Chinese herbal Jin Hua Qing Gan Fang found curing H1N1 swine flu in clinical studies, say reports

Clinical studies found Jin Hua not only cuts down fever period but produces no side-effect also

Jin Hua Qing Gan Fang, a Chinese herbal remedy, is found effective in A/H1N1 swine flu patients, according to a leading Chinese daily.

Jin Hua Qing Gan Fang, also called “Jin Hua” is being hailed as the world’s first traditional Chinese medicine to treat the A/H1N1 swine flu by the Chinese news papers.

Clinical studies spanning seven months have come out with adequate scientific evidence that the Chinese herbal remedy Jin Hua Qing Gan Fangan can shorten patients’ fever period and improve their respiratory systems, reports said quoting medical experts from China.

Jin Hua Qing Gan Fangan has no adverse side-effects.

Above all, Jin Hua Qing Gan Fangan is also very cheap. The medication cost only about a quarter of the cost of Tamiflu -  the widely used anti-flu drug of Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the treatment of the A/H1N1 swine flu.

The municipal government in Beijing has gathered the most outstanding medical experts in the Chinese capital to develop the new medication, stated Zhao Jing, director of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which had earmarked 10 million yuan (1.47 million U.S. dollars) for the project.

More than 120 medical specialists, led by academicians Wang Yongyan and Li Lianda from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, had participated in the research over the past seven months.

The clinical studies using Jin Hua Qing Gan Fangan lasted for almost five months and were conducted by experts from the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Beijing University of Technology.

Animal experiments on more than 4,000 mice and rabbits and human studies on 410 patients with slight A/H1N1 flu syndrome showed Jin Hua can bring down a fever and resist the A/H1N1 flu virus, stated Huang Luqi, vice president of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.

Jin Hua clinical studies involved 11 hospitals nationwide, including Chaoyang Hospital and Ditan Hospital in Beijing.

Chinese medical experts picked Jin Hua Qing Gan Fangan from among more than 100 classic anti-flu prescriptions based on traditional Chinese herbal medicine.

Chinese experts are planning to seek patents for ‘Jin Hua’ both at home and abroad to protect the drug from copying.

Jin Hua Qing Gan Fangan prescription had been adopted in many local traditional Chinese medicine hospitals.

Now backed by new clinical data, the Chinese health authorities are considering to develop Jin Hua Qing Gan Fangan further as an alternative to treat the A/H1N1 swine flu nott only in China but to the whole world.

The Chinese mainland has reported almost 108,000 A/H1N1 flu cases, including 442 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.

Meanwhile, a senior program management officer at the WHO Representative Office in China, said the “WHO welcomes the clinical results,” as the traditional Chinese medicine offered a low-cost treatment of A/H1N1 swine flu.

In November, a Chinese traditional medicine claiming to relieve all H1N1 swine flu symptom in two or three days, especially in children has been launched in China, reports said.

The Chinese traditional medicine called “No 2 Cold Medicine” is capable of curing the H1N1 swine flu in a single dose treatment in most of the cases, the maker of the medicine was quoted as saying in local press.

“Some children will be cured with only one dose, while others might need two,” the company official has stated.

The Chinese traditional “No 2 Cold Medicine” is not only fast-acting but it safer also with no side-effects. “No 2 Cold Medicine” does not harm the stomach, unlike its western counterparts.

No 2 cold medicine is an upgrade of former anti-flu medicines.