Suggested Use

20 drops three times daily

Adult dose is 15 drops, three times daily in a routine case; we have doubled that in resistant cases.

Children are dosed accordingly by their weight.

Coptis does have a rather nasty taste, so we dilute it with a little water when we take it.

Nutrition Info

Fluid Extract:
Coptis chinensis extract
Alcohol content ..................................... 60%

Description

Coptis is a Chinese herb otherwise known as Huang Lian. It has many pharmacological effects:

1) strong broad spectrum antifungal properties;

2) antiprotozoal action - Coptis kills leptospira, trichomonas and amoeba in vitro and in vivo;

3) antiviral effect - Coptis has shown antiviral effects against influenza and new castle virus

4) anti-microbial effects - Coptis is a broad spectrum anti-microbial, has shown inhibition of streptococcus, staphylococcus, shigella, mycobacterium, hemophilus pertussis;

5) studies have shown Coptis useful in treating bacillary dysentery, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, inflammatory bowel disease, suppurative otitis media, type II diabetes and acute tonsillitis.

My main use for Coptis is that it is an effective broad spectrum antifungal in the tincture form. We use it for children with fungal problems who are not capable of swallowing capsules. We also use it in the small percentage of patients that either do not test for SF722 (and have fungal problems), or have developed a sensitivity to it, or their fungus has developed a resistance to it.

Coptis, like Berbercap, has berberine in it but this particular plant seems to have a much stronger antifungal effect, whereas we find Berbercap extremely useful as an antibacterial. This illustrates the fact that a plant is more than it's primary so-called active ingredient.

Note

Not recommended for women who are pregnant or nursing or who may become pregnant.