Asthma is principally characterized by air hunger, to the point of necessitating breathing with open mouth and raised shoulders and by refusal or inability to lie down. As a symptom, asthma may appear in the course of various acute and chronic illnesses. When it becomes the main symptom at a certain stage of these illnesses, it is called asthma syndrome.
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Liu, Z. (2009). Asthma. In: Liu, Z. (eds) Essentials of Chinese Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-596-3_4
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