Natural ingredients, pleasant taste, liquid consistency - all these are the advantages of a herbal medicine. Plantain syrup helps cure a cough that occurs as a symptom of a disease or is a consequence of smoking. The drug helps to dissolve thick mucus in the bronchi and its effective elimination.
Material Content:
Release form, composition
The leaves of plantain lanceolate are used for the production of cough syrups by the pharmaceutical companies Krka (Slovenia) and Doctor Tyss (Germany). Means look like a thick yellow-brown liquid, are available in glass bottles, the volume of which varies from 100 to 250 ml. There is a special plastic divider under the lid, and a spoon is also included for more accurate dosing.
Components of plantain syrup "Herbion" from the company "Krka":
- water extract of the leaves of Plantago lanceolata;
- extract from mallow flowers;
- ascorbic acid;
- additional ingredients (sucrose, etc.).
Plantain lanceolate extract is also included in Doctor Tyss cough syrup. The following ingredients in the composition of the drug play an auxiliary role: sugar, peppermint oil, potassium sorbate.
Plant materials are extracted with water, so the plantain preparations mentioned above do not contain ethyl alcohol. The preservative function is performed by sucrose and potassium sorbate.There is a group of patients who should not eat sugar and products with it. For them, Doctor Theiss produces syrup with plantain without sucrose.
Pharmacological properties and indications for use
Plantain leaf extract is an expectorant. One of its healing effects is the mitigation of unproductive dry cough. The medicine helps to dissolve viscous mucus and remove it from the respiratory tract.
The physiological effect of the components of the product:
- Saponins and polysaccharides envelop the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract, protect against microbes, and relieve irritation.
- Tannins have astringent, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects.
- Vitamins are necessary for the normal course of physiological processes in the body.
- Glycosides and flavonoids have a bacteriostatic effect.
The combination of these active substances provides the healing effects of plantain syrup. The drug enhances the body's immune response to pathogenic microbes. Bioactive compounds also accelerate the regeneration of affected tissues.
Plantain syrup is taken for the following diseases and conditions:
- acute infections and inflammation of the respiratory system;
- nicotine abuse (smoking);
- tonsillopharyngitis;
- laryngotracheitis;
- tracheitis;
- bronchitis.
The components of the drug activate the epithelium of the respiratory tract. Taking the remedy helps to avoid stagnation of sputum - the causes of the deterioration of the patient's condition when coughing.
At what age can children be given?
The digestive system of babies is not able to digest plant components, so there are age restrictions when taking the product. A child over 12 months old can be given plantain syrup Doctor Theiss. The drug of the Herbion company is allowed to be used by small patients older than 2 years.
What cough should I take syrup when dry or wet?
The choice of drugs depends on several factors. Dry cough is considered unproductive, as the absence of sputum or the inability to excrete too viscous mucus leads to difficulty breathing. Such phenomena develop with viral infections or in the early days with bacterial diseases of the respiratory tract.
An expectorant drug liquefies thick mucus in the airways, provides easier passage and removal of sputum. The components of plantain do not affect the cough center of the brain. The effect of the natural remedy differs from synthetic central antitussive drugs.
Plantain syrup: instructions for use
The drug is prescribed to stimulate coughing, protect the respiratory tract from damage and irritation. To achieve this effect, you should know how to take syrup to patients of different age categories.
For children
- A child from 2 to 7 years old (early and preschool age) is given 5 ml or one scoop (ml) of Herbion syrup at one time.
- A single dosage for children from 7 to 14 years is 5 or 10 ml (1 or 2 ml.).
- Adolescents over 14 years old take 10 ml, which is 2 m.
It is recommended that the child be given the medicine three times a day. The course of therapy lasts from one to three weeks.
For adults
Patients over 14 years old should use 10 ml, or 2 ml. Of the drug, from three to five times a day. Drink the medicine with water or tea. The recommended duration of treatment for adults is at least 10 days.
Drug Interactions with Other Drugs
There are restrictions on taking an expectorant at the same time as medicines that suppress cough and reduce the formation of sputum.
This group includes:
- Libexin;
- "Sinecode";
- Omnitus
- Kodelak.
The interaction leads to the neutralization of the therapeutic effect of plantain syrup. Sputum removal is difficult, the risk of worsening of the condition increases, complications of the disease appear.
Doctors often prescribe a child or adult to take cough treatment and antihistamines at the same time. The first is recommended to drink no later than 2 hours before bedtime. For infections, inflammation and cough, it is better to take antihistamines once a day immediately before going to bed.
Contraindications, side effects
- It is forbidden to take any drug in the presence of hypersensitivity to one or more of its ingredients.
- Plantain syrup is also contraindicated in bronchial asthma, gastritis with increased secretion of acid, and gastric ulcer.
- During pregnancy and lactation, the drug is not recommended, since its clinical studies have not been conducted among these groups of patients.
- Contraindications for the treatment of Herbion and Doctor Theiss syrups based on plantain extract are congenital disorders of digestion and metabolism. These include: fructose intolerance, the inability to absorb simple carbohydrates, insufficient production of an enzyme in the body that breaks down sugars.
- Before using a sweet drug, patients with diabetes should consult a doctor.
Occasionally, the intake of plantain syrup causes undesirable manifestations. Most often this happens with a patient allergic to the ingredients in the composition of the drug. Rash, swelling of the mucous membranes and skin may occur. In such a situation, it is necessary to stop taking the drug and consult a doctor so that he prescribes another medicine.
The instruction for use mentions that so far there have been no reports of cases of overdose of plantain syrup with an adult or a child. However, with an accidental or intentional increase in the dose of the drug, nausea, heartburn, abdominal pain, loose stools, and vomiting may appear.
Drug Analogs
The choice of a dry cough remedy is determined by the nature of the symptoms and depends on the age of the patient. It is important to pay attention to the composition, indications, mechanism of action, contraindications. Plantain syrups "Herbion" and "Doctor Theiss" have no full analogues in these parameters. There are drugs that have similar therapeutic effects and the same form of release.
Plant-based expectorant preparations:
- Syrup of ivy "Herbion".
- Stoptussin-Fito.
- Licorice Syrup.
- "Dr. Mom."
- Althea syrup.
- Gedelix;
- "Prospan".
Acetylcysteine and carbocysteine, bromhexine and ambroxol are synthetic substances with a strong mucolytic effect. They thin the mucus and pus, facilitate the secretion in the process of coughing. Based on these active ingredients, many drugs are produced, including combined ones - from dry and wet cough.
Plantain syrup quickly enough softens a dry cough, while it has a natural composition, a minimum number of contraindications and side effects. Also, the advantage of the drug lies in the complex therapeutic effect. For the complete cure of the disease, which is accompanied by a cough, other drugs may also be required: immunostimulating, antihistamines, antipyretic and antibacterial.
