Much research is being done currently into the effectiveness of alternative treatments for asthma relief. This article discusses why Medical Practitioners are not connecting with the alternative treatments available to them. This ignorance is dangerous to the patient.

You may already be aware of a number of choices, other than inhalers. Have you discussed this with your own doctor? Some doctors are sympathetic and open minded while others refuse to go beyond the standard pharmaceutical approach.

Some doctors may resent being told of effective alternative forms of treatment, especially by a patient. That goes for any ailment, not only asthma. Personal ego gets in the way of progress, that "Don't question my judgment, I am a god" type of attitude towards a hapless patient. If this describes your doctor, you have my condolences, though he is only partly to blame for this ignorance.

Fortunately, not all doctors are the same, even though they may come out of the same mold. Lets look at the shape of that mold, beginning with medical school. Do they learn anything about the effects of diet there? Not a whole lot! Willing to try treatments that don't involve invasive surgery or chemical concoctions? Nope. Go to your doctor asking about the above and he sees you as talking waffle.

He is forced by law to dance to the tune of the AMA (American Medical Association). The pharmaceutical industry protects itself by virtually mounting a witch hunt against any type of treatment not generated by them - in other words, any treatment that doesn't line their pockets. Your health is not the main goal here, not while there is money to be made from your illness.

Then, along comes the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). They approve or regulate all drug treatments in the United States. Generally speaking, alternative treatments aren't covered by the FDA, so they do not get approved.

Now we get to the Doctor, on whom you rely. He is not permitted to administer any treatment that hasn't been passed by the FDA. In fact, he is under threat of a heavy fine or to lose his licence should the system decide he is not toeing the line. The doctor may lose the right to see hospital patients. Heavy penalties indeed for someone who set out to help the sick. Having invested large sums of money and years of his life to become a doctor, can you blame him for looking after himself rather than you?

Times are changing. With more and more people becoming aware of alternative asthma treatments, things have to move on. A new generation of more open-minded doctors is coming to the fore and the prediction is that within the next twenty years, natural treatments will become mainstream. But that is a long way down the road still, so what about right now?

Spend some time looking up a report with an alternative solution about how to cure asthma the natural way. It offers a natural treatment for asthma that has been recording very encouraging results from long-term sufferers. Chances are, you won't hear about this report anywhere else because it reduces dependency on asthma drugs and, therefore, it isn't in the interest of pharmaceutical companies that you know about this.