For the treatment of helminthic infestations, Biolit Argo specialists created the food supplement Populin. Reviews about this tool from doctors and patients are rather controversial. In many cases, dietary supplements help get rid of parasites. However, some patients report the absence of the expected effect of the drug. How effective is such a tool? We will try to answer this question in the article.
Composition and action
The drug "Populin" is a dietary supplement on a vegetable-mineral basis. It contains the following active ingredients:
- extract from aspen bark;
- water concentrate from Lake Shira;
- hill hodgepodge;
- organic compounds.
Consider the effect of these ingredients on the body. Aspen bark has an anthelmintic and choleretic effect. The extract contains essential oils that have a detrimental effect on helminths. Parasites leave the body without causing intoxication in the patient.
Water from the Khakass Lake Shira has healing properties. It contains mineral salts, which contribute to increased intestinal motility and the outflow of bile. This action of the concentrate allows you to remove helminths in a very short time. In addition, minerals from Lake Shira help cleanse the body of the waste products of parasites.
Hill hodgepodge is a plant that has hepatoprotective properties. An extract from the grass helps protect liver cells with parasitic lesions of this organ. Also, the extract of the healing plant is able to affect the causative agent of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Organic compounds in the dietary supplement contribute to the restoration of the gastrointestinal mucosa after helminthiasis. These substances normalize the function of the pancreas and strengthen the immune system.
The populin with dihydroquercetin supplement is also produced. It includes an extract from the bark of aspen and Siberian larch. Such a drug has enhanced antioxidant properties, it protects cells from exposure to harmful factors.
Supplements are produced in the form of a brownish syrup with a specific odor and bitter taste. It is packaged in bottles of 75 or 200 ml.
Indications
The use of "Populin" is indicated for opisthorchiasis. This is a disease caused by the hepatic trematode. Another name for the parasite is cat fluke. This helminth lives in the ducts of the liver, bile ducts and pancreas.
Supplements are also used to prevent infection by the hepatic trematode. Doctors found that helminthic invasion is most susceptible to people living in a humid climate. They are especially shown taking "Populin" for preventive purposes.
A food supplement is also used as part of the complex treatment of cholangitis, cholecystitis and pulmonary tuberculosis.
How useful is phytopreparation "Populin" for opisthorchiasis? Patient reviews indicate that the dietary supplement loses in terms of effectiveness to anthelmintic drugs. After all, this remedy is not a medicine. However, there are cases when a person is contraindicated in taking pharmacological anthelmintic drugs. And then a food supplement on a natural basis comes to the rescue.
Contraindications
The instruction "Populin" prohibits the use of dietary supplements for the following diseases:
- gallstones;
- exacerbation of chronic pathologies of the digestive tract;
- allergic reactions to the ingredients of the supplement;
- impaired liver function (not associated with helminthiasis).
Also, this remedy is contraindicated during pregnancy and lactation. Supplements for children are prescribed only from 7 years. Bioadditive "Populin with dihydroquercetin" can be taken from 4 years.
Unwanted effects
This tool is quite safe. It rarely causes unwanted symptoms. Some patients had a skin rash and itching. Such manifestations usually indicate individual intolerance to the plant ingredients of dietary supplements. With severe allergies, the drug should be discontinued.
Preparation for treatment
How to take "Populin" with opisthorchiasis? You can start therapy only after receiving the test results. The presence of parasites must be confirmed by laboratory tests.
Therapy is carried out in several stages. Throughout the course of treatment, drugs developed by the specialists of the Biolit Argo company are used.
First you need to prepare the body for anthelmintic therapy. Assign phytopreparations "Achilles" and "Hepatosol." They are consumed in 1 teaspoon about 30 to 40 minutes before eating. Multiplicity of admission - three times a day. This helps to normalize the outflow of bile and liver function. The preparatory phase lasts from 1 to 3 weeks.
