NEW ASTHMA CURE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 January 1928, Page 15

NEW ASTHMA CURE.

EUROPEAN bCiEXTISTS’ DiSCOVJiuvl. A new treatment tor bronchial asthma and tile ‘‘bottieu isuiismuo ' lor tut teratment or rrcKCts ana allied uiseases were among true exiumt& at tne recent, innaou [medical JtxduDitiou. jj'or many nunctaecis ox years, the Omnese, wxio sutler ntucn irorn astna iii tio diseases, Have been using a drug untamed iioni a ire a*o called ma nuang." touppl.iis o.r tlie crude hero were difficult to obtain, as tire Chinese ret used to allow supplies to. be taken out or tlieix country, European 'Scientists, tJieielore, went to work, anc. alter years or research, they have isutv.eeaeti in producing syntne ticaiiy a remedy wlucn they nave called “cpiietonin," possessing tlie .same curative properties as tins original Cmuese drug. it is c .aimed that thus discovery wilt create a .revolution in tlie treatment 01 asthma, as, unlike adrenalin, which, has to be given in the rorrn of a hypodermic injection by doctor or nurse, it can be carried about in tablet form and taken by t>h*& sufferer whenever an attack is felt to be imminent. ‘'Bottled sunshine,” or vigantol, is stated to be- 20,000 times richer in vitamin D, that invaluable antidote to rickets, than cod liver oil, and possesses none of its disadvantages. The exhibition was a professional one, and the general public were not admitted. ____________