During the epidemic, we often heard about Lianhua Qingwen, and we may have used it when we had a cold. In the "Diagnosis and Treatment Plan for Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia", it is clearly recommended that Lianhua Qingwen Capsules (granules) can be used to treat some patients during the medical observation period, some mild cases, and some ordinary patients. What kind of medicine is Lianhua Qingwen and what does it do? If you are careful, you may find that this medicine is called "Lianhua Qingwen", not "Lianhua Qingwen". We all recognize "Lotus", but what kind of flower is "Lianhua"? In fact, "lian" refers to forsythia, and "hua" refers to honeysuckle. In addition, for some people with poor swallowing function or poor medication compliance, such as children, the elderly, and people with swallowing dysfunction, it is recommended to use Lianhua Qingwen Granules due to safety considerations when taking medication.
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Yiling Pharmaceutical: Many counterfeit "Lianhua" series products have appeared in the market, and we reserve the right to pursue liability
Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Yuan Lu
Yiling Pharmaceutical's 4 billion business was targeted by fake "Lianhua Qingwen" people. On November 22, the listed company Yiling Pharmaceutical issued a statement stating that many products with names such as "Lianhua Qingwen Tea", "Lianhua Qingwen Tea", "Lotus Qingwen Cream", "Lianhua Qingwen Oral Liquid" and "Lianhua" have appeared on the market recently. For the products of Qingwen Plant Beverage and Lotus Qingwen Pills, the company stated that these products are not products produced, sold or authorized to be produced and sold by Yiling Pharmaceutical.
Yiling Pharmaceutical stated that the above-mentioned products are the same as the brand names of "Yiling Lianhua Qingwen" (drugs) produced by the company and the Lianhua brand "Lianhua Qingfei Tea" (beverages) produced by its affiliated companies. , outer packaging, etc. are similar or similar, it is easy to confuse, and consumers have had major misunderstandings about this.
Yiling Pharmaceutical also mentioned that "Lianhua Qingwen", "Lianhua", "Lianhua Qing" and "Lianhua Qingfei" are trademarks registered by the company in accordance with the law and have obtained the exclusive rights to trademarks, and The design patent of the "Lianhua Qingwen Capsules" produced by it has not been authorized for use by others. The company reserves the right to pursue relevant legal responsibilities of those responsible for the production and sale of counterfeit or confusing company products and other behaviors that infringe the company's trademark exclusive rights and other legitimate rights and interests.
On the morning of November 23, reporters opened an e-commerce platform and found that there were still a large number of suspected counterfeit "Lianhua Qingwen Tea" for sale, and the outer packaging of many products did not match that of Yiling Pharmaceutical. Lianhua Qingwen capsules are very similar. For example, the "Lianhua Qingwen Tea" sold in the flagship store of Xiang Pharmacy is branded as Li Shizhen. The price is 29 yuan per box, and the "family pack" of 12 boxes is priced at 169 yuan. The monthly sales volume exceeds 1,200 pieces. In terms of promotional terms, the product is labeled as “official and authentic”, “directly sold by pharmacy”, and “SF free shipping”. However, the reporter noticed that the product details page showed that the attribute was only "substitute tea", which was just a category of ordinary prepackaged food, not medicine. The ingredient list included forsythia leaves, honeysuckle, almonds, Houttuynia cordata, etc.
According to Tianyancha, many companies are currently applying to register the trademarks "Lianhua Qingwen", "Lianhua Qingwen", "Lianhua Qingwen" and "Lianhua Qingwen", as well as "Lianhua Qingwen Tablets" For trademarks such as "Lianhua Qingwen Tea", the applicants involve pharmaceutical companies, biological companies, Internet companies, food companies, etc., and the international categories include medicine, medical equipment, convenience food, etc. Many of the trademarks have been rejected or are in invalid status, and the remaining statuses are mostly "awaiting substantive examination".