The main course of therapy
Then proceed to the main course of treatment. "Populin" is taken three times a day, 1 teaspoon after a meal. This is an adult dosage of the drug. Children from 7 to 12 years old are given half a teaspoon of syrup half an hour before meals. Multiplicity of admission is the same as for adults.
At the stage of the main treatment, “Achilles” is canceled, and “Hepatosol” continues to be taken at the same dosage (together with “Populin”). On the third day, the dietary supplement “Burdock root extract” is also included in the treatment regimen. It is used three times a day for 1 teaspoon.
The main treatment lasts 7 days. At this stage, it is useful to take the sorbent Enterosgel. This drug helps remove toxins and dead parasites from the body.
Rehabilitation
Then comes the recovery period of the body. Supplements "Populin" and "Burdock root extract" are canceled. Take the drugs "Achilles" and "Hepatosol" in the same dosage as at the preparatory stage.
The treatment regimen includes the Florenta dietary supplement. 1 part of the concentrate must be dissolved in 10 parts of water. The resulting composition is taken 1 teaspoon three times a day.
The rehabilitation period after opisthorchiasis takes about 30 days.
Six months after the end of the intake of dietary supplements, it is necessary to take an analysis for hepatic trematode. If the therapy was successful, then the result of the study will be negative.
Nutrition rules
It is very important to follow a strict diet throughout the course of treatment and rehabilitation. It is necessary to abandon the use of fatty, fried and spicy foods. Sweets, meat and fish are excluded from the menu. You need to eat only vegetarian dishes. Violation of dietary rules can significantly reduce the effect of treatment.
Price and analogues
"Populin" is a rather expensive dietary supplement. In pharmacy chains, the price of dietary supplements is about 1000-1100 rubles. Dihydroquercetin nutritional supplement is even more expensive - about 1350 rubles. Therefore, patients are often interested in cheaper analogues of "Populin".
The Biolit Argo company produces 2 drugs with a similar effect on the body:
- Ecorsol. This dietary supplement also contains an extract of aspen bark and hill hodgepodge, but at a lower dosage. It can be used to treat helminthic infestations in adults and children from 3 years. The price of dietary supplement is about 300 rubles.
- "Tanaxol Plus." The composition of the food supplement includes extracts from medicinal herbs: yarrow, tansy, wormwood and hill hodgepodge. This tool affects not only helminths, but also on giardia. It protects hepatocytes and normalizes the outflow of bile. The price of bioadditives is about 350 rubles.
The opinion of experts
You can find different reviews of doctors about "Populin." Not all doctors believe in the effectiveness of this tool. Experts believe that a phytopreparation helps only with a small amount of parasites. It is important to remember that the hepatic trematode cannot multiply in the human body. The degree of invasion and the number of parasites depend on the number of larvae caught in the digestive tract when eating fish.
If a person has a strong degree of infection, then one should not hope for a complete disposal of opisthorchiasis with the help of food additives. Severe invasion can only be treated with special chemical-based anthelmintic drugs. "Populin" in this case can only be used as an adjuvant.
Patient Reviews
You can find positive reviews about "Populin" from patients who have undergone opisthorchiasis. Some patients completely got rid of invasion with the help of this tool. Recovery has been confirmed by laboratory tests. After a course of treatment, patients underwent repeated tests for hepatic trematode. The test results showed the absence of a parasite in the body.
However, often patients leave negative reviews about "Populin." Far from all patients, this remedy helped get rid of parasites. After a course of therapy and rehabilitation, helminths were again detected in the analysis. Most likely, in these cases severe invasion was noted, which is not amenable to treatment with plant-mineral-based drugs.
Many patients find the bitter taste of the drug unpleasant. However, it is this property that helps to remove helminths from the body. After all, parasites are also afraid of bitter substances.
Children are not always willing to take unpleasant taste syrup. If the drug is used to treat a child, then it should be washed down with natural fruit juice, this will somewhat mitigate the bitterness.