BLACK PEARL BP065 YIN CHEN HAO WAN (JIA WEI) ARTEMISIA & RHUBARB

BLACK PEARL BP065 YIN CHEN HAO WAN (JIA WEI) ARTEMISIA & RHUBARB
Releases Exterior Wind-Cold, warms the Lung and resolves Phlegm-Fluid, disseminates the Lung Qi and alleviates coughing.

INDICATIONS:
Asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive, pulmonary disease (COPD), influenza.

SIGNS & SYMPTOMS:
Productive cough with thin clear or frothy sputum, Chills and mild fever, Aversion to cold, Absence of sweating, (anhidrosis), Generalised body aches, Shortness of breath, dyspnoea, wheezing, chest oppression, Pale tongue with a thin white coat that may also be greasy, Floating pulse.

ACTIONS OF THE MAIN HERBS:
Ephedra herb is used orally in formulas to treat common cold, asthma, bronchitis, oedema, enuresis, epistaxis, infantile diarrhoea, allergic rhinitis, urticaria. It has been shown to have bronchodilator, antipyretic, diaphoretic and diuretic actions. In addition it is a cardiac stimulant and increases cardiac, cerebral and muscular blood flow. Cinnamomum twig is used orally in formulas to treat common cold and influenza, palpitations, precordial chest pain, cough, arthralgia, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, dysuria and oedema. It has been shown to have the following cations: antipyretic, diaphoretic, vasodilator, anti-spasmodic, analgesic, cholagogue, antibacterial, hypoglycaemic and diuretic.

DOSAGE & COURSE OF TREATMENT:
8 – 12 pills, 3 times daily, half to one hour away from food. In severe cases and in the early stages of treatment (first 5 – 10 days) the dosage may be increased by 50 – 100%. Course of treatment: 1 to 3 weeks.

INGREDIENTS:
– Artemisia frigida, herb 茵陳蒿 75.0 mg
– Lysimachia christinae, herb 金錢草 75.0 mg
– Taraxacum mongolicum, herb 蒲公英 37.5 mg
– Gardenia jasminoides, fruit 栀子 30.0 mg
– Abrus cantoniensis, herb 雞骨草 30.0 mg
– Alisma orientale, rhizome 澤瀉 30.0 mg
– Crataegus pinnatifida, fruit 山楂 30.0 mg
– Curcuma longa, tuber 鬱金 22.5 mg
– Rheum palmatum, root and rhizome 大黃 22.5 mg
– Citrus aurantium, fruit 枳殼 22.5 mg

CAUTIONS & CONTRAINDICATIONS:
Avoid stimulants such as coffee, tea, guarana and cola containing drinks. Caution for those on anti-coagulant medications (i.e. Heparin, warfarin or aspirin). Caution in patients taking drugs that affect the central nervous system, antihypertensives, antiarrhythmic drugs (e.g. quinidine, procainamide, disopyramide).