Disodium Cromoglycate

Japanese: disodium cromoglycate(英語表記)disodiumcromoglycate
Disodium Cromoglycate

...Bronchial asthma is a respiratory disease characterized by paroxysmal dyspnea and wheezing (a whistling or wheezing sound when breathing).
[history]
The word asthma comes from Greek and means "gasping." Hippocrates had already written about asthma, in which he stressed the importance of psychological factors, saying, "If you get asthma, calm your anger." The character "asthma," as used in Japanese today, can be found in the oldest medical texts in China, "Suwen" and "Lingshu" ("Huangdi Neijing").

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Japanese:

…気管支喘息とは,発作性の呼吸困難と喘鳴(呼吸時のヒューヒュー,ゼーゼーという音)を特徴とする呼吸器疾患である。
[歴史]
 asthma(喘息)の語はギリシア語に由来し,〈あえぎ呼吸〉の意味である。喘息についての記載は,すでにヒッポクラテスによってなされており,その中で〈asthmaになったら怒りをしずめよ〉と心理的要因の重要性を説いている。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。…

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