Patent ID: 6797284
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61P

Abstract:
A method of aiding an individual who smokes, to stop smoking, which comprises the step of administering to said individual a therapeutically effective amount of a phytopharmaceutical composition for reducing tobacco smoke addiction which consists essentially of:(a) 10 to 30% by weight of at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of cysteine, cystine, phenylalanine, methionine, tryptophan, tyrosine, histidine and glutamic acid; and (b) 45 to 85% by weight of a mixture of plant extracts wherein the mixture includes: (1) escolsica californica, matricaria chamomilla, tilia cordata, crategus oxyacantha, and foeniculum vulgaris, or (2) melissa officinalis, escolsica californica, matricaria chamomilla, ruscus aculeatus, foeniculum vulgaris, and silybum marianum; together with a pharmaceutically acceptable inert carrier or diluent.