Looking at remedies that are very effective and/or specific to the FIRST SIGNS of a cold or the flu, we start with…
BAN LAN GEN CHONG JI –
Packets of sweetened herbal granules, taken as a tea, dissolved in hot water.
If you have managed to take BAN LAN GEN CHONG JI at the true first sign of getting sick, the first packet can be enough to stop it from developing any further, period.
I let my patients know they can take this formula in several ways.
Take it immediately at the FIRST SIGN of COLD or FLU (scratchy throat, first sniffles or cough), once or twice or three times the first day. Monitor your symptoms and improvement. Then decide whether to continue taking BAN LAN GEN CHONG JI or move on to one or more of our other formula remedies if symptoms don’t seem to be decreasing or disappearing. With fever and sore throat, you will very likely feel better after taking one or two doses.
You can take BAN LAN GEN CHONG JI as your only remedy for acute cold and flu symptoms. Drink the tea 3-4 times a day for a week and up to 2 weeks.
For prevention, you can take a dose a day BEFORE or AS SOON AS you come in contact with seasonal colds or flu. Definitely start regular daily doses (3 times daily) when someone around you is sick and you are exposed.
Interesting fact about BAN LAN GEN CHONG JI: During the SARS outbreak in China, families DEPENDED on this formula, used it consistently, and now, it is a home medicine cabinet must-have.