Re: cough remedy

Pasma is one of the illnesses diagnosed by mothers, and herbalists in the Philippines. However, it seems that this type of illness is often misunderstood
NEVER HEARD OF IT, SO ALWAYS BETTER TO JUST STATE THE SYMPTOMS AS THERE ARE WELL OVER 1,000 DIAGNOSES NAMES AND MOST ARE WORTHLESS.

1. Pasma- when your hands are tired (let us say you ironed clothes the whole day)
YIKES, NOT GOING TO FIND AN AMERICAN WITH SUCH DISEASES AS THEY STOPPED DOING THAT KIND OF LABOR BACK WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER WAS VERY POOR AND DID SUCH THINGS FOR RICH FELLOWS...


and then washed your hands, you will get “pasma”. Which others thought is the involuntary shaking of hands…
OK, THE HANDS / ARMS ARE EXTREMELY STRONG AD AFTER ABSUING THEM FOR A FULL DAY, THE NERVES "QUIVER" AS THE NEED TO REST...SOUNDS "LOGICAL" AND NORMAL..


actually, “pasma” in this context is too much “yin”
YIKES

in the Traditional Chinese Medicine context..
YUP

when your skin pores are open, “coldness”, “dampness” or “yin” can easily get in your body
EVEN THOUGH CHINESE HERBAL USE, ACCUPUNCTURE AND THEIR 900X MORE ODD THINGS THEY TRY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME......I BELEIVE 90% OF WHAT THEY DO IS TOO BAZZAR, TOO CRAZY AND JUST A HISTORY OF HERBALIST MAKING A LIVING OFF THE SICKLY....THEIR HERBALIST ARE THEIR DOCTORS, SAME DEAL, SAME MANOPLY OF MAKING MONEY $$$ BY PLAYING DOCTOR....WHICH LEADS TO 90% OF THEIR BOOKS BEING A LOAD OF ##### TO PROMOTE THE USE/SELL O UNLIMITED HERBS/REPTILES/CREATURES AND REDICULOUS THINGS SUCH AS ACCUPUNCTURE, ETC.....THEIR HISTORY DOES SHOW THAT INDIVUDIALS THAT DEDICATED THEIR ENTIRE LIVES TO THIS OR THAT BECAME POWERFUL BEINGS, BUT I SEE TOO MUCH WORTHLESS MIXED IN WITH THE GOOD TO BE OF ANY VALUE.


so there will be excessive yin, coldness or dampness in your system that can lead to other illnesses such as (cold, cough, or aching muscles, or probably even the involuntary shaking of hands (though it is not always the case)
WHICH SOUNDS REDICULOUS TO ME


2. Pasmado => you are pasmado if people see your hands shaking and thus you miss your target when paying basketball.. I think this one refers to your nerve
GIVE IT ANY NUMBER OF FANCY NAMES YOU LIKE, BUT WHEN THE DAY IS OVER, YOUR BODY NEEDS REST, DE-WORMED, CLEANSED AND PROPERLY FED AND THOSE THAT REFUSE TO REST, WILL WEAR OUT.


3. Napasma  your back is hurting, or you felt some nodules behind your neck and shoulders, and is exteremely painful when deep pressure is applied. Again, in TCM context this seemed to be an excess of “yin”, coldness or dampness
AGAIN, CALL IT WHAT YOU LIKE, IN THE USA OUR CHIROPRACTORS OF VARIOUS KINDS HAVE A FEW HUNDRED WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE NUMOROUS FUNCTIONS OF THE NERVS, MUSCLES, BONES, ETC...


4. Pasma related to cough => you have pasma, when you are coughing, usually prolonged. The cause? You probably missed a meal or you sweated too much and never changed your shirt (thus the sweat dried in your skin) therefore you have cough

Recently, I had cough (chesty, with white almost transparent phleghm) for more than 3 weeks. Usually cough with yellow phlegh is attributed to a bacteria/viral infection. This one is not.

