Herbion for children: instructions for use

Cough in a child is often. Dry, wet, durable and short-lived. It is understandable and fully explainable the desire of parents to treat the baby with products whose composition is as natural as possible. Therefore, very often they prefer the drug "Herbion". What kind of medicine is this and how to give it to children, let's figure it out right now.

Under the common name "Herbion" lurk several types of sweet vegetable syrup against cough. Cough is different, it takes into account the manufacturers of the drug, so the syrups differ in composition and mechanism of action. Today on the shelves of pharmacies are available several types of "Herbion". Used for dry cough:

• Herbion with Irish Moss - means with the content of dense dense extract of Irish moss, thick consistency and brownish color. It is recommended for dry unproductive cough, eliminates the joint reception with mucolytic drugs, according to the classification is antitussive.
• "Herbion" with plantain - means, as a part of which extracts of plantain, mallow. The composition introduced ascorbic acid. The drug is intended for the treatment of non-productive cough, dry type, has anti-inflammatory effect, can resist certain bacteria.

Wet coughing

• "Herbion" with ivy extract - a means of expectorant action. Used only in the treatment of productive cough to change the consistency of sputum and its output.
• "Gerbion with primrose rhizome extract" - A plant mucolytic that contains primrose rhizomes extract, levomenthol and thyme.

As the names imply, manufacturers include aqueous extracts and extracts of medicinal plants. Excipients are also considered safe for children. Syrups do not contain alcohol, but contain sorbitol, and therefore are sweet. On the one hand, this is good - the child does not need to force unpleasant taste to the medicine. On the other hand, sweet syrup can cause allergies in allergic children, it is contraindicated for children with diabetes. Varieties of the drug with ivy and primrose have a mucolytic effect. They contribute to the development of bronchus increased amount of secretion, its dilution and the early removal of sputum. Therefore, they are used for wet coughing, when it is necessary to ensure secretion outflow, to exclude its accumulation and drying.

Herbion syrup with an extract of Irish moss and the drug with plantain have a different effect. Substances in them, help get rid of the choking, dry and painful cough, hoarseness due to the impact on the cough center in the cerebral cortex.

Before buying “Gerbion” and using it to rid the children of annoying cough, parents should be clear about what type of cough is observed, since the combined use of antitussive and mucolytic drugs is unacceptable.

Indications for the use of "Gerbion" vary depending on the affiliation of the drug species to a specific group - to mucolytics or antitussive drugs. Thus, a remedy with Irish moss or plantain is recommended for laryngitis, dry cough accompanying laryngotracheitis, sometimes to alleviate the symptoms of dry allergic cough, and also idiopathic or psychogenic unproductive cough. These funds should not be given to a baby with a wet cough, with the formation and separation of sputum after an attack.

Funds with primrose and ivy included in them are used for ailments of the upper respiratory organs, if the child cannot cough up and get rid of thick sputum, for example, with bronchitis, tracheitis and tracheobronchitis. In addition, both of these “Herbiona” syrups can be used for some types of dry cough, for example, during ARVI with difficulty breathing in the initial stage.

For any of the syrups "Gerbion" one hundred percent contraindication is considered to be component intolerance and impaired fructose absorption.

Primrose rhizome syrup is not prescribed to children with asthma, as well as to children who have recently suffered croup or acute laryngitis with obstruction. Syrups are prohibited if the child has diagnosed diabetes.

"Gerbion" for children is used taking into account age. The use of the drug should be carried out taking into account the dosage recommended by the instructions attached to the package. Forms of release "children's syrup" does not exist. For the treatment of children use drugs that have a universal purpose and are suitable for both adults and children. How to apply each of the syrups, tell you more.

This syrup is contraindicated in infants from birth to one year.

For babies from one to four years old, a pediatrician consultation is required before use.

• babies 1-4 years old give 2.5 ml syrup no more than 4 times a day.
• children 4-10 years old can double the dose to 5 ml with the same frequency.
• children over 10 years old are allowed to take 10 ml per dose four times.

After taking the dose, it is impossible to immediately suggest that the fumes drink or drink it. The result will be more positive if the drug lasts longer on the mucous tissue of the mouth and throat. You can wash down the drug, but only with warm water, hot tea, juice and only 10-15 minutes after taking the syrup.

