The drug "Herbion" describes the instructions for use as an effective expectorant drug of plant origin, which has a mucolytic and anti-inflammatory effect.
The specified drug is available in the form of a syrup (one hundred and fifty milliliters in each bottle). Five milliliters of the preparation contains 1.25 grams of the extract of the leaves of the lanceolate plantain, the same amount of the extract of mallow flowers, sixty-five milligrams of vitamin C and four grams of sucrose (which is especially important for patients suffering from diabetes).
The pharmaceutical product "Herbion" (the instructions for use contain this information), due to the components included in its composition, can reduce the viscosity of sputum, increase the production of bronchial glands with a more fluid secretion, and activate the cilia of the ciliated epithelium. As a result of the above, sputum becomes thinner, it is quickly and fully eliminated from the tracheobronchial tree by coughing. Timely removal of it from the respiratory tract prevents its stagnation and, accordingly, the multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms.
Ascorbic acid contained in the medication in question strengthens the immune system and reduces the effects of toxins, since it is the strongest natural antioxidant.
The Herbion medication, the instruction indicates, is indicated for use for the treatment of diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract, which are accompanied by the presence of viscous and heavily outgoing sputum. Among them are the following: bronchitis (obstructive, acute or chronic), pneumonia, bronchial asthma, flu, pharyngitis, tracheitis, laryngitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, tracheobronchitis and others. In addition, the “Herbion” preparation for wet cough is an indispensable assistant in every home medicine cabinet.
Contraindications to the use of this medication are: fructose intolerance, individual sensitivity to its components, the patient's age is less than two years. The indicated remedy is not forbidden to be taken during the period of expectation of the child and natural feeding, but this should be done with extreme caution, since its effect on the woman and the child during these periods has not been studied enough.
The drug "Herbion" (the instruction includes this information) can cause the appearance of undesirable effects such as nausea, itching of the skin, angioedema, urticaria.
Recommended dosage of medication
For children from two to seven, the drug is shown at five milliliters three times a day. Children from seven to fourteen take it five to ten milliliters with a similar frequency. As a rule, adult patients are prescribed ten milliliters three to five times a day.
The average duration of a therapeutic course is from ten to twenty days.
The Herbion drug, a dry cough that effectively eliminates, is not recommended for use in parallel with drugs whose action is aimed at blocking the cough reflex (among them are medicines such as Sinecode, Codelac, Stoptussin, Terpinkod and Libeksin "). With their simultaneous use, stagnation of sputum is possible, which leads to the multiplication of pathogens of various kinds of infections. It is for this reason that an intensification of the inflammation process can occur and damage can occur on the walls of the bronchial tree.
Joint reception does not harm with the correct alternation of medicines: expectorants are used during the day, and antitussive drugs - once before going to bed (which ensures a good rest throughout the night).