Any natural product to treat COPD of smoker??

[Debraj]

Hi, my dear friend Mrs Cox is 55 years old and has been a smoker for most of her life. She has cut down but is still smoking despite her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Her diet is poor and she has been put on metformin due to her recently diagnosed diabetes. Everyone has suggested her to see an efficient physician so that she can get better. She is having generalized weakness and becoming cranky day by day. I can understand what she is going through. I am wondering if there is any natural product or therapy that can be of help. Because it will have no side effect then. Already she is on hypoglycemic drug. I think that it will be good for her to get some natural therapy. Please suggest, if there is any such product.

[Sneha]

@Debraj Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a major global health problem. Among other conditions, it has been associated with chronic airway and lung parenchyma inflammation. At present, the available therapies are not capable of reducing the progression or suppressing inflammation associated to COPD. Cigarette smoking (CS) is clearly the number one risk factor in the development of COPD since it causes oxidative stress and triggers inflammatory responses in the lungs of COPD patients. Numerous evidences indicate that oxidative stress plays a central role in the progression of the disease. Therefore, effective therapeutic antioxidant measures are urgently needed to control and mitigate local as well as systemic oxygen bursts in COPD. Historically, natural products (NPs) are the main source of potential drugs and their antioxidant potential has been widely recognized. Furthermore, various reports have suggested that NPs act as modulators of targets related to COPD, and some of them exert a multi-target mode of action. Among these multi-target NPs, some of the most promising are resveratrol, a potent antioxidant found in wine, and curcumin, found in turmeric. NPs with potential multi-target action have demonstrated anti-inflammatory, anticancer, cardio protective and neuroprotective properties and some of them have shown potential use in the treatment of chronic diseases featured by oxidative stress.