Dyspnea and Asthma in Iranian Traditional Medicine

In order to clarify the history and methods for treatment of various forms of dyspnea andasthma, in this paper we addressed the evolutionary trend of treatment of these diseasesfrom ancient times to 1905 A.D. (Dar-ol Fonun-e Naseri). The most common forms ofdiseases, the traditional medicine physicians have described and discussed are pulmonaryemphysema, pneumothorax, hemoptysis, hemorrhages of respiratory system, hemorrhages of thorax and their differential diagnoses, pulmonary hemorrhage, pulmonary abscesses, tuberculosis, pleurisy, pneumonia, bronchitis, pleuritis, atelectasis, orthopnea, dyspnea, and bronchial asthma. In this paper, we have addressed these conditions. Moreover, the most important resources of traditional medicine and necessarily other treatments and services were provided and discussed and the scientific names of plants used in traditional medicine were defined.