Asthma, an ailment which should be referred in all cases to the medical practitioner. _Symptoms_. Difficulty of breathing, with cough, either spasmodic and without expectoration, or accompanied with much expectoration. _Medicines_. Aconitum napellus, especially with congestion or slight spitting of blood; Antimonium tartaricum for wheezing and rattling in the chest; Arsenicum for chronic asthma; ipecacuanha; Nux vomica.