Can hypnosis cure asthma?
Hypnosis cures nothing, since the word “cure” implies physical illness. Illnesses can be complicated (even caused, sometimes) by emotional factors, and asthma may well be included. Asthma is often attributed to an allergy, but it is certain that some psychological factors complicate it. Anxieties and fears which accompany an attach can be controlled through hypnotic conditioning and later attacks will lessen in severity. Part of the difficulty is caused by tensions in the breathing muscles and, by relaxing these muscles through hypnosis, the attack will end. Often aggravating the attacks are environmental conflicts; i.e., children vs. parents, etc.
