Schwabe Alpha-CF (20 GM)

Schwabe Alpha-CF

Cold & Flu

Indications of Alpha-CF

Cold, catarrh, influenza, associated headache, and body ache.

Cold and influenza are infections that are mainly caused by viruses. They however differ in terms of the organs they affect and afflictions experienced.

ALPHA COLD & FLU has a wide spectrum of coverage over complaints of upper respiratory tract infection, common cold, and headaches due to cold. Catarrh is a general term covering cold coryza and cough where profuse watery discharge is prominent.

Acute coryza (common cold): It may be of infective origin where the mucous membrane of the nose and nasopharynx are involved. It is associated with sneezing and profuse watery discharge. Simple exposure to cold may also give rise to febrile conditions, headache, and initial otitis. Varying degrees of malaise and pyrexia are present. Cough may be voluntary or as a result of reflex action due to irritation in any part of the respiratory mucous membrane. It may be dry, loose, and spasmodic. Alpha-CF takes care of these symptoms.

Influenza: It is a specific acute illness caused by a group of myxoviruses of two common types, Aland B. Symptoms are sudden onset of pyrexia associated with generalized aches and pains, anorexia, nausea, and vomiting. Degree of ill health ranges from mild to serious conditions. It has usually a harsh unproductive cough. Most patients with Alpha-CF do not develop complaints and acute symptoms subside within 3-5 days,
but maybe followed by post influenzal asthenia which can persist for several weeks needing continued use of this product along with medicines for convalescence.

Composition of Alpha-CF

Each tablet for 250mg contains:
Aconitum Napellus 3x 25 mg
Bryonia Alba 3x 25 mg
Eupatorium Perfoliatum 1x 25 mg
Gelsemium Sempervirens 3x 25 mg
lpecacuanha 3x 25 mg
Phosphorus 6x 25 mg
Eucalyptus Globulus 2x 10 mg
Excipients Q. S. to 250 mg

Sphere of Action

Aconitum Napellus: Physical and mental restlessness with fever and great feeling of weakness, complaints and tension caused by exposure to dry, cold weather, a draught of cold air, smell acutely sensitive, pain at the root of nose, mucous membrane dry, nose dry or with scanty watery coryza, throat is red, dry and constricted.

Bryonia Alba: Aching in every muscle, mucous membranes are all dry with dry cough, rheumatic pains, and swellings, physical weakness, irritability, splitting headache, headache worse on motion, even of eyeballs, dryness of mouth, tongue, and throat with excessive thirst, soreness in the larynx and trachea, hoarseness, dry, hacking cough from irritation in upper trachea, cough, dry at night, must sit up, worse after eating or drinking with stitches in chest, are covered by this drug.

Eupatorium Perfoliatum: Indicated for febrile diseases, influenza, headache, bone pain, coryza with sneezing,
hoarseness and cough with soreness in the chest must support it and fever preceded by thirst is fully covered by this medicine.

Gelsemium Sempervirens: Indicated for muscular weakness, vertigo, heaviness of head, occipital headache with feeling as if there is a tight band around the head, dull heavy ache with the heaviness of eyelids, sneezing, fullness at root nose dryness of nasal fossa, watery excoriating discharge, acute coryza, with a dull headache, fever, and dry cough with sore chest. Spasms of the glottis are also covered by this drug.

lpecacuanha: The chief action is on the ramifications of the pneumo-gastric nerve, producing spasmodic, irritation in the chest and stomach. Coryza with stoppage of nose and nausea, dyspnoea, cough incessant and violent with every breath Sneezing and nausea are covered by this drug.

Phosphorus: It is indicated where the picture is of destructive metabolism, great Iowness of spirit, neuralgia, parts must be kept warm, chronic catarrh with small haemorrhages, larynx very painful, sore throat, cannot talk on account of pain in larynx, cough from tickling in throat, worse in cold air.

Eucalyptus Globulus: It is a remedy with marked effects on catarrhal processes, influenza, fever of relapsing character, stuffy nose, tightness across the bridge, chronic catarrhal dyspnoea, and palpitation, expectoration white, thick mucous, bronchitis in the aged, bronchorrhoea, profuse expectoration of thin watery coryza, offensive mucopus, and irritative cough.

Dosage of Alpha-CF

Unless otherwise prescribed by the physician, at the acute stage take 1 tablet every hour up to 12 tablets daily and subsequently 1 to 2 tablets, 3 times per day over an extended period of time. If complaints are not relieved, consult a specialist.

Packing of Alpha-CF

20 GM

Complementary Medicines

Alpha- NC, Alpha-RC, Aconitum Pentarkan