Abstract:
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions having antiviral activity against Coronavirus, and more particularly against those viruses responsible for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). In a preferred embodiment it comprises a total standardised extract of a Scutellariae spp.
Abstract:
The present invention disclosed a pharmaceutical preparation of Chinese herb which consists of Kidney-reinforcing and antiasthma herbs, wherein said Chinese herbs comprises Ferilla Frutescens, Prunus Armeniaca, Glycyrrhiza Uralensis, Scutellaria Baicalensis, Coptis Chinesis, Tusilago Farfara, Stemona Sessilifolia, Fritllaria Cirrhosa, Pheretima Aspergillum, Psoralea Corylifolia, Codonopsis Pilosula, Hordeum Vulgara, Massa Fermentata Medicalis, Schisandra Chinensis, Gypsum. The preparation has been used in China for 20 years, and in Israel for more than 5 years. It has cured thousands of patients suffering from asthma, with the effective rate of 93%. The present pharmaceutical preparation can relieve cough, expel phlegm, resist the airway allergic inflammation reaction, improve the pulmonary function and the partial pressure of the oxygen in blood, increase CD2, CD4, CD4/CD8, reduce IgE in blood, and increase CAMP, reduce CGMP in blood, stabilize clasmatoblasts, inhibit the release of histamine, stop asthmatic attack. As is shown in the electron microscope, the preparation protects pneumonocytes, increase the pneumonocytes of type 2, and recover the vital capacity. It can be applied to hormone depending patients for adjusting the decrease of the cerebral ganglia hypophysis adrenal axes. To further demonstrate the curative effect, a study of clinical observation was carried out in the Tel-Hashomer Hospital in Israel, which proved the effect was quit remarkable.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to compositions containing plant materials or extracts with inhibitory effect on a 5-HT3a and/or NK-1 receptor for preventing or treating idiopathic vomiting.
Abstract:
The subject invention provides a novel and advantageous method for preventing and treating viral infection. Specifically exemplified herein are therapeutic uses of forsythoside A and jacaranone, compounds isolated from traditional Chinese medicinal material such as Fructus f?rsythiae (Lian Qiao). Also provided is use of a Yin Qiao San composition for preventing and treating viral infection.