As an unprecedented high degree of fine dust has hit the sky in Seoul, Boryung Pharmaceuticals’ OTC brand Yonggaksan Cool, an antitussive and expectorant, is drawing keen attention.
The medical product is contributive to a rise in the secreting of mucin, mucous membrane. Yonggaksan, which debuted 50 years ago, is a hot seller of late. Pharmaceutical community sources said 300,000 Yonggaksan packs were sold in the first quarter of this year, more than a three-fold jump over about 110,000 packs sold during the same period of last year.
Yonggaksan, Boryung’s representative brand, is enjoying popularity as knowledge of its effectiveness in removing foreign substances spreads.
The reason it has been enjoying popularity is that Yonggaksan Cool has turned out to be efficacious in discharging natural phlegm. In particular, the medical product has been proven to be effective in treating coughs caused by alien substances.
Fine dust is divided into particulate matter less than 10 microns (PM10) and super-particulate matter less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5). PM10 is as small as one-fifth or one-seventh of the diameter of a strand of hair, which stands at between 50 microns and 70 microns. Particulate matter, which penetrates into the lungs and blood vessels, is severely affecting human health.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested particulate matters ranging from PM10 to PM2.5 since 1987.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) designated particulate matter as a first-class cancer-causing substance in 2013. A report released by the Korea Centers for Diseases Control & Prevention (KCDC) showed that the more PM10 concentration degree will increase by 10 孜/妝, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) inpatient rate will rise by 2.7 percent and the death rate will go up by 1.1 percent, and the more PM2.5 concentrate degree increase by 10 孜/妝, the lung cancer death rate will go up by 9 percent.
Yonggaksan Cool has turned out to be effective in removing such particulate matter. The medical product is produced with an addition of ginseng and catechu to the conventional ram materials ground balloon flower, semega, apricot seed and liquorice root. These substances have proven to have a great impact in helping self-purifying the throat by enhancing the secretion of mucus in respiratory organs.
Ancient Korean Oriental medical documents indicated that balloon flower was efficacious for treating lungs and pulmonary organs, particularly curing a swollen throat, removing phlegm and stopping coughs.
People are advised to use Yonggaksan Cool without water for its efficacy. Diluting the medication with water could lessen its effectiveness. Yonggaksan Cool is a granular one-time dose medication designed for ease of use. The Yonggaksan family brand has two types of medication Yonggaksan and Candy Loving Throat. The Yonggaksan version, which debuted on June 26, 1967, has become a blockbuster drug with total cumulative sales of 78 million packs.
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