Lung & Phlegm Tonic

INGREDIENTS & DIRECTIONS

Active ingredients

Elderberry, thyme, liquorice, olive leaf, ginger, turmeric

Directions

Adults: Take 10ml 2-3 times daily with a little juice or water. Children (over 6 years): Give 5ml 2-3 times daily.

SCIENCE

Elderberry

Meta-analysis suggests that supplementation with elderberry substantially reduces upper respiratory symptoms

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30670267

Elderberry supplementation reduces cold duration and symptoms in air-travellers

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4848651/

Thyme

Thyme extract might be an effective treatment of chronic diseases based on inflammatory processes when hypersecretion of mucus overwhelms the ciliary clearance and obstructs airways, causing morbidity and mortality

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27369807

Liquorice

Review summarizing antiviral and antimicrobial properties of liquorice

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4629407/

Review of antitussive and expectorant activities of liquorice and its major compounds: Water and ethanol extracts of liquorice, could decrease cough frequency at 200mg/kg by 25-59%

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29224994

Ginger

Ginger demonstrated activity against human respiratory syncytial virus in human respiratory tract cell lines

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23123794

Ginger appears to exert anti-inflammatory effects by suppressing COX-2 with subsequent inhibition of prostaglandin and leukotriene biosynthesis

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92775/

Turmeric

Curcumin attenuates asthmatic airway inflammation and mucus hypersecretion

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/mi/2019/4927430/

Curcumin can prevent the replication of RSV and the epithelial responses to it without cytotoxicity and may act as therapy for severe lower respiratory tract disease in infants and young children caused by RSV infection

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3776807/