Category: Breathing, acute attack, hidden pathogen, lung system, immunity.

Use of the formula according to Traditional Chinese Medicine:

• clears heat and eliminates toxins
• clears wind-heat
• regulates Tai Yang and Yang Ming during wind attacks
• clears the throat, stops pain

Description:

Wind-heat, for example during an acute attack, enters the respiratory tract through the mouth and nose and settles in the nasopharynx and throat area. There, it causes stagnation and overheating, which manifests as inflammation – swelling, redness, burning and pain, or sharp pain when swallowing. It feels as if we have razor blades in our throat. Plugs on the tonsils and bad breath may also appear – these are already symptoms of fire toxin, which needs to be cleared to prevent complications – for example, a peritonsillar abscess.

The formula contains surface toxin removers and herbs that expel wind-heat from the surface, thereby very effectively influencing the mentioned pathogenic factors. The San Gen in the name refers to 3 roots (Isatis, reed, and kudzu). The first deals excellently with inflammation in the throat, the second clears heat and the irritability caused by it, and kudzu releases the surface and helps to expel the pathogen. Together with the reed, it also moisturises mucous membranes dried out by heat and inflammation, thereby helping their regeneration and the subsidence of pain.

Indications:

• sore throat in acute infection
• influenza
• acute attack with sore throat, headache, fever or chills
• laryngitis
• pharyngitis
• swollen tonsils or plugs on the tonsils
• difficulty swallowing due to swelling and sore throat
• yellow to green phlegm in the throat and nasopharynx area
• hoarseness or difficulty speaking

Modern use:

• influenza or other viral infections
• acute laryngitis
• acute pharyngitis

Tongue:

• red
• with a yellow coating (in the early stage of infection, this change may not be noticeable)

Pulse:

• rapid and superficial

Contraindications:

• none known

Recommendation:

It is good to start taking the mixture at the first signs of an external attack – a viral infection with a sore throat; it is therefore good to have it as part of your home medicine cabinet. It has high antiviral activity.

Composition of the formula: