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a.r.s.enic: in small doses in cases a.s.sociated with bronchitis or simulating hay fever, or in the bronchitis of children, or in the dyspeptic asthma. Inhaled as cigarettes with caution.
Asafetida: as an expectorant where there is profuse discharge.
Aspidospermine.
Atropine.
Belladonna: internally in large doses to relieve paroxysm. It should only be administered during a paroxysm and then pushed.
Bitter-Almond Water.
Bromides: only available in true spasmodic asthma; soon lose their efficacy.
Caffeine: 1 to 5 grn.
Camphor: 2 grn. combined with 1 grn. of opium, in spasmodic asthma.
Cannabis Indica: sometimes useful in chronic cases.
Chamois-Leather Waistcoat: reaching low down the body and arms, in bronchial asthma.
Chloral Hydrate: during paroxysm.
Chloralamide.
Chloroform: relieves when inhaled from tumbler or with warm water.
Cocaine.
Coffee: very strong, during paroxysm.
Colchicine or Colchic.u.m: in gouty cases.
Compressed or Rarified air.
Coniine Hydrobromate or Conium: palliative in a chronic case.
Counter-irritation: applied for a short time only, at frequent intervals.
Creosote: vapor in bronchitic asthma.
Diet and Hygiene.
Duboisine Sulphate.
Erythrol Tetranitrate.
Ether: in full doses at commencement of attack or administered by inhalation.
Ethyl Iodide: 15 to 20 drops inhaled may relieve spasm.
Eucalyptus: sometimes along with stramonium, belladonna, and tobacco.
Euphorbia pilulifera.
Galvanism of Pneumogastric Region: positive pole beneath mastoid process, negative pole to epigastrium.
Gelsemium: useful in some cases, but after a time may fail.
Grindelia: to prevent or cut short attack; used as cigarette.
Hyoscine Hydrobromate: in spasmodic asthma.
Ichthalbin.
Iodine: painting the line of the pneumogastric nerve with liniment or tincture in pure spasmodic asthma.
Ipecacuanha: as a spray in bronchial asthma, especially in children; useless in true asthma.
Lobelia: to prevent and cut short paroxysm. Cautiously used in cardiac weakness.
Lobeline Sulphate.
Menthol.
Mercurials: in spasmodic and bronchitic asthma combined.
Morphine: combined with belladonna, very useful.
Nitroglycerin: in bronchitic, nephritic and spasmodic asthma.
Nux Vomica: in dyspeptic asthma.
Oil Eucalyptus.
Oil of Amber.
Opium: hypodermically during paroxysm.
Oxygen: as inhalation during paroxysm.
Pepsin: exceedingly useful in preventing attacks in dyspeptic subjects.
Physostigma.
Pilocarpine Hydrochlorate: in spasmodic asthma, subcutaneously; also in humid asthma if there is no cardiac dilatation.
Pota.s.sium Bromide.
