Cough & Throat Tonic
100ml
A natural soothing tonic that can be taken to ease sore throats, coughs, bronchial catarrh and other minor upper respiratory tract infections. Beneficial for recurring coughs.
Active ingredients
Thyme, echinacea, liquorice, liquid zinc, ginger
Directions
Shake well and take 10ml three times daily with a little juice or water.
Liquorice
Liquorice gargle performed 5 minutes before anaesthesia is effective in attenuating the incidence and severity of post-operative sore throat
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19535697
Review of antitussive and expectorant activities of liquorice and its major compounds: Water and ethanol extracts of liquorice, could decrease cough frequency at 200mg/kg by 25-59%
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29224994
Echinacea
An echinacea/sage preparation is as efficacious and well-tolerated as a chlorhexidine/lidocaine spray in the treatment of acute sore throat (clinical trial)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3351972/
Echinacea shortens the duration and severity of colds and other upper respiratory infections (URIs)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15035888
Thyme
Thyme demonstrated effect in the management of chronic respiratory diseases https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0753332218323072
Systematic review for herbal medicine used in cough: Strong evidence for thyme-based preparations being significantly superior to placebo in alleviating the frequency and severity of patients' cough symptoms
https://www.karger.com/Article/Fulltext/442111
Ginger
Ginger demonstrated activity against human respiratory syncytial virus in human respiratory tract cell lines https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23123794