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Breathlessness & Difficulty Breathing



Western Tradition

Simples
Agaric (Mesue)
Opopanax (Mesue)
Colocynth (Mesue)
Turbith (Mesue)
Sagapen (Mesue)
Saffron
Shortness of Breath & Breathlessness in General

1. Eat and of the following: Figs, Pine nuts, Bitter Almonds
2. Thyme decocted in water with Honey added
3. Basil decocted in water and taken
4. Calamint decocted in wine
5. Nigella seed decocted in wine
6. Mustard seed powder taken with Honey
7. Blessed Thistle powder with wine
8. Southernwood seed decocted in water
9. Marjoram powder mixed with Honey and taken
10. Galbanum, Sagapen or Gum Ammoniac, and taken in a 1 dram dose
11. Coltsfoot smoke inhaled
12. Asarum boiled in wine and drunk
13. Rhubarb powder taken
14. Agaric in 1 dram doses
15. Orris root powder mixed with Honey and taken
16. Rue and Dill decocted in wine
17. Hog Fennel with Bitter Almond

Hydromel
Infusion of Thyme
Pectoral Decoction (Augustana)
Decoction of Hyssop and Rue
Decoction of Hyssop and Coltsfoot (Wirtzung)
Decoction of Hyssop (Andrezeos)
Decoction to Strengthen the Lungs
Syrup of Horehound
Syrup of Horehound (Fernel)
Syrup of Maidenhair
Syrup of Coltsfoot
Syrup of Coltsfoot Compound
Syrup of Hyssop (Mesue)
Anti-Asthmatic Syrup
Vinegar of Squill
Oxymel of Squill
Tincture Against Asthma
Lohoch of Squill
Lohoch of Pine kernels (Mesue)
Black Troches of Cough (Mesue)
Electuary for the Lungs (Lemery)
Electuary of Orris Root (Diaireos Salomonis) (Nicholas)
Surgeon’s Musked Troches (Alipta Muscata)
Antidotum Apollonii Laodicensis
Lohoch of Pine nuts
Confection of Musk
Lohoch of Alfescer
Pills of Agaric (Mesue)
Pills to Cleanse the Chest
Pills for Cold and Moist Cough of Paulus

Nux Vomica 13 (Ko byi bcu gsum) (Tibetan Medicine)
Gentiana algida 15 (Spang rgyan dkar po 15) (Tibet.)


Breathlessness from Excess Phlegm

Oxymel of Squill
Syrup of Coltsfoot
Syrup of Garlic
Syrup of Hyssop (Mesue)
Anti-Asthmatic Syrup (D'Aquin)
Syrup of Elecampane (Horstius Augenius)
Electuary of Orris root (Diaireos Salomonis) (Nich.)
Lohoch of Squill (Galen)
Hiera Picra with Agaric
Compound of Turbith (Avicenna)
Pills of Agaric (Mesue)
Pills to Cleanse the Chest
Pills of Storax (Mesue)
Golden Pills of Turbith (Mesue)


Breathlessness from Cold

Syrup of Garlic
Compound Powder of Aniseed (Dianisum) (Mesue)
Comp. Cinnamon Powder (Diacinnamonum)(Mesue)
Sugar Penids w Spices (Diapenidon Comp.) (Nicholas)
Asthma Powder (Sennertus)
Electuary of Sulphur (Diasulphur)


Breathlessness from Heat

Barley water
Syrup of Violet Simple
Syrup of Hyssop Compound (Mesue)
Haly's Powder (Haly)
Sugar Penids without Spices
Cooling Powder of Gems
Cooling Pearl Powder (Diamargariton Frigid) (Nicholas)
Troches of Camphor (Nicholas)


Qi Stagnation

Restorative of Nicholas (Pleres Arconticon) (Nich.)


Breathlessness from Deficiency

Candied Elecampane root
Candied Walnuts
Pectoral Decoction (Augustana)
Anti-Asthmatic Syrup (D'Aquin)
Syrup of Hyssop (Mesue)
Lohoch of Pine nut
Lohoch of Fox Lungs (Mesue)
Cooling Pearl Powder (Nicholas)
Electuary of Pine nuts (Looch de Pino)(Mesue)
Electuary of Orris root (Diaireos Salomonis)(Nicholas)
Tablets of Elecampane


Difficulty or Labored Breathing

Oxymel Simple
Diacalamintha (Mesue)
Powder of Cumin (Diacyminum) (Nicholas)
Confection for Cold Cough
Powder of Musk Sweet (Diamoschu Dulce) (Mesue)
Antidotum Apollonii Laodicensis
Electuary of Orris Root (Diaireos) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Pine Nuts (Looch de Pino) (Mesue)
Sugar Penids (Diapenidion)
Lohoch of Pine Nuts
Lohoch of Squill
Lohoch of Fox Lungs
Troches of Agaric (Mesue)
Diathamaron

Tabasheer 9 (Tibetan Medicine)
TCM Classification


Acute Wind Cold
Acute Wheezing, cough, fever & chills, headache, runny nose, muscle aches

Ma Huang Tang
Xiao Qing Long Tang
Da Qing Long Tang


Acute Wind Cold with Internal Heat
Acute wheezing, sore throat, cough, fever, headache, maybe yellow or yellow white mucus, or alternating clear and yellow;

Ding Chuan Tang
Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang


Lung Heat
Cough and wheezing with yellow phlegm, fever, red cheeks, red tongue with a yellow tongue coat

Yin Qiao Jie Du Pian
Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang
Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan


Cold Phlegm
cough, wheezing with excess clear or white sputum, greasy white tongue coat and a slow or slippery pulse

San Zi Yang Qin Tang
Ling Gan Wu Wei Jiang Xin Tang


Lung Qi Deficiency
wheezing, panting, shortness of breath, weak cough, spontaneous sweating, aversion to wind, frequent colds or respiratory infections; if Spleen is weak, poor appetite, abdominal distension and fatigue.

Bu Fei Tang
Sheng Mai San
Yu Ping Feng San
Liu Jun Zi Tang
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Ren Shen Ge Jie San


Yin Deficiency
chronic wheezing, chronic sore throat, tight in chest, night sweats, dry skin, dry mouth

Bai He Gu Jin Tang
Bu Fei E Jiao Tang
Mai Men Dong Tang
Qi Wei Du Qi Wan
Mai Wei Di Huang Wan


Yang Deficiency
chronic Wheezing, lower back pain, cold extremities, always feels cold, slow, deep pulse

Shen Qi Wan (Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan) (Rehmannia 8)
Ren Shen Ge Jie San
Special Formulas

SYRUP FOR BREATHLESSNESS
'When a man cannot well draw his breath'.
    Syrup of Stoechas   4 oz.
    Syrup of Calamint
    Syrup of Hyssop      2 oz. each.
(Brunschwig, 1561)

ELECTUARY FOR BREATHLESSNESS
Boil a bunch of bruised Hyssop in a pint of Honey. Strain and add:
    Angelica                
    Elecampane           6 pence in weight each
    Ginger
    Pepper                    2 pence in weight each
    Aniseed                 18 pence weight
    Licorice                   8 pence weight
Mix well into the Honey and heat briefly, add Aquia vitae 3 spoonfuls, This Electuary can be taken by dipping a Licorice stick in it and sucking it often, or else a teaspoonful can be taken several times daily. This was reportedly used by Queen Elizabeth. (Natura exenterata, Philiatros, 1655)