James Method | Drug free asthma treatment since 1920

How it Works

According to Dr James, asthma is not a disease but a condition of the lungs. Through shallow, defective breathing, the chest-cage has become partly or completely immobilised and there is not enough space for the lungs to sufficiently expand to satisfy oxygen needs.

CHEST STAGNATION TO A CRITICAL DEGREE is a primary cause of asthma. Insufficient space for expansion within the chest-cage means that the lungs are squeezed or "strangled".

Bronchitis is a dominant feature in asthma conditions. There is no asthma without bronchitis. No bronchitis in asthma without defective breathing through the mouth.

Lungs congested by bronchitis increase in size and need more room for expansion than normal, healthy lungs. This swelling of the lungs, coupled with external pressure from a restricted chest-cage, is responsible for shortness of breath and attacks of suffocation.

The logical treatment for asthma has the aim of restoring natural chest mobility as the main breathing mechanism in the respiratory function of the lungs. This can be achieved by replacing DEFECTIVE BREATHING THROUGH THE MOUTH ALWAYS EXISTING IN ASTHMATICS; by natural, normal breathing through the nose and by strengthening the breathing mechanism of the chest.

The ’ James Method’ special system of breathing exercises and Mechanical Vibratory Stimulation has been developed for this purpose, and is effective from the first treatment. Asthma attacks immediately cease as soon as mobility of the chest is achieved; and anti-asthmatic (bronchodilator) drugs become unnecessary.

Dr James with a patient (891 kb)

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