ACT	Asthma Control Test
AQLQ	Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire
ASHMI	Anti-Asthma Herbal Medicine Intervention
ASM	airway smooth muscle
CAM	complementary and alternative medicine
CTCAE	common terminology criteria for adverse events
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FeNO	fractional exhaled nitric oxide
FEV1	forced expiratory volume in one second
FVC	forced vital capacity
IFNγ	interferon gamma
IL	interleukin
MLC	myosin light chain
NCCIH	National Center for Complementary and Integrated Health
NCI	National Cancer Institute
NIH	National Institutes of Health
PD20	dose of methacholine that causes a 20% fall in FEV1
TNFα	tumor necrosis factor alpha
V3	visit 3
V4	visit 4
V5	visit 5