Interesting stuff. Some granules.
There have been four types of drug treatment of asthma that have been used over the past 100 years. Belladonna alkaloids, derived from the thorn-apple plant were used in 1905, and chemically synthesized entities in this class are still in use today. Western medicine began to use adrenergic stimulants approximately 100 years ago, but they were likely used in Asian medicine long before that. Systemic treatment with corticosteroids was introduced into the treatment of asthma in the mid-20th century; inhaled corticosteroids have been in use for over 35 years.
Asthma: One Hundred Years of Treatment and Onward -- Chu and Drazen 171 (11): 1202 -- American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
When taken internally, the large concentrations of caffeine in some species of Cola, can expand air passages in humans. This makes kola nut effective at treating breathing disorders like asthma. Prior to the advent of stronger drugs, kola nut was utilized to treat various maladies and medical conditions ...
Kola Nut (Cola spp.) Information
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