油虫珠

我女儿一岁大以后, 家婆就常常给她喝糖浆七星茶,但我总是觉得糖浆的七星茶太甜而且不知道她的身体是否适合常喝七星茶。

有一次她小伤风就带她让中医师看看并顺便带了糖浆七星茶让他给给意见。 他指出那种糖浆七星茶含有酒精和高糖分,应该少喝或尽量泡稀薄点。
他还开了适合我女儿的七星茶配方让我自己煎煮给孩子喝. 材料如下:

1. 山楂
2. 竹叶
3. 谷芽
4. 麦芽
5. 灯芯
6. 炒薏仁
7. 蝉衣
8. 琵琶叶
9. 甘草
10. 油虫珠

以上材料有些我懂有些不懂但它们的名字都满好听的, 对吧?
直到去了中药铺才知道什么是油虫珠. 你知道油虫珠是什么吗?

是'蟑螂粪便' - 治小孩肚风和呕吐等.. 哈哈

Ivy Extracts – Benefit in Peditric Bronchial Asthma

I believe many mothers are resist to western medicine when they fall sick, just like me. I was a little hesitate to give my daughter the PROSPAN cough syrup prescribed by the pediatrician but I was at ease after knowing the ingredient – Dried ivy leaf extract.

Do you know what is Ivy called in Chinese? 常春藤

Ivy is recommended for illnesses of the respiratory tract and symptomatic treatment of chronic inflammatory bronchial conditions. You can find out the details from the American Botanical Council.

The syrup did help to relieve and ease my daughter’s coughing. Now I always keep a bottle of PROSPAN at home in case family members need it. Recently my husband was having bad cough but his condition was improved after consuming PROSPAN for a few days.

PROSPAN is made in Germany and distributed worldwide .It is manufactured by Engelhard Arzneitmittel. You have to buy PROSPAN cough syrup with prescription in Singapore (around SGD 7++) while it is a non-prescription medicine in Malaysia that you can easily get from pharmacies (around RM 9++).

Impressions to share:

I let my family members to consume PROSPAN because Ivy is herbal medicine – is nature. It is …

o mucolytic – mucous-reducing
o secretolytic - secretion-reducing
o spasmolytic - relieving or preventing spasms

It has non-drowsy, alcohol-free, sugar-free formula and it tastes like cherry – my daughter does not resist drinking it.☺ Not to worry, it is non-additive.

It has no side effects only in rare cases, it may have a laxative effect due to the content of sorbitol (山梨醇) in the product.

You may also want to read the PROSPAN cough syrup information posted at the following:

http://ugaritpharma.com/prospan/Prospan_en.html#Composition:

My personal opinion - PROSPAN may not help for all kinds of cough but you can try when if you are not having stubborn cough. For serious illness is always better to consult your doctor.