platycodon grandiflorum, gypsum fibrosum, pericarpium papaveris, liquorice, ephedra, radix stemonae, and semen armeniacae amarae, with starch and magnesium stearate as the auxiliary materials.
Shape and properties
The drug is brown and in the form of tablets; its taste is bitter.
Functions
ventilating lung, and relieving cough and asthma. It's used for treatment of cough and asthma caused by bronchitis, and the elderly-related asthma with phlegm.
Specification
Each tablet weighs 0.6 grams.
Usage and dosage
It can be taken orally twice a day, with 2-4 tablets at a time.
Avoidance
It's prohibited for children, pregnant women, lactating women as well as patients with high blood pressure and a heart disease to take the drug.
Drug interactions
If it is taken along with other medicine, drug interaction is likely to occur, so please consult physician or pharmacist for detailed information.
Storage
sealed up, and placed in a cool, dry place.
Notes 1. Avoid smoking, drinking and eating spicy, cold, and greasy food.
2. It is not advisable for patients to take nourishing Chinese medicine during the medication.
3. Patients with deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach should take the drug with caution.
4. Patients suffering from bronchiectasis, pulmonary abscess, a pulmonary heart disease, and tuberculosis should go to hospital when symptoms such as cough and asthma are displayed.
5. The drug is not suitable for long-term use; patients should go to hospital after taking the medicine for 3 days without relief of symptoms.
6. Patients should take the drug in strict accordance with its Usage and Dosage, and the aged should take it under the guidance of a physician.
7. Patients allergic to this medicine are forbidden to take it; patients with allergic constitution should take it with caution.
8. This medicine should be prohibited when its shape and properties are changed.
9. Please put it at the place out of children's reach.
10. If other medicine is taken as well, please consult a physician or pharmacist prior to taking this medicine.
11. Athletes should take it with caution.
