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Inventor(s)	Quing Non Yng-Wong ·
Assignee(s)	None listed in document.  View assignee updates
Attorney/Agent(s)	Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. ·
Primary Examiner	Irene Marx ·
Application Number	US8684227
Filing date	07/19/1996
Issue date	02/23/1999
Predicted expiration date	07/19/2016
U.S. Classifications	424/195.1  · 514/899  ·
International Classifications	A61K 3578  ·
Kind Code	A
International Classifications	424195.1 ·

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Abstract

Hot flashes (intense heat sensation, flushing, profuse sweating, palpitations, and/or sense of anxiety) in a menopausal woman may be substantially eliminated or ameliorated by administering to a woman in need of treatment an effective amount of ingestible material which has as substantially the only active ingredient a herbal complex. These exemplary herbal complex formula utilize a number of different species of herbs using the unique properties found in different parts of the plant, the root, the leaves, the aerial parts, the bark and the rhizomes.

Independent Claims | See all claims (2)

1. 1. A method of treating brief periods of at least one of intense heat sensation, flushing, profuse sweating, palpitations and sense of anxiety in a menopausal woman in need of treatment comprising administering to said menopausal woman an ingestible complex herbal formulation having active ingredients consisting essentially of a pharmacologically effective mixture expressed in weight percent as follows:______________________________________Cortex of Paeonia suffruticosa about 12.3-14.3%Cortex of Lycium chinense about 7.6%-9.6%Root of Paeonia lactiflora about 12.3-14.3%Root of Rehmania glutinosa about 12.3-14.3%Artemisia apiacea about 7.6%-9.6%Poria cocos about 12.3-14.3%Bark of Phellodendron amurense about 7.6%-9.6%Root of Blupleurum scorzoneraefolium about 7.6%-9.6%Coptis chinensis about 7.6%-9.6%Cinnamomum cassia about 3.2-5.2%.______________________________________
2. 2.2. A complex herbal formulation for the treatment of brief periods of at least one of intense heat sensation, flushing, profuse sweating, palpitations and sense of anxiety in a menopausal woman in need of treatment consisting essentially of a pharmacologically effective mixture expressed in weight percent as follows:______________________________________Cortex of Paeonia suffruticosa about 12.3-14.3%Cortex of Lycium chinense about 7.6%-9.6%Root of Paeonia lactiflora about 12.3-14.3%Root of Rehmania glutinosa about 12.3-14.3%Artemisia apiacea about 7.6%-9.6%Poria cocos about 12.3-14.3%Bark of Phellodendron amurense about 7.6%-9.6%Root of Blupleurum scorzoneraefolium about 7.6%-9.6%Coptis chinensis about 7.6%-9.6%Cinnamomum cassia about 3.2-5.2%.______________________________________