It was called Asthmadore. Straight cut leaf Belladonna. For some reason, in 1969, there was a can of it at Battalion Aid Station in the Engineer unit of the 82d. Issue item!
I read the instructions: pour a teaspoon full in the lid and touch a match to it to start smouldering. Breathe in the fumes for relief of asthma attack.
Clouds of smoke would rise from the lid, and it stunk like marijuana.
Someone had the bright idea to put a full lid in the window, and put the big room fan where it would blow the smoke out into the environment. Lots of random officers walking toward the battalion headquarters would stop and start looking all around for the source. Pretty hilarious until the SGM came stomping in… we told him we were treating a soldier with an asthma attack (a jr medic coughing and choking trying to hide his laughter). The medical platoon sgt confirmed the product to him, so he left to explain it up and down the chain of command. Best day ever at Ft Bragg.
