1. ABSTRACT: "Relief of Asthma Symptoms with Dilutions of Progesterone" Russell R. Roby, J.D., M.D., and Dick Richardson, Ph.D. November 2001 Background. Premenstrual asthma has been described in the literature. Several hormones were tested to see if any caused a change in symptoms of asthma. Progesterone was noted to have the greatest impact. Several dilutions of progesterone were used to relieve acute symptoms of asthma. Methods. Between 1998 and 2001, we examined 82 adult patients who were diagnosed with acute asthma games asthma games asthma. Before any treatment, the patients were asked to evaluate the severity of their symptoms using a ten-point scale for shortness of breath "SOB" (ten being the most severe and zero indicating no symptoms at all). All patients were given dilutions of progesterone ranging from ten to the minus fifteenth to ten to the minus fortieth (intradermally or sublingually), and again asked to rate their symptoms from zero to ten. If their symptoms increased a weaker dilution was used. If there coughing sinusitis asthma games was slight change or no change a stronger dilution was used. Results. Statistical significance of patient response was highly significant (p<4X10-17). Following the treatment, 74 of the 82 patients (90%) reported significant decline in shortness of breath. Six reported no change and one reported an increase of one point. On the ten-point scale, the average symptomatic relief was 3.1 points. Response change relative to maximum patient symptom score averaged 56.8% reduction in symptoms. The single individual experienced an increase of one-unit asthma in schools asthma games distress (5 to 6) and was not affected by a weaker dilution. Conclusions. Asthma symptoms can be reduced significantly by treatment with dilutions of progesterone. Dilutions of progesterone are an effective treatment for the symptoms of female asthma patients. An increase in symptoms at one dilution followed by reversal using a weaker dilution is consistent with our hypothesis that symptoms result from allergic reactions to progesterone. Research is continuing to obtain objective evidence of these rapid changes using electroencephalograms. Further testing breathing exercises asthma asthma games is now being
