Jin Zhen oral liquid is a common pediatric medicine, when the child coughs obviously, many parents will give the baby Jin Zhen oral liquid, but Jin Zhen oral liquid is suitable for all children suffering from respiratory diseases?
Composition of the drug
Goat horn, flat fritillary, rhubarb, skullcap, green limestone, raw gypsum, artificial bezoar, licorice.
Functional indications
Clear away heat and detoxify, dispel phlegm and relieve cough. It is used for children with acute bronchitis and phlegm-fever cough, manifested as fever, cough, cough and vomit yellow sputum, unpleasant cough, red tongue, yellow greasy, etc.
Component analysis
(1) Goat horn: salty. Clear away heat, calm convulsions, disperse stasis and relieve pain. It is used for fever and epilepsy, headache, postpartum abdominal pain, and dysmenorrhea in children.
(2) Flat fritillary: bitter, sweet. Clear heat and moisten the lungs, dissolve phlegm and relieve cough, used for hot and dry cough in the lungs, dry cough with less phlegm, yin deficiency and fatigue, and cough with blood in sputum.
(3) Rhubarb: bitter. Pour down and attack, clear heat and expel fire, cool blood and detoxify.
(4) Skullcap: bitter. It is used for lung fever and cough, high fever and thirst, blood heat vomiting, carbuncle swelling and sores poison.
(5) Green stone: sweet, salty, flat. Falling phlegm and gas, calming the liver and calming the convulsions. It is used for stubborn phlegm cementation, cough and shortness of breath, epilepsy, irritability, chest tightness, convulsions.
(6) Raw gypsum: sweet, pungent. Clear away heat and quench thirst. It is used for external fever, high fever and polydipsia, pulmonary heat, wheezing and coughing, stomach fire, headache, toothache.
(7) Artificial bezoar: Gan,. Clear away heat and detoxify, dissolve phlegm and calm shock. It is used for phlegm, fever, madness, dizziness, children's convulsions, sore throat, mouth and tongue sores, carbuncle and boils.
(8) Licorice: sweet, flat. Clear away heat and detoxify, reconcile all medicines.
Dosage
6 months to 1 year: 5 mL once, 3 times a day;
2 years to 3 years: 10mL once, 2 times a day;
4 years to 7 years: 10mL once, 3 times a day;
8 to 14 years: 15 mL once, 3 times a day.
Treatment lasts 5-7 days, or as directed by a doctor.
Are all cold coughs available
From the analysis of the formula, it can be seen that most of Jinzhen oral liquid is cold medicine, which is more suitable for "heat syndrome", such as high fever, cough with yellow phlegm, sore throat, red tongue, yellow greasy and other symptoms;
The "cold syndrome", such as wind chill cold, wind chill cough, showing symptoms such as cold fever, runny nose, cough with white sputum and thin texture, thin white tongue coating, etc., should not be used Jin Zhen oral liquid, otherwise it is cold on cold.
Which situations
Not suitable for use?
The functional indication said that "pediatric acute bronchitis is consistent with phlegm, fever and cough". Therefore, this medicine is a medicine for the treatment of acute diseases of phlegm, fever and cough in children.
1. "Phlegm fever cough" as the name suggests: to have phlegm cough, no phlegm dry cough, it is best not to use.
2. You have to have a hot cough, and if there is no heat, it is best not to use it. For example, the child only has a runny nose, a clear throat, a dry cough, and no phlegm. Then, this situation is not applicable to Jinzhen oral liquid.
3. Children with spleen and stomach deficiency should not use Jinzhen oral liquid, otherwise there will be diarrhea and loose stools.
4. Children who are weak and cough for a long time are not suitable for Jin Zhen. Because of this, cold medicine is not conducive to nourishing lung qi.
Attention should be paid to hyphenation
1. All Chinese patent medicines for the treatment of cough based on cold phlegm, wind and cold should not be combined with Jinzhen oral liquid
For example, cold and heat clearing granules, cold and wind pills, Tongxuanli lung pills, three tablets, etc.
2. All Chinese patent medicines for the treatment of dry cough and asthma with less phlegm and no phlegm as the main manifestation should not be combined with Jinzhen oral liquid
For example, Lily Gujin Oral Liquid, Maiwei Dihuang Pill, Jinguo Drink, Yangyin Qinglung Pill, Suhuang Cough Suppressant Capsule, Clam Dingchuan Pill, etc.
3. It is also a Chinese patent medicine for the treatment of phlegm, heat and cough, and it cannot be used in combination if there is a case of repeated medication.
For example, Antelope Qinglung Pill also contains antelope horn, rhubarb, fritillary, skullcap and licorice, which treats phlegm and fever cough, and the effect is repeated, and the medicinal taste is repeated, which is a repeated medication.
For another example, the bezoar snake gallbladder Chuanbei liquid also contains bezoar and fritillary, which is used to treat phlegm, heat and cough, and the efficacy is repeated, and the medicinal taste is repeated, which is a repeated medication.
Precautions
1. Avoid spicy, cold, and greasy foods.
2. It is not advisable to take tonic Chinese medicine at the same time while taking the medicine.
3. Patients with weak spleen and stomach and loose stools should use with caution.
4. Infants and diabetic children should take it under the guidance of a physician.
5. It is not suitable for those who have wind and cold and closed lungs, internal injuries and long-term cough.
6. Patients with a fever and body temperature of more than 38.5°C should go to the hospital.
7. If the symptoms are not relieved after taking the medicine for 3 days, you should go to the hospital for treatment.
Reviewers: Yang Yuanrong, Chief Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Jingzhou Central Hospital, Xiong Jianqun, Deputy Chief Pharmacist
Author: Liu Kaifei, chief pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Jingzhou Central Hospital