Lincas for coughs for children and adults

It's not a secret that cough and bronchitis can be treated with synthetic pharmacy products with expectorant, mucolytic or cough suppressive action, and medicinal plants. In the first case, the effect is obvious, but there is a negative effect on the body. In the second case, the treatment is safer, but it will be necessary to tinker, searching for suitable recipes, acquiring the necessary herbs, insisting or brewing them. How to combine the benefits and ease of use of the drug? And whether it is necessary to puzzle if everything has already been done in pharmacy medicines on a plant basis, one of which is "Linkas" for coughing with bronchitis, pharyngitis, tracheitis and other colds.

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Indications of the linkas from a cough

A multicomponent natural preparation with a rather sonorous and memorable name "Linkas" has not yet gained as wide popularity as everyone knows " Gedelix ", " Mukaltin ", "Plantain syrup", "Bronchicum", "Doctor Mom" and others. But probably, in the near future he will correct the situation, because the drug shows excellent results in the treatment of cough of various etiologies and character. The exception is only an allergic cough, the treatment of which with herbs is very doubtful, because even medicinal plants can act as allergens, only aggravating the situation.

Medicines on a plant-based basis with a specific effect are prescribed by doctors for upper and lower respiratory tract infections of an inflammatory, bacterial or viral nature. Basically, these are laryngitis, pharyngitis, tracheitis, bronchitis, which are usually accompanied by a cough. But the "Linkas" preparation can also help to get rid of the painful cough in ARVI and the flu, to ease the condition of patients with pneumonia.

There is information about his appointment in connection with the smoker's cough, because it helps to remove the mucus accumulated in the bronchi and reduces the frequency of coughing attacks.

Therapy "Linkas" with bronchial asthma is possible only in the absence of an allergic reaction to any of the components of the drug, and they have different forms of the drug at least seven. In addition, for the treatment of asthma, there are more effective drugs with bronhorasshryayuschim and spasmolytic effect.

On the Internet, you can find mutually exclusive information about which cough to use "Linkas". Some sources say that this remedy for dry cough, in others it is written that the drug facilitates the withdrawal of phlegm with a damp cough, and doctors appoint "Linkas" from both wet and dry cough. So who is right?

And all are right, because a rich plant composition provides the drug with properties that will be useful for any kind of cough. It reduces the intensity of the symptom and at the same time contributes to an easier sputum discharge.

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Release form

"Linkas" is a preparation not only multi-component, but also assuming various ways of its application. In addition to the usual cough syrup, the drug is also available in the form of pastilles with various flavors, ointments and powder. So everyone who wants to get better soon can get himself a form of the drug that meets his needs and opportunities.

The most popular form of "Linkas", applied from a painful cough, is a syrup, which is a semi-liquid composition, which is sweetened with sugar, which has a brownish hue and a rich herbal taste. "Linkas" in the form of syrup can be found in four types:

• "Lincas" syrup for children and adult patients in a 90 ml vial that contains 10 medicinal plants and herbs:

• dry extracts of adhate and hyssop leaves,
• dried licorice and kalgan roots,
• flowers of violets and althea,
• dry fruits of broad-leaved cord and zizifus (unami, Chinese date),
• leaflets and flowers of the highlander onspoma bracteate,
• roots and fruits of tropical pepper spice pippa

 plus auxiliary substances, including sugar and aromatic oils of mint and cloves.

• "Linkas" syrup without sugar. The volume of the bottle as in the previous case is 90 ml. It includes all the same components, but instead of sucrose, a sugar substitute is used, saccharinate, which makes it possible to treat people with high blood glucose, for example, patients with diabetes mellitus, with a syrup.
• "Lincas" sweet syrup for children 90 ml. It is a drug with a corrected dose and composition of basic and additional substances, with which it is possible to treat the smallest patients.
• "Linkas" BSS (Espectorant Plus) with 120 ml sugar with changed composition:
  • leaves adhate,
  • roots of licorice,
  • fruits of buckwheat, cord, althea, yellowfold nightshade and long pepper,
  • leaflets and flowers of basil.

All plants are included in the syrup in the form of a thick extract, rather than dry, as in the previous versions.

The second most popular form of the drug is lozenges, which because of their round coin-shaped form are called tablets or candies. Tablets "Linkas" - a myth based on the error of perception of form. The drug is not available in tablets.

