Asthma

CND-0012Chest and breathing

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Historical label: “Asthma” in the 1850 edition’s “A List of the Principal Diseases”.

Modern reading: asthma. Searched in PubMed as each plant’s Latin name with asthma OR bronchodilator OR bronchial. The counts and papers are on the Concordance page.

Old claims, quoted verbatim: not medical advice. A warning sits above the claims and never hides them; no warning does not mean safe, only that no source here has flagged the plant.

2 claims: 1 with a sentence, 1 from the index alone

1. Lungwort Lobaria pulmonariaCLM-0022701850 index, pp. 109, 313, 346

   Listed in the 1850 index; the herbal entry has no sentence naming this complaint. No quotation is recorded.

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2. Woodbine, Or Honey-Suckles Lonicera periclymenumCLM-0001241850 index

   I know no better cure for an asthma than this:

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Source

Nicholas Culpeper, The Complete Herbal, a new edition (London: Thomas Kelly, 1850). Project Gutenberg eBook #49513. SRC-CUL-1850