Persons suffering from asthma must be under the supervision of experienced clinicians. For the diagnosis of mold allergy, a common mistake is to do the RAST test. This is a poor test for diagnosing mold allergy. The critical point here is that before asthma becomes an inflammatory disease, it is an allergic problem. Simply stated, asthma is reversible chest tightness, air hunger, and wheezing.
Most persons diagnose their own asthma when they begin to wheeze.
Parents usually have no difficulty in recognizing wheezing and air hunger in their asthmatic children. Exercise, stress, and environmental chemicals in such cases simply act as the last triggers. Others of value include sundew, Grindelia and mouse ear. Since anxiety about asthma attacks often triggers an attack, herbs such as lobelia, valerian, skullcap and St. John's wort are also valuable. Intramuscular and Intravenous Nutrient Support Judicious use of intramuscular injections and intravenous infusions of nutrients, in the author's experience, are extremely valuable in managing difficult cases of asthma and in avoiding the use of steroids or other immune-suppressing drugs.