Public information shows that Lianhua Qingwen series drugs are Yiling Pharmaceutical’s exclusive varieties of proprietary Chinese medicines, and their OTC (over-the-counter drug) sales channels are generally pharmacies or community medical institutions. Before 2020, Lianhua Qingwen will Huaqingwen is generally used by residents as a medicine to deal with cold and flu symptoms. In 2021, Yiling Pharmaceutical's total operating revenue reached 10.117 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.19. Among them, the revenue of respiratory system products where Lianhua Qingwen series is located accounted for 40.6, and the revenue of this segment exceeded 4 billion yuan.
Picture source: Yiling Pharmaceutical, interview screenshot
What exactly is the "flower" of "Lianhua Qingwen"? What's the use?
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During the epidemic, we often heard about Lianhua Qingwen, and we may have used it when we had a cold. In the "New Coronavirus Pneumonia Diagnosis and Treatment Plan (Trial Ninth Edition)", it is clearly recommended that Lianhua Qingwen Capsules (granules) can be used to treat some patients during the medical observation period, some mild cases, and some ordinary patients.
What exactly is Lianhua Qingwen and what does it do? Under what circumstances can it be eaten? Let’s find out together.
"Lianhua Qingwen" is not "Lianhua Qingwen"
If you are careful, you may find that this medicine is called "Lianhua Qingwen", not "Lianhua Qingwen" . We all recognize "Lotus", but what kind of flower is "Lianhua"? There is no such thing as "Lianhua" in the ingredient list of Lianhua Qingwen. The top two drugs in the ingredient list are: Forsythia suspensa and honeysuckle.
In fact, "lian" refers to forsythia, and "hua" refers to honeysuckle. When honeysuckle first blooms, the stamens and petals are all white. After two or three days, they will turn golden yellow. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "The old and the new complement each other, and the yellow and white complement each other, so it is called honeysuckle."
Lianhua Qingwen is based on the Maxing Shigan Decoction in the "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" of the Han Dynasty, with the addition of Forsythia suspensa. , honeysuckle to enhance the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. In other words, Lianhua Qingwen combines the experience of famous doctors in the Han, Ming and Qing dynasties in treating colds, influenza and other exogenous fevers, combined with modern pharmacological research, to create new ones and become a famous drug for antiviral treatment. .
What is the function of "Lianhua Qingwen"?
In addition to forsythia and honeysuckle, its main ingredients include gypsum, isatis root, ephedra, rhubarb, rhodiola, fried bitter almond, Mianma Guanzhong, Houttuynia cordata, patchouli, and mint. Brain, licorice, etc.
What are the effects of these medicines?
Forsythia suspensa is an important medicine for dispersing knots and clearing fire. It is mainly used to treat sores and ulcers. It can clear fire and detoxify, reduce swelling and expel pus, disperse blood and qi accumulation, remove burnt heat, and facilitate urination. Honeysuckle has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, cooling and dispersing wind-heat, and is used for carbuncles, sore throat, erysipelas, etc. Both Yinhua and Forsythia have good heat-clearing and detoxifying effects. They can not only penetrate the heat and express it externally, but also clear internal heat and relieve sores. Therefore, the two drugs are often used together in clinical practice. Ephedra has the effects of producing sweat and dispersing cold, relieving lungs and relieving asthma, diuresis and reducing swelling.
Lianhua Qingwen has the following functions: pungent and cool to relieve surface symptoms and dissipate wind-heat, which can quickly improve the patient’s symptoms of sneezing and runny nose; it can clear away heat and detoxify, release lung-heat, relieve cough and relieve asthma, It can eliminate symptoms such as fever, sore throat, cough and phlegm. It has a certain effect on colds and flu.
For which symptoms can Lianhua Qingwen be taken?
