Tonzilgon

Tonzilgon is the combined drug of a plant origin possessing the immunostimulating and antiinflammatory action.

Medicine has the dragee form - smooth, biconvex, light blue color. One dragee incorporates mallow root powder (8 mg), horsetail grass powder (10 mg), powder of flowers of a camomile (6 mg), powder of leaves of walnut (12 mg), yarrow powder (4 mg), dandelion powder (4 mg) and oak bark powder (4 mg). Besides, Tonzilgon includes such excipients as corn and potato starch, stearic acid, calcium a carbonate, monohydrate and syrup of a dextrose, high-disperse dioxide of silicon, indigotin, castor oil, talc, shellac, titanium dioxide, sucrose.

Distinguish also dosage form of Tonzilgon as the aqueous-alcoholic extract representing yellowish-brown, slightly muddy liquid for intake with a characteristic smell of a camomile.

Pharmacological properties

Pharmacological properties of Tonzilgon and analogs of phytodrug are caused by combined effect on a human body of the means of biologically active agents which are a part.

The extract from a root of a mallow has antibechic effect thanks to decrease of the activity of irritants of mucous membranes of respiratory tracts. Thus, the tussive reflex is oppressed, the frequency and expressiveness of painful symptoms decreases. Besides, the root of a mallow which is active agent of Tonzilgon possesses immunomodulatory action, increasing phagocytal activity of cells macrophages, stimulating life activity of antiteloobrazuyushchy cells of a spleen and increasing, thus, nonspecific immunity of the person.

The extract of a medicinal dandelion which is Tonzilgon's part causes normalization of humoral and cellular immunity, increases nonspecific resistance of an organism.

The pharmaceutical camomile, according to the instruction to Tonzilgon possessing a wide range of medicinal activity, renders antibacterial, antiinflammatory, antiviral, antiulcerous, spasmolytic action, showing antiallergic and antioxidant effects in certain lines. Similar action such component of Tonzilgon as a leaf of walnut possesses.

It should be noted also high immunomodulatory properties of an extract from the grass of a horsetail containing flavonoids, tannins, bitterness, organic (aconitic, oxalic, silicon, apple) and fenolkarbonovy acids. These substances promote increase in number of T lymphocytes, normalize a quantitative ratio of T-suppressors and T-helperov.

The grass of a yarrow renders not less salutary action on a human body, providing styptic and cholagogue effects, having antiallergic and antihistaminic activity. This component which is Tonzilgon's part, according to reviews, is capable to make fungicidal impact on some strains of mushrooms.

The meletin which is a part of active components of bark of an oak blocks development of a histamine and other mediators which participate in process of an inflammation. In responses to Tonzilgon it is reported about good antiedematous properties of drug which are provided with the substances which are contained in an oak bark extract.

All above-mentioned vegetable matters in a complex render antiinflammatory, immunomodulatory, antiviral and antioxidant properties on an organism, providing effective antiallergic and antibechic action of Tonzilgon.

Indications to Tonzilgon's use

Tonzilgon's reception according to the instruction is reasonable at treatment of chronic and acute diseases of upper respiratory tracts (pharyngitis, tonsillitis, rhinitis, laryngitis), implementation of therapy of bacterial infections, and also for prevention of emergence of a recurrence of upper respiratory tract infections and complications at a SARS.

Contraindications

To contraindications to Tonzilgon according to the instruction hypersensitivity belongs to phytodrug components, allergic reactions on any of them in the past. With care Tonzilgon's use is recommended to the patients having alcoholism, renal failures, a diabetes mellitus and a lactose intolerance (in case of reception of a dragee). Administration of drug during pregnancy is appointed only by the attending physician, proceeding from indications to its use. You should not perform treatment by Tonzilgon in the first trimester of pregnancy. At a lactation for the period of a course of reception of phytodrug it is recommended to stop breastfeeding temporarily.

Side effects of Tonzilgon

Tonzilgon's use, according to reviews, is capable to cause allergic reactions (urticaria, an itch, skin rash), nausea, vomiting, abdominal pains. At overdose of drug in the form of aqueous-alcoholic extract emergence of symptoms of alcoholic intoxication is possible.

Tonzilgon's analogs

Tonzilgon's analogs - the drugs having similar pharmacological properties are such medicines as Agri, Analgol, Antigrippin, Aflubin, Bronkhial, Gerbion, the Gentian, Kofr, and also treatment-and-prophylactic collecting No. 2.