creating any problems.

Cold drinks and sour fruit juices - To a healthy person, cold drinks, ice-cream and fruit juice are refreshing and nourishing. But for Asthmatics, they create a lot of pain because of their property to cause inflammation and constriction in the bronchial tubes. This they do, by suppressing the power of digestion and metabolism as a result of which more ama (explained earlier) is formed. The patient should, therefore, strictly avoid cold drinks, ice-cream and fruit juice, particularly, the juice of citrus fruits if he wants be cured of Asthma.