- When there is cough and Pei Pa Lo or other kind of medication treatment, is it necessary to have special diet?
- When there are cough, phlegm and sore throat symptoms , during the medication treatment , alcohol , smoking, cold food and beverage, fried and greasy foods should be minimized. Some fruits such as watermelon, mango , pineapple , banana , orange are not suitable during medication, these food might prolong the symptoms . So be patient , you can always enjoy the food after the symptoms are cured .
- Can baby and children take the medication treatment?
- In general children under six years old, it is advised best to consult doctor. Children of six years to twelve years old may take half dosage - half tablespoon as adults, three times daily.
- Can pregnant or breast feed mother take the medication treatment ?
- It is not recommended to take the medicine during pregnancy, similar to other cold, spicy, raw food are unsuitable for pregnant women, the food or medicine substance will transfer direct to the foetus.
Medication to the breast feed mother has little effect on baby during medication. However, as baby immunity is not established, in order to avoid infection, if symptom persist, it is recommended mother to seek for doctor advice .
- It is not recommended to take the medicine during pregnancy, similar to other cold, spicy, raw food are unsuitable for pregnant women, the food or medicine substance will transfer direct to the foetus.
- Is there any side effect of Pei Pa Lo ?
- Pei Pa Lo nourishes the lung, in treating cough caused by to protect "yin consumptive disease". Its herbs ingredients are mild, there is no side effect for adults and children.
- Pei Pa Lo tastes sweet, would the sweetness promote phlegm?
- One of the key curing of Pei Pa Lo is to clear heat, dissolve phlegm and suppress cough. Indications: pattern of phlegm-heat obstructing the lung seen in common cold and bronchitis, manifested as cough with greasy or yellow phlegm. One of the herbs ingredient: Folium Eriobotryae (Pipaye) is specialize to dissolve the phlegm and suppress cough. Other ingredients Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae, Radix Stemonae and Radix Peucedani may dissipate binds and disperse abscesses.
- How does cough occur?
- Cough often comes together with phlegm. Cough may clean up respiratory, so one can breathe normally. If there is foreign object adheres inside the dry respiratory, and the foreign object that cannot be discharged, the respiration system will secrete more mucus that will bring out the foreign object, which is the “phlegm”. After flu or cold, respiratory inflammation and swelling, those cough is described as causing by the "wind-heat".
- What is dry cough ?
- Cough without phlegm is often dry and itchy, it can be painful too. It is caused by respiration irritation by foreign provocative. It is usually caused by smoke or dust. It can be also due to allergy.
- Will dry cough converts into cough with phlegm ?
- Yes, flu and virus exist in different form at stages. The symptom begins with cough with no phlegm, and later progress often becomes cough with phlegm.
- What is the difference between western and Chinese medication ?
- Western cough medicine often used as sedative to suppress cough, not treating the body health as a whole, it acts more rapidly, it is necessary to know if there is any side effect from the manual. Chinese medicine treating cold normally has four action “warming”, “moistening”, “supplement” and “cleaning” according the patient cough symptoms and conditions. Pei Pa Lo has no side effect, it warms and moist, nourishes and supplement the lung, dissolves the phlegm, cleans the respiratory , in order to cure the cough.
- How to distinguish Chinese and Western OTC drug?
- According to HK Department of Health for any Chinese OTC Medicine , the package must be printed with its registration no. either「HKC-XXXXX」or「HKP-XXXXX」or「HKNT-XXXXX」。Western OTC medicine is registered with「HK-XXXXX」。If no registration no. it is not under medicine category. The medicine package with Chinese characteristic, Chinese branding and wording in the packaging often mislead the products are Chinese medicine.
- How long does it take to cure the cough?
- With proper rest and diet. The cough symptom should be improved after a few days medication. If the symptom persists for a few weeks without improvement, you should consult doctor.
- Any method that we can recover sooner?
- Take more rest, fresh vegetable to get more vitamin C to enhance the immune system. Use warm water to soak the feet, and a gentle chest massage, and inhale warm steam to release discomfort from the chest. These actions may shorten the recovery time.
- After consumption, how to store the remain medicine ?
- For the remained medicine, tighten the cap, and store it in cool place (e.g fridge) till expiry date. You should notice under low temperature for a period of time, the active ingredient mentholum might partially crystallized and adhere on the bottle neck, which looks like some tiny transparent hair, the crystallized menthlolum is not harmful at all, it is safe to consume. If the crystallization occurs, just shake the medicine inside the bottle, the crystal will be dissolved.
- How to distinguish the fake and genuine product?
- The genuine Poon Goor Soe Pei Pa Lo cough syrup, the external box is printed with green characters, which has HK Department of Health Department or overseas approved registration no. The glass bottle is engraved with two sets of Chinese characters of 「潘高壽藥廠」- Poon Goor Soe Medicine Manufactory and「川貝枇杷露」- Pei Pa Lo at each side of the bottle. The bottle cap is also engraved with「潘高壽」vertically and horizontally across.