Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of diseases that obstruct airflow from your lungs. They do this by constricting and clogging your airways, for example, with excess mucus, as in bronchitis, or by damaging or deteriorating your air sacs, as in alveoli. This limits the amount of oxygen your lungs can deliver to your bloodstream. Two of the most prominent COPD diseases are chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
According to research, chronic lower respiratory disease, which is primarily COPD, was the 3rd leading cause of death in the world, and it’s on the rise. Currently, there isn’t a cure for COPD in western medicine, but rescue inhalers and inhaled or oral steroids can help control symptoms. And although herbs and supplements alone can’t cure or treat COPD, they can provide some symptom relief.