But back to the pastilles, which are called "Lincas" ENT, because unlike syrup, they are called to fight not only with a problem cough, but also with other symptoms of colds, such as fever and sore throat. The fact that the lozenges are designed for resorption and can for a longer time have a therapeutic effect on the mucous throat, while the syrup copes much faster and more effectively with the problem of excretion of sputum.

Since pastilles need to gradually dissolve in the mouth, and with the usual herbal taste it is not very pleasant to do, the producers have added various tastes to the composition of the medicine: mint, lemon-honey, orange. The lozenges have a brown tint and include dry plant extracts:

• leaflets adhatodes and hyssop,
• roots of licorice and kalgan,
• flowers of violets,
• roots and fruits of pepper.

Among the auxiliary components we find flavor essences, eucalyptus oil, sugar, etc. Due to the inclusion of sugar in pastilles, diabetics are not suitable.

There is also a form of the drug, like a powder called "Lincas" of ARVI, which contains small granules of brown hue. Of these granules, it is then necessary to prepare a medicinal solution for oral administration. Packed granules in individual sachets with a dosage of 5.6 g.

"Lincas" of ARVI is used for cold cough, against the background of acute viral infections, because it simultaneously helps to eliminate symptoms such as fever, headaches, nasal congestion, painful swallowing.

The powder can be without flavor (it has a weak menthol flavor) or have different flavors (anise, cardamom, coffee, chocolate, lemon). Granules are made on the basis of a dense aqueous extract of the following plants:

• willow white (dry bark),
• adhata and eucalyptus (dry leaves),
• violet (dry leaves and flowers),
• licorice and valerian (dry roots with rhizomes),
• Chinese tea (dried leaflets),
• fennel it also fennel (seeds).

The powder contains sucrose, which should be taken into account by patients with diabetes mellitus and those who practice a hypocaloric diet.

The drug also has a form of release as an ointment whitish in color with the name "Linkas" Balm. Ointment facilitates cold symptoms and cough with external application and inhalation. It contains camphor and menthol, eucalyptus, clove and turpentine oils plus paraffin of two kinds.

All forms of the drug are produced by the Pakistani pharmaceutical company Herbion.

"Linkas" is a drug from any kind of  cough that exhausts a person without bringing relief. This is an unproductive dry cough, which is usually observed at the beginning of the disease, or its follower is a wet cough, if the spitting of the sputum causes difficulties. With a productive moist cough with a mild sputum, antitussive and expectorants are not needed.

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Pharmacodynamics

It is believed that multicomponent drugs are designed specifically so that they can simultaneously provide several beneficial effects for a particular disease or symptom. The preparation "Linkas" confirms this theory, after all it is attributed to an expectorant, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, antipyretic, antibacterial and antitussive action. And all thanks to its medicinal herbs.

Adhodata vascular due to the content of alkaloid Vazicin is considered a good antiseptic and expectorant, which facilitates the easy removal of mucus from the bronchi.

Licorice naked is famous not only for its positive effect on the stomach, but also for its contribution to cough treatment. Its root contains special substances - saponins, stimulating the work of the ciliary epithelium of the bronchi and increasing the production of a semi-liquid secret. Thus, the sputum is diluted and easy to remove. Malt is credited with spasmolytic, expectorant, anti-inflammatory and good antiallergic effect.

Pepper is long (pippali) known as antitussive, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial agent, which, like licorice, prevents the appearance of allergy symptoms. This component is included in the composition of preparations for the treatment of bronchial asthma and whooping cough.

Althaeus is famous for its anti-inflammatory and expectorant properties, due to which it is used in several cough medicines as the main active substance.

Violet fragrant is inherent in almost the whole complex of actions, useful for colds and coughs. It has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, soothing, antibacterial, antispasmodic effect, facilitates sputum expectoration.

Hyssop medicinal is a whole storehouse of useful medicinal properties. In the fight against cough, it is valued for a mild antitussive effect, due to which the amount and intensity of coughing attacks is markedly reduced, which does not prevent the excretion of sputum. Another plant is characterized by antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect.

Zizifus vulgaris is also included in the composition due to its ability to facilitate expectoration of sputum, fight bacteria, reduce pain symptoms, have a calming effect on the central nervous system.

Cordy broadleaf is rarely used in non-traditional medicine, and "Linkas" is, perhaps, the only registered drug that contains this plant. But this does not detract from the properties of the plant (the cordage is a fruit tree). It has an expectorant, antiseptic, analgesic, antipyretic effect. In addition, it is a good antispasmodic and additionally a fighter with helminths.