I’ve tried all know herbal and natural remedies (including garlic, onions and turmeric).
YOU HAVE TRIED A FEW VEGETABLES AND SINCE YOU FAIL TO UNDERSTAND HUMAN HEALTH, SUCH THINGS WILL NEVER BE YOUR CURE......"MEDICINES" WILL NEVER BE YOUR CURE....LEARNING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE HUMAND BODY AND FOLLOWING GOD'S LAWS FOR THE HUMAN BODY WILL LEAD TO SUCCESS, IF TOO MUCH PAST DAMAGE HAS NOT BEEN DONE.

The only thing that gave me relief and a good night’s sleep is a Filipino folk remedy using “tutong na bigas” (roasted rice).
I THINK YOU HAVE CAME TO THE WRONG FORUM, BUT YOUR POST WAS "INTERESTING".

As soon as it was removed from the stove, Nanay poured 1 cup of water, releasing steam that I have to inhale (of course I have a blanked covering me from head to toe). Then she asked me to drink the water (tastes like very very strong black coffee).
JUST KNOWING WHAT STRONG BLACK COFFEE TASTE LIKE IS A BAD ENOUGH SIGN...TRY TO AVOID COFFEE LIKE THE PLAGUE IT IS. OTHERWISE SOUNDS YOU HAD THE MAKING OF A STEAM BATH LEADING TO A SITZ BATH, WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT STEP TOWARDS YOUR CURE. EVERYONE WORLD WIDE CAN DO A SIZT BATH, IT IS THE CHEAPEST CURE KNOWN.

I was able to sleep after that. I also tried the following remedies

- steamed orange with salt
KILLER

- putting onions and garlic on a sock and putting the sock on
OK

- using a hot water bottle on my feet
OK, HOPEFULLY IT IS WINTER AND THE WARMTH FELT GOOD.


- drinking my DIY garlic vinegar honey syrup
OK

- using air purifier to clean the air
GOOD

- drinking oregano tea and dandelion root tea
OREGANO TEA? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm OK

Sometimes I see phlegh/mucus in my stool, which I see as a good thing, it means I am expelling the mucus already.
ALSO MEANS YOUR COLON WAS TOO ACIDIC AND WAS FORCED TO CREATE MUCUS TO PROTECT ITS SELF, SEEING MUCUS IS NEVER A GREAT THING, BUT BETTER OUT THAN IN.

Barefoot herbalist said, he worries for people who never ever get sick (e.g. get cold or cough or flu). Nanay used to brag that she never get sick, even at the time when there was a SARS pandemic, she and I seemed to just weather it out. Recently she has started getting cold and cough (in the middle of her Humaworm parasite cleane). It took her about 2 to 3 weeks to heal.

OLD PEOPLE THAT NEVER GET THE COLD, OFTEN ALSO NEVER GET CANCER, BECAUSE THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS GONE, THUS NO CANCER.....OTHERWISE IT IS GREAT TO NEVER GET SICK "IF" YU ARE EATING GREAT, LOOK GREAT, FEEL GREAT...BUT IF YOU ARE FAT, NOT FEELING SO GOOD, DON'T LOOK GREAT, THEN YOU HAD BETTER HOPE FOR THE COLD OR FLUE TO COME CLEANSE THE BODY OF THE COLLECTED WASTE.

MH

This is also the first time I ever have a prolonged cold and cough. I do not know what to make out of it. I hope this is really part of a healing reaction. Could it be that I am allergic to dog’s hair? I hope not. Ive had 2 dogs when I was a child, and didn't have any of these type of allergy.

Tonight, I am going to use a garlic poultice and put it on my chest. I don't have fever, its just that the cough is kinda embarrassing, specially when I am in the office.

Nanay kept reminding me this morning, “eat on time”, “eat on time”, so you don't get “pasma” again.. huh.. I can still hear her voice at 7pm… eat on time, eat on time… okay! Okay! I am going to eat some fried fish soup before taking the bus home.


what else can I do?

AGE
WEIGHT
ASSUME YOU ARE FEMALE
DO YOU HAVE ANY LOCAL FRUITS AVAILBLE?

MH