Aheki - Aheki

Japanese: アヘキ - あへき
Aheki - Aheki

…The character for asthma used in Japanese today can be found in the oldest medical texts in China, the Suwen and Lingshu (Huangdi Neijing). In Japan, the word asthma appears in the Wamyō Ruijūshō from the Heian period, pronounced as aheki, and in the Setsuyōshū from the Muromachi period, pronounced as zensoku. Both words mean to gasp, or to breathe heavily. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Aheki" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…今日,日本語として使われている〈喘息〉という文字は,中国最古の医書《素問》や《霊枢》(《黄帝内経》)にみることができる。日本では,平安時代の《和名類聚抄》に喘息という言葉がみられ〈アヘキ〉と訓され,室町時代の《節用集》では〈ぜんそく〉と読まれていた。いずれも〈あえぐ〉,すなわち荒い息づかいをするの意味である。…

※「アヘキ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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