General course - from 7 to 14 days. If after a week of daily intake of the remedy there are no results, the child should be shown to the doctor and the therapy regimen adjusted.

This syrup is not recommended for babies under 2 years old. Children over this age are recommended in the following age dosages:

• children from 2 to 7 years old - no more than one measuring spoon, which is 5 milliliters, three times.
• Children 7-14 years old - 1-2 spoons-dispenser three times a day;
• adolescents who are already 14 years old - 2 scoops 3 to 5 times a day depending on the severity of symptoms.

Course duration - 14-21 days. The first positive results should come after two weeks of use. If necessary, treatment may be extended, but only with the permission of the doctor. The drug can be washed down with a large amount of warm liquid.

This type of drug is also not recommended for tops until 2 years. The rest of the kids should offer sweet medicine along with a large glass of warm tea, compote or water.

• children aged 2 to 5 years old are allowed in an amount not exceeding half a measuring spoon, three times a day after meals .;
• for children 5–15 years old, a single dose is one scoop, the multiplicity remains the same;
• adolescents over 15 years old are given 2 scoops, and the number of receptions can be increased from 3 to 4.

Course duration is on average 2-3 weeks.

This is the only drug from the "Gerbion", which can be given to children up to a year.

• for babies up to one year, the agent is administered at a dosage of not more than 2.5 ml twice a day.
• for toddlers aged 1 to 6 years, the dose is the same - 2.5 ml, but the multiplicity of intake is increased up to three times a day.
• children from 6 to 12 years old are recommended 5 ml of syrup three times a day;
• Children over 12 years old - up to 7.5 ml.

Recommendations regarding meals - before or after meals, no, you can take the syrup arbitrarily. Babies medicine can be diluted with warm water.

Overdose is not typical for all types of the drug, it is rarely detected, and therefore the producers of the syrup with a clear conscience point out in the instructions that no information has been received on cases of overdose. But a reasonable attitude to the question of adults does not imply a child's consumption of the drug without dosing.

Diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting may be among the possible symptoms of a dose overdose. A side effect may be the manifestation of an allergy to the sweet syrup or its ingredients.

The price of "Gerbion" on average in Russia ranges from 280 to 390 rubles per bottle of 150 ml. To reduce costs from the family budget, there may be a question of replacing the drug with cheaper counterparts. Let's consider what analogs exist and whether there is an essential difference in the price.

• Gedelix - herbal medicine is prohibited for children. Sometimes valid for the treatment of adolescents. Indications - dry cough. Price - from 280 to 380 rubles.
• «Erespal» - This is a prescription drug that is not related to herbal remedies. It can be prescribed for cough for children up to one year at the discretion of the doctor. Cost from 220 to 400 rubles.
• "Lasolvan" - solution for oral administration, also not related to herbal preparations. Allowed for therapy to children from the age of one. It costs from 140 rubles.
• Prospan - syrup containing ivy dry extract. Can be used for wet cough in children from birth. Price - from 300 rubles.

Also, analogues with “Gerbion” include drugs with alteyka, “Pektolvan-ivy”, “Pektolvan C”, “Ascoril"And licorice root syrup."

Feedback on the experience of the use of "Gerbion" for the treatment of children is ambiguous. Many parents claim that the remedy helped to cough the baby very well, and the first results were not long in coming - after 5-6 days it became easier. But there are reviews in which parents refer to the complete uselessness of this herbal preparation for the child. Facing the choice of cough medicine, most parents prefer herbal medicines, because they consider them to be the safest for the health of the child.

Some of the negative reviews describe the situation in which the child took several cough remedies at the same time (there are parents who are sure that it’s not the quality, but the quantity that can be achieved with certainty). In this case, the lack of effect of "Gerbion" is justified, since manufacturers in the official instructions for the drug indicate that the drug interacts poorly with an abundance of other cough medicines, sputum withdrawal, on the contrary, may be difficult.By taste, according to reviews, is the "Herbion with ivy", which can not be said about the syrup with plantain.

See the following video for an overview of the Herbion cough syrup.