About the Kalgan great (alpinia galanga) can be spoken of as a plant with a good bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effect, which also helps to cough up mucus from the bronchi more easily.

The bark of willow white is an anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antipyretic and analgesic. Valerian has a sedative effect and prevents seizures of a night cough, if the drug is taken in the evening. And fennel is known as an excellent expectorant and soothing.

Badyan is the first plant on the basis of which lollies from a cough were created more than a century ago. The plant promotes liquefaction and easy expectoration of sputum, helps to restore voice after illness.

Nightshade has anti-inflammatory effect and facilitates sputum discharge. A basil - a natural antibiotic - reduces the temperature and makes breathing easier when you cough.

As you can see, the preparation contains all those plants and herbs that have a useful effect for colds, accompanied by coughing, fever, sore throats.

Now as to the form in the form of ointment, its components are also called to facilitate cough due to its medicinal properties:

Menthol - a remedy with a local irritant effect, when rubbed into the skin of the breast is able to relieve pain and have an anti-inflammatory effect, is considered an antiseptic. The inhalation of its fumes has mucolytic and expectorant effects.

Eucalyptus oil with local application also has analgesic, antihistaminic, antiseptic effect. The inhalation of the ether promotes liquefaction and easy excretion of sputum, facilitates breathing and prevents hypoxia. Eucalyptus is characterized by bactericidal and antiviral effects.

Camphor in the ointment is used as a pain-relieving remedy. It is a good antiseptic, effectively removing irritation from the outside and inflammation of the venerable organism. Irritating the nerve endings, with local use in the chest, it stimulates the action of the respiratory center, improves the cellular nutrition of tissues.

Turpentine oil has properties similar to camphor. If the ointment is used for inhalation, couples of turpentine stimulate a cough reflex, simultaneously exerting an expectorant and mucolytic effect.

Clove oil is considered a good antiseptic, it is characterized by anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effect, it alleviates the pain in the throat and muscles caused by a cold, SARS, bronchitis.

Pharmacodynamics of the drug can be written for a long time and a lot. But in short we can say that "Linkas" is peculiar to reduce the intensity and increase the productivity of cough. So, it will be useful with a dry and difficult wet cough. Anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects of the drug contribute to the alleviation of the patient's condition and stimulate an early recovery, which prevents the development of complications.

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Pharmacokinetics

It is not necessary to judge the pharmacokinetics of the drug. First, herbal preparations are considered drugs with a minimum of harm to the body, so the pharmacokinetic properties of herbs are not particularly studied, unlike synthetic active substances. Secondly, "Linkas" is a multicomponent drug, which again makes it impossible to study the pharmacokinetics of its individual constituents.

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Dosing and administration

This question should also be considered from the point of view of individual forms of the preparation " Linkas" from cough  and other cold symptoms.

Syrup is a medicine, the use of which is allowed, regardless of the time of eating. Diluting the syrup with water or drinks is not necessary, it already has a rather pleasant taste.

Children from six months to 8 years are recommended three times a day. A single dose for children under the age of three is 2.5 ml, which takes half a teaspoon. Children 3-8 years of age, the dose is doubled, now it is 5 ml (one teaspoon).

Since the age of 8, the drug is recommended to be taken 4 times a day if the doctor does not prescribe otherwise. Children are given the same dose of 5 ml, patients older than 18 years - 10 ml.

Take the syrup will have about 5-7 days. Further increase in the course of treatment with the syrup "Linkas" is possible only with the permission of the doctor.

Treatment with lozenges also does not require the observance of the interval between meals and medical procedure. "Lollipops" need to slowly dissolve in the mouth, until they completely dissolve.

The interval between taking the lozenges is usually 2 to 3 hours. It is not recommended to eat more than 8 lozenges a day. The course of treatment is usually 3-5 days, but it can be increased up to 7 days.

Powder "Lincas" is taken with the same interval as the lozenges, after having dissolved the granules from one sachet-bag in 1 glass of warm water. You need to take medicine slowly. A standard course of treatment is usually carried out within a week, although on the recommendation of a doctor it can be increased.

Ointment "Linkas" can be used for rubbing and inhalation. In the first case, the place of application of the ointment is chosen based on the existing cold symptoms. If it is a cough - a tool applied to the chest, neck, back, rub it into the skin and cover it with a warm cloth to provide a warming effect and improve the expectoration of sputum.

If there is a runny nose or stuffy nose, ointment is worth putting on the wings of the nose, and nasal breathing will be greatly facilitated without the use of vasodilators.

With muscle pain, which is often the case with influenza or bronchitis, it is advisable to apply the ointment on those areas where the pain is felt, and not just on the chest or nose area. And again it is better to sore a sore spot.

Inhalations with ointment can be carried out for the treatment of adult patients. To obtain an inhalation composition 1 tsp. Balm is dissolved in the prepared hot water. With the help of an inhaler or just above a steaming pot, you need to breathe deeply in pairs of the medication for 5-10 minutes. The re-finished mixture is not used.

The procedure of inhalation of therapeutic vapors is recommended to be carried out 3 to 4 times a day by a course of 5-7 days. The same requirements also apply to rubbing.

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Application for children

 Any kinds of syrups are allowed to be given to children from the age of 6 months old. Ointment "Linkas" can be used to grind children older than 2 years, but inhalation can only be carried out by adults. Lozenges and a solution of granules are forms of medication for adults, so it is not advisable to prescribe them before the age of 18, although doctors do not see anything wrong with prescribing fragrant "candies" to children over 5 years of age.

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Use of the linkas from a cough during pregnancy

Despite the relative safety of the herbs that make up the "Linkas" preparation, prescribing it to pregnant women is also considered undesirable. The reason for caution is the lack of information about the effect of the herbal preparation on the fetus and the course of pregnancy (still some components are antispasmodics, and with them during this period you need to be cautious). And the inclusion of licorice in the composition helps increase the level of estrogen, which during pregnancy is very dangerous.

If the need for treatment has arisen during breastfeeding, for this period the baby is better to be switched to milk mixes, to find another wet nurse, or to seek safer cough treatment methods.

Contraindications

Since there are several forms of the "Linkas" preparation, used for coughing and other symptoms of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract, it is advisable to consider important points concerning each of the forms. After all, if you do not take into account contraindications to the drug, treatment of one disease can turn into problems with other organs and systems.

Syrups "Linkas ". A single contraindication for all types of syrup is the individual intolerance of at least one of a large number of components included in the preparation, including non-plant substances.

"Linkas" for adults and children, as well as "Linkas" Plus, containing sugar, are not suitable for the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus and severe obesity, patients with impaired glucose metabolism, intolerance to fructose.

Pastilles "Linkas" ENT. Also not applicable for hypersensitivity to the composition of the drug and diabetes. Relative contraindications are organic heart lesions (eg, myocardial infarction or inflammatory pathologies of the myocardium, pericardium and other layers of the heart), hypertension, 3 degree of obesity. Caution should be observed in patients with kidney and liver diseases, hypokalemia.

Powder "Linkas" of ARVI is  not used in violation of glucose metabolism, fructose intolerance, hypersensitivity to the components of the drug. Caution is observed when the liver or kidneys, liver and kidney problems, problems with the heart and blood vessels, high blood viscosity.

Ointment "Linkas" Balm is  not suitable only for people with allergic reactions, arising from intolerance of individual components of the drug. Not suitable for application to mucous membranes.

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Side effects of the linkas from a cough

Side effects of the drug are usually reduced to allergic reactions in people with hypersensitivity to the components of the drug. External application of the ointment causes predominantly local reactions: skin irritation, itching, rash, etc. But the use of oral forms and ointments for inhalations without taking into account the sensitivity of the organism in addition to light local reactions may be fraught with more serious (Quincke's edema).

People with metabolic disorders, kidney and heart pathologies in the treatment of pastilles may increase blood pressure, the development of hypokalemia, the appearance of unusual weakness.

The appearance of any suspicious symptoms is a signal to stop using the drug and consult a doctor for further treatment.

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Overdose

Regarding the overdose, due to the excess of the recommended doses of various forms of the "Linkas" preparation, there was no information. But as for the prolonged use of the drug (more than 14 days), it can lead to an increase in side effects, a disturbance of the water-electrolyte balance, and as a consequence to the development of myopathy against a background of potassium deficiency ( hypokalemia ).

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Interactions with other drugs

In general, plant-based medicines are well suited for the complex treatment of various diseases, since they rarely enter into reactions leading to reduced efficacy, increased side effects, or increased toxic effects on the body on their part or on the part of other drugs. "Linkas" can also be safely combined with other medicines of synthetic or plant origin, except for drugs that depress the work of the cough center. Such properties are possessed by codeine-containing drugs that will inhibit sputum excretion, which will reduce the effectiveness of "Linkas" from coughing.

The drug has no inhibitory effect on the nervous system and does not slow down the reaction rate, which allows it to be used by people engaged in potentially hazardous jobs.

But patients with diabetes should first read the instructions to the drug, and make sure that the "Lincas" form they acquire does not contain a critical amount of sugar, which in the sweet syrup, for example, is about 70%. Identical situation with pastilles. The most suitable forms for diabetics are syrup without sugar and ointment.

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Storage conditions

With the storage of the drug, problems usually do not arise. Suitable for all forms of storage conditions are: air temperature up to 25 degrees and (preferably!) Protection from direct sunlight. Virtually all forms of medicine have a pleasant enough taste that attracts children. To avoid misuse of the drug, it must be stored out of the reach of children.

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Shelf life

The drug has a sufficiently long shelf life of all its forms. The medicine in syrup, pastilles, granules and ointments can be used for 3 years from the date of manufacture, which allows them to cure with their help a cough for more than one season.

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Analogues of "Linkas"

"Linkas" for cough and cold symptoms can be called unique in its composition, because the same set of medicinal plants can not be found in any other medication, except that it will be a home-made medicine. In other words, the preparation has no analogs in terms of the composition of the active substances.

Another thing is that it is fashionable to use other herbal preparations, such as "Alteika", "Gedelix", "Herbion", "Plantain syrup", "Doctor MOM" and others, to combat the cough. These drugs also contribute to the relief of dry cough and increase the productivity of wet without the negative effect on the body, which is characteristic of drugs with chemical constituents. And still, even with herbal preparations you need to be careful, because herbs can also have their contraindications and limitations to use. In addition, it is always necessary to take into account the nature of the cough and the etiology of the disease, not forgetting that all infectious and inflammatory diseases require complex treatment, and you can not manage alone with cough tablets.

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Reviews about the drug

If someone expects to see here a lot of positive feedback, beautiful words and pompous phrases, this will not happen. Scientists have not yet come up with a drug that would be equally effective for all patients. Yes, and it is hardly possible to think of this, because the body of each person is unique, and to predict its reaction to various components of medicines is very difficult.

What can I say, even the metabolism of different people varies, so it's not surprising that one person is relieved from taking drugs almost immediately, and another can suffer a day or more before he feels the result of treatment.

The immune system also does not stand aside, and if it is severely weakened with inflammation it will be very difficult to fight. There is no need to expect a rapid effect in this case, and in order to completely recover it will be necessary to take all measures to increase immunity.

But back to our drug, reviews of which are of great variety, and not because "Linkas" is not effective from coughing. It can not be inefficient, having such a specific composition. Simply the organism of different people reacts to it differently.

For example, some people write that a vegetative preparation does not help with a severe cough, so it is better to give preference to synthetic drugs (Ambroxol, Lazolvan, Broncholitin, ATSTS, etc.). But you read reviews about these drugs, and the situation repeats: someone was helped, and others were unhappy with their actions.

A positive feature of the drug is the taste of syrup, lozenges and a solution of powder. Nevertheless, it is always more pleasant to be treated with a delicious medicine. However, there are also such reviews, where they write that little children refuse to drink syrup and spit it out, despite the sweetness. But such statements are not very many. Maybe the drug is not as tasty as sweets and candies from the store, but it's more savory than many other syrups.

To syrup "Linkas" the elderly people are very positive. Chemical preparations for them with their own health should be taken very carefully. And they do not want the old man to "poison his body with any kind of chemistry." And the composition of the preparation "Linkas" came to many elderly people. They know the value of each component of the medicine and believe in the immeasurable power of nature.

By the way, about the price. The popularity of syrup and other forms of "Linkas" is enhanced not only by the taste, but also by the price of the medication, which many consider quite affordable. Yes even for such a quick effect. In most of the reviews, it is said that the cough, if not completely gone, then significantly subsided and softened within the first 3-4 days.

Of course, there are those to whom the drug has not helped, but it is mostly people with neglected forms of the disease. Negatively can respond about the drug and those who are accustomed to some other drug and just give him an advertisement: they say, it helped me, so it will help you too.

By the way, people either keep silent about side effects, or they are really so rare. But about fast and safe treatment of a flu, ORVI, a bronchitis very many write. Those who liked the drug are advised by their relatives and friends, and thus the popularity of herbal medicines "Linkas" from cough and cold is growing.