Lianhua Qingwen has concentrated on the essence of anti-epidemics of past dynasties such as "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" and "Treatise on Warm Epidemics". It follows the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment of interpreting the external and internal, and drawing analogies. Using Lianhua Qingwen to prevent epidemics can be distinguished based on the symptoms. If you have any symptoms, can you take Lianhua Qingwen? The core key is "heat sign". "Heat sign" is a term in traditional Chinese medicine, which means that the human body is partial to yang and partial to fire. Specifically, it has the following manifestations.
First, fever, which means the body temperature is higher than 37.5℃. Western medicine believes that high fever is caused by immune response, while traditional Chinese medicine believes that fever is a sign of intense conflict between righteous and evil qi. At this stage, using Lianhua Qingwen can quickly control the progression of the disease. Usually, high fever is accompanied by reactions such as chills, muscle aches, headaches, etc. Generally speaking, these symptoms can be relieved after taking Lianhua Qingwen.
Second, dry and sore throat, red tongue, yellow or greasy coating. In addition to the typical symptoms of fever, the typical manifestation of body heat syndrome is dry throat and sore throat. If you look in the mirror and find that your tongue is red or accompanied by yellow and greasy tongue coating, then it must be a heat syndrome. . Many people are accustomed to taking antibiotics at this time. Lianhua Qingwen is no less effective than antibiotics in dealing with such situations. It is not only effective but also has few side effects.
Third, nasal congestion, runny nose, and cough.
Both of these symptoms exist: wind-heat and wind-cold cold. Typical symptoms of wind-cold cold include severe aversion to cold or chills, no or low fever, no sweat, headache and body aches, runny nose, cough, thin white phlegm, and thin white coating. However, in real life, simple colds due to wind-chill are relatively rare now, and they last for a short time. Many times it looks like a cold, but in fact it is mixed with heat symptoms, and even heat symptoms become the main contradiction in the later period. For example, when the clear runny nose turns into yellow nasal discharge, it is one of the symptoms of "heat entering the body". The more typical situations are: the first is the syndrome of external cold and internal heat. For example, due to living in a greenhouse for a long time or preferring high-calorie foods, internal heat accumulates in the body. If you feel cold again, it is easy to form the syndrome of external cold and internal heat; the second is wind-cold cold, which occurs due to improper treatment. If it is not healed for a long time, it will cause internal heat. In both cases, although there are cold symptoms, the heat symptoms are also very obvious, so you can also take Lianhua Qingwen.
Some people have wondered why Lianhua Qingwen is effective against so many infectious diseases? In fact, this is the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine, which has the characteristics of multi-target and multi-pathway treatment. Modern medicine has also given an explanation: Lianhua Qingwen can provide broad-spectrum antiviral protection against viral infections, inhibit bacteria and reduce inflammation, and can improve immunity.
Therefore, in the normal prevention and control of new coronavirus pneumonia, Lianhua Qingwen can be used to improve symptoms. It needs to be reminded that Lianhua Qingwen must be taken according to the dosage, such as 0.35g per pill. Capsules, 4 capsules at a time, 3 times a day, must be used in the right amount to achieve significant effects. Making good use of Lianhua Qingwen is to build a solid anti-epidemic barrier for the body.
How to choose between capsules and granules?
The most common ones on the market are Lianhua Qingwen Capsules and Lianhua Qingwen Granules. These two dosage forms have the same formula, efficacy and indications, and both are oral medications, that is, they are all administered through the gastrointestinal tract. Dosage form.
Capsules are solid preparations made by filling the active ingredients of drugs into capsules. This dosage form makes it easier to control the dispersion, decomposition, dissolution and absorption time of the capsules in the gastrointestinal tract to achieve the desired effect. The purpose of delayed release and localized release of drugs.
Granules have the characteristics of fast absorption and rapid effect. In addition, for some people with poor swallowing function or poor medication compliance, such as children, the elderly, and people with swallowing dysfunction, it is recommended to use Lianhua Qingwen Granules due to safety considerations when taking medication. However, since the granules need to be mixed with warm water before use, it is more convenient to choose Lianhua Qingwen Capsules when you need to go on a business trip or travel.