Oriental Botanicals Kids' Cough Fighter is a delicious kids' cough mixture, with ivy leaf to relieve children's coughs with no added sugar specially formulated for children aged 2 years and older.
Key Features and Benefits:
Contains ivy leaf, which decreases coughing in children. In Western herbal medicine, it's traditionally regarded as having expectorant, antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory actions on the respiratory tract
Also includes elecampane and thyme, which are traditionally used to clear children's bronchial mucous congestion in Western herbal medicine
Plus Chinese licorice, traditionally used to soothe children's coughs in Chinese medicine
Suitable for children aged 2 years and above
Delicious tasting formula with no added sugar - contains naturally derived blackcurrant flavour plus Chinese licorice for additional sweetness
Mixes easily in water or juice, so it's easy to give to your child
Vegan formula, with no added dairy products, gluten or nuts
Made in AustraliaHow it works:
Many children experience coughing and respiratory congestion from bronchial mucus from time to time. For example, coughing associated with a child's common cold can persist for two weeks or even longer(1).
A child coughs when their body is trying to clear unwanted matter like mucus (also known as phlegm or sputum) from their airways. This type of cough is sometimes described as being 'wet' or 'productive', and can result in mucus being coughed up.
In some instances, coughing may also be a response to inflammation or irritation of the mucous membranes in the respiratory tract. These types of coughs usually don't involve the clearing of mucus, so are often called dry' or 'unproductive' coughs. They may be associated with bursts of coughing that occur in spasms.
Chinese licorice:
Chinese licorice is included in Oriental Botanicals' Kids' Cough Fighter because it's traditionally used to reduce children's coughs in Chinese medicine.
This herb has a naturally sweet taste, which teams with the naturally derived blackcurrant flavour in Kids' Cough Fighter to create a great-tasting cough mix that's easy to administer to your child when mixed with water or juice.
Ivy leaf relieves kids' coughs:
Ivy leaf soothes children's coughs. Based on its traditional use in Western herbal medicine, it has expectorant properties to clear mucus from children's respiratory tracts.
Since it's also traditionally regarded as having anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic effects on the respiratory tract in Western herbal medicine, ivy leaf is suitable to use for a wide variety of children's coughs.
Elecampane and thyme: traditional expectorant herbs:
Elecampane is traditionally used to decrease children's coughs in Western herbal medicine.
Along with thyme, it's traditionally regarded as having expectorant properties, and is used to clear kids' bronchial mucous congestion in Western herbal medicine.
(1) Lamas, A. et al. Archivos de Bronconeumologia (English Edition), 2014;50(7):294-300.