Horseradish has been cultivated for about 2,000 years. Early settlers brought the plant to America. Early uses included reducing sciatic nerve pain, expelling afterbirth, relieving colic, increasing urination, and killing intestinal worms. Horseradish is one the "five bitter herbs" of Passover.

Topically, the mustard content irritates the skin and stimulates local blood flow, giving relief to minor muscle aches and inflamed joints or tissues. Both the mustard oil and the glucosinolate composition give the root its characteristic pungency, helping to decrease congestion and inflammation of the respiratory tract. Horseradish may also have some antimicrobial activity against both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. Horseradish is available as fresh or dried root, ointment with 2% mustard oil from pressed root, and tincture.

Currently modern medicine has not yet been able to find a cure for asthma. Plus the drugs and medications that are currently being used can only alleviate the symptoms a little bit. The other problem with using traditional asthma medicines is that they can become addictive and after a while a person may find that their dosage will need to be increased in order for them to remain effective. However there are more natural ways of treating this condition that are neither habit forming or unlikely to cause any side effects. In this article we will be taking a closer look at some asthma home remedy treatments that asthma sufferers may consider.

Honey

This is believed to be extremely beneficial when used by asthma sufferers. There are people who believe that if you hold a jug of honey under the nose of a sufferer and then get them to breathe in the air above that has come into contact with it they start to breath not just more easily but are also able to take much deeper breaths as well. Normally a person using honey will find that it alleviates the problems with their breathing for about an hour or so after they have done the above. It is the alcohols and ethereal oils contained within the honey which are given off in the vapour and which soothes the asthma sufferers windpipe